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Lochrin Square Development, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
TSE panel enables inner core formwork
to be struck and moved as a single unit
The Lochrin Square development (designed by Michael Laird architects Ltd) is situated at the heart of Edinburgh’s Financial District and comprises two office buildings overlooking an attractive landscaped courtyard. Main Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine used PERI equipment to cast the four concrete cores, which provide rigidity and support to the steel frame, while the outside of the building is finished with Timber, Glass and stone cladding.
At basement level, PERI SKYDECK and MULTIPOP “strike-and-erect” was used to form the soffit and the downstand beams of the underground car park. Senior works Manager, Sandy Laidlaw commented: “The ease and speed with which we were able to lay the slabs using SKYDECK was a real bonus…”. Referring to the CB 240 Climbing Scaffold used on the two cores of building 2, he went on to say: “…I was also very impressed by the climbing platform system which helped us achieve the levels of productivity that the project demanded”
All four cores were cast with TRIO panel formwork utilising the TSE Shaft Element for the interiors. This component allows all the inner core formwork to be struck in seconds and moved as a single unit. TRIO formwork, with SB Brace Frames, was also used to pour the single sided concrete wall where building 1 backs onto the façade of a 130 year old, B-listed building.
PERIs involvement with the contractor at Tender stage meant that much of the planning and preparation for the formwork side of the project was completed early on.
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CB Climbing System
TRIO
SKYDECK Aluminium Panel Slab Formwork
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Sandy Laidlaw,
Senior Works Manager
“The design support we received from PERI was first class, where there may have been complications on site due to the nature of the project; PERI provided imaginative and workable solutions. This was backed up by excellent service whereby PERI delivered pre-fabricated units to site, despite the constraints, thus saving time, labour and attendant cost.”
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PERI scope 01.2007 GB
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