Leaglease commissioned our team to add lift shafts, stairs and an extra floor to their building in Fleet Street, City of London, in a substantial structural steel project.
- Client: Legalease
- Structural detail by: Mark Ebbs & Mick Simpson
- Job Duration: 2016-2017 (18 months)
Space to develop in London is rare, so it is increasingly common to extend buildings upwards rather than sideways. Our project in Fleet Street was, therefore, far from unique – apart from the location and logistics.
We worked directly for the building’s owner rather than a large construction company. When we won the contract to build a steel framed single story extension on the roof, we were also asked to work out how to get the steel work up there, and erect it, in order to successfully add another floor to the building.
Our solution was to site a mobile tower crane in Fleet Street over several weekends and carry out the works as quickly as possible. As you can imagine, closing such a busy London thoroughfare is not an easy process! We embarked on considerable traffic management, and arranged bus diversions. We contracted City Lifting who supplied the crane and arranged everything else with the council directly. The team completed the work over three weekends.
What do you think of the photos we took during the project? Not a bad view…
Note: you can enlarge the images by clicking on them.
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We are open for commercial structural steel work! If you liked the work we did for Legalease, get in touch here or email us on info@lsjeng.co.uk. Alternatively, phone us on 01702 290 585. You can find more of our structural steel work projects here. We look forward to hearing from you.