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time as Barts and is also split into three phases. The initial stage again involved substantial demolition with 13 buildings being taken down to make way for the construction of three new inter- linked, high-rise buildings providing some 5,000 rooms over the 10-storey North Tower, the 17-storey Central Tower and 17- storey South Tower. Unlike some major construction projects that spiral out of


control, the value on Barts and the London was reduced by £100 million back in 2006, before Skanska even made a start on site. That has made the sort of targets and tight control that Skanska put into effect on this section essential. “We have five and a half years’ build period, but we have to


The 32,000 sq m of Phase 2 must be completed by September


1, 2014, after which Skanska will not need the consolidation centre. A four-week space has been left for a MoLAS investiga- tion before starting the third and final phase that comprises an energy centre plus refurbishment of Barts Square into a pedes- trian zone. This will be finished by February 2016, when Barts will complete overall. Work at the Royal London, which includes 148,500 sq m of new build and 15,600 sq m of refurbishment, began at the same


start completing rooms two years before completion,” says Winstanley. “You can’t wait until the last six months to start fin- ishing 5,000 rooms so we have set ourselves a target of 50 rooms a week for the last two years.” This sequence was for construction completion and Skanska


always beat that target of 50 rooms a week, often completing as many as 70, which Winstanley puts down to stringent controls. “It was very tightly monitored,” he explains. “We had one con- struction director handing over to another construction direc- tor. Saying something is done is all very well, evidencing it is very different.”


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