Structural steelwork set for completion this week
KPF鈥檚 The Scalpel is on course to top out by the end of the year, according to the developers behind the City of London office tower.
The 39-storey block, at the junction of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street, has made strong vertical progress in recent weeks and its final steelwork is due to be in place in the coming days.
A spokeswoman for WRBC Development 鈥� part of US insurance firm WR Berkley 鈥� said there would not be a formal topping-out event and main contractor Skanska would be 鈥渏ust getting on with finishing the project, which will complete in Q2 2018鈥�.
The structure is a stone鈥檚 throw from RSHP鈥檚 Cheesegrater building, and across the road from that practice鈥檚 Lloyds 黑洞社区. It will feature around 36,000sq m of office space, and 1,100sq m of restaurant, caf茅 and retail space.
KPF鈥檚 proposals won planning permission in 2013. City of London Corporation planning officers said they considered the building鈥檚 angled form 鈥渢o be an appropriate contrast to the distinctive pronounced modelling and articulation of the Lloyds 黑洞社区, the curved cylindrical form of 30 St Mary Axe, the triangular wedge-shaped 122 Leadenhall Street and the concave design of 51 Lime Street鈥�.
鈥淚n this respect, the architectural form will contribute positively to the dynamic and varied qualities of the cluster of tall buildings,鈥� they said.
Skanska started on site in 2014.
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