Birmingham’s steel offices top out

Birmingham’s new Three Snowhill office development, the largest speculative city-centre scheme outside London, has topped out – with a touch of gold.

The milestone was marked when trainee sub-contractor Matt Alcock inserted a golden bolt into a steel girder at the highest point of the building – by M&G Real Estate, the property investment arm of Prudential and development partner Ballymore.

Attending the ceremony, Leader of Birmingham City Council Cllr Ian Ward said Three Snowhill “embodies Birmingham’s growing confidence.

“The Birmingham skyline is going through a dramatic change,” said Cllr Ward. “The city is humming with the noise of regeneration. Looking at the number of major development projects, it is clear the city is undergoing a massive transformation.

“The whole Snowhill estate is part of new Birmingham and the topping out of Three Snowhill represents more than simply a landmark moment for a fantastic new building, it also typifies a confident and ambitious Birmingham; a city that is quite literally on the up.”

The 17-storey development – now less than a year away from completion – will be the only new top-quality Grade A office space in Birmingham in the first half of 2019.

Three Snowhill, the final building on the four-acre Snowhill estate, will complete a new gateway to Birmingham’s thriving central business district. Its flexible floorplates, suitable for a range of work styles and reflecting the latest in office design, will enable fit-out designers to create unique workplaces.

Steelwork contractor Severfield is fabricating, supplying and erecting 4,500t of steel for the project.