High Rises

Palazzo Hotel and Casino

The 70,000 ton Palazzo project situated in Las Vegas, Nevada is a world-class 50 story luxury hotel and casino. In addition to shop detailing services on this project BDS Vircon also provided a connection design assist role to ensure best practice detailing and fabrication outcomes and an earthworks model to assist with logistic planning. The steelwork on this project was fabricated and erected without BDS being notified of a detailing error. BDS completed over 40,000 shop detail drawings within an 18 month detailing duration.

Crown Place Hotel - London

30 Crown Place is a landmark tower development by Greycoat and City Offices due for completion in October 2008. Located in the north of the City’s financial district the building will provide 195,000sqft of Grade A offices with floor plates ranging from 5,000-13,000sqft. The 16 story building designed by Horden Cherry Lee and RHWL will be an architecturally significant addition to the City’s skyline and afford superb views over the City of London and beyond.17 storey beam and column structure with a scenic lift. The structure consisting of plate girders and rolled sections and temporary hand railing.

The Silken Hotel

The Silken hotel is a 5 Star hotel located in the heart of London with both hotel rooms and apartments. The lobby of the hotel is housed within the triangular stone clad ten storey high atrium. The atrium is a Cathedral like space with three of the walls sloping attributing to the high level of complexity with the connections. Another interesting feature of the Hotel framing was the way the trusses transitioned into double chord trusses to allow for the ducts to pass between the chords.

Ropemaker Place

A 21-Storey Office Building 5,000t with an approximate floor area of 593,000 sq ft. The building beams consisted of Regular Shapes Sections along with Plate Girders Beams, with each individual Plate Girders Profile being added into the Tekla Structure Profile Database prior to modelling. Main Grid Beams and Columns were treated with an Offsite Coating of Intumescent Paint to varying degrees of thickness depending on the period on Fire Protection (90 or 120 minutes) and the actual Profile size.

The Seven World Trade Centre Building

The Seven World Trade Centre Building is the first building to rise after the September 11 attack. The new 52 story building replaces the original 47 story building which fell some six hours after flaming debris from the towers rained down on it. While being somewhat taller than the original, the footprint of the new building is reduced to allow the reopening of Greenwich Street which was closed by the original 1986 structure. The new 1.7 million sq-ft high rise frame consists of over 15000 sticks of steel weighing more than 13000 tons. The building core was constructed with light weight steel columns that are encased as the concrete core follows the steelwork up the building. The steelwork was designed to lead the concrete core by up to 8 floors with up to 14 levels of temporary wall bracing utilized to cater for wind and crane loads. These braces could be removed once the concrete core was brought up and the braces were detailed to be reusable up the building. This “steel first” method allowed steel workers to work safely with no other trades working above them as well as facilitating tight construction schedules. Steel erection topped out in October 2004, 1 month ahead of schedule. BDS is proud to be associated with the rebuilding at this landmark site.

Regents Place - London

A mixed use development comprising 490,000 sq ft of offices and residential space, designed by Terry Farrell and Co. on a 2.5 acre area on the west side of Regent’s Place. This development will include 60 residential units, a community theatre and additional retail provision around a new public square. 10 storey beam and column structure with a scenic lift. The structure consisting of plate girders and rolled sections and temporary handrailing.