Tag: shaft
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Video | HS2 shares Bromford Tunnel shaft progress
HS2 is sharing a look inside its Bromford intermediate shaft in Birmingham. The 65m-deep ventilation shaft connects to the Bromford Tunnel, which is a 5.8km twin-bore tunnel connecting Water Orton in North Warwickshire to Washwood Heath in Birmingham. The video shows the engineering behind the structure, including the five internal levels that will house mechanical…
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Sterling Solutions Unveils Mass Timber Shaft Wall System
Sterling Structural, a leading manufacturer of cost-effective, prefabricated mass timber and hybrid structural systems in North America, announced a modular Shaft Wall System for new construction. The system supports all major elevator manufacturers or egress stair designs and enables builders to save time and cost from elevator wall shafts without sacrificing fire safety or structural…
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Skanska deploys robot in lift shaft on London project
Stuart Cross, managing director of Schindler UK & Ireland, said: “Innovation and sustainability are at the heart of this new high-rise in London, so it makes sense for 105 Victoria Street to be the first in the UK to appoint Schindler R.I.S.E. We’ve seen the advances in quality, speed and safety that the robots bring…