The Shard at London Bridge, Southwark

Market Sector: Commercial Offices
Client: Teighmore Construction
Location: Southwark
Country: England

Project Partners: Main Contractor: Mace Group
Architect: Adamson Associates
Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk

Project Key Stats: Total Tonnage: 12,700 tonnes

Site Programme: 50 weeks
Completion Date: January 2011

Project Overview:
On completion The Shard London Bridge will become the tallest building in Western Europe standing at 310m and will provide approximately 55,800sqm of hotel, luxury residential accommodation, and office space.

Severfield-Reeve Structures are responsible for the connection design and fabrication of approximately 12,500 tonnes of structural steelwork, of which 7,500 tonnes were coated with fire protection paint and 6,000 tonnes were Fabsec plated beams with bespoke service openings. The Company also supplied and fixed the metal decking, edge protection and stairs throughout. The Group's in-house company Steelcraft Erection Services was utilised for the erection of the steelwork.