The Beetham Tower is a landmark building on a site at the junction of Deansgate, Great Bridgewater Street and Liverpool Road in Manchester city centre.
The new 47 storey Beetham Tower, Manchester accommodates a new 285 bedroom Hilton Hotel on the lower 22 floors, with the 23rd floor becoming a ‘Sky Bar’ offering diners stunning views across the city. Floors 25 and upwards provide 219, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and penthouses.
UBS Supplied
4
High Speed Hoists
Building Information
47
Storys
285
Rooms in the Hilton Hotel
23
This Floor Became a Sky Bar
25
& above, provide 219, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments & penthouses.
UBS were able to come up with an adaptation of a scheme used to install hoists on tall structures with very large tie distances. Working for the joint venture project, UBS have helped design and implement a hoisting scheme for the multiple shaft being constructed, working with the constraints of the sites scheme to slipform the internal walls of shafts starting up to 80m below ground. The scheme for the Lee Tunnel Project has required the installation of hoists from the base of the shaft, but without a tie to the shaft until ground level, up to 80m above the base of the shaft. This was so the slipfom rig within the shaft could travel unimpeded by any ties from the hoist to the outside of the rough shaft.
The ‘tri mast’ hoist system has been used in two shafts to date, and two further shafts were also completed in the same year.
