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Tower tops out for Greenwich energy centre

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North-Greenwich160414Steelwork has topped out on a highly distinctive 49m-high flue tower for the Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre in south London.

Designed by C.F Møller Architects in collaboration with artist Conrad Shawcross, the flue’s cladding will be formed of hundreds of triangular panels, each the height of a London bus.

The perforated tiles fold and flow across the surface of the steel-framed tower forming complex geometric patterns. At night an integrated lighting system will illuminate the flue creating a landmark structure overlooking the southern approach to the Blackwall Tunnel.

Working on behalf of main contractor Kier Construction, Billington Structures has erected 345t of galvanized steel for flue tower, which has been formed with five ladder frames each placed 4.5m apart.

Each ladder frame consisted of three 16m-high by 3m wide sections that individually represented some of the largest ever pieces to be sent to a hot-dip galvanizing process.

A further 130t of structural steelwork is being erected to form the adjacent 90m-long by 25m-wide energy centre building and its visitor centre.

The energy centre will house technically advanced boilers and a combined heat and power plant that will provide the heating for the Royal Borough of Greenwich and developer Knight Dragon’s huge North Greenwich development.

The scheme includes approximately 10,000 new homes and 300,000m² of office space.

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