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Watson's cover story
00:00 18 Aug 1994
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Watson Steel has now completed the bulk of the steel erection on
its œ1.4 million contract to protect Roman remains at the site
of a new development adjacent to the City of London's
Guildhall.
The Amec company is using almost 700t of steel to build a 48m x 33m ground floor and temporary piling platform over the amphitheatre ruins for the Corporation of London. The deck will be supported on 21 columns, fabricated from British Steel's largest universal column system and measuring up to 16m in length.
It will act as a transfer platform for a new five-storey building.
The columns, nine of which have been installed so far, finish at the underside of the steel beams forming the transfer platform. When the remaining 12 are in place, Watson will then start the installation of twin webbed plate girders which will frame the column heads into the existing steelwork. The platform load will than be transferred onto the principal columns and the temporary columns and some beams removed. Contract completion is scheduled for the end of the year.
The Amec company is using almost 700t of steel to build a 48m x 33m ground floor and temporary piling platform over the amphitheatre ruins for the Corporation of London. The deck will be supported on 21 columns, fabricated from British Steel's largest universal column system and measuring up to 16m in length.
It will act as a transfer platform for a new five-storey building.
The columns, nine of which have been installed so far, finish at the underside of the steel beams forming the transfer platform. When the remaining 12 are in place, Watson will then start the installation of twin webbed plate girders which will frame the column heads into the existing steelwork. The platform load will than be transferred onto the principal columns and the temporary columns and some beams removed. Contract completion is scheduled for the end of the year.
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