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Overview
This elegant 41-storey high, round, tapered building, was designed by Lord Foster. The impact of this new building on surrounding buildings, conservation areas and the Tower of London world heritage site was a high priority during site planning and design.
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Services
- Component and cladding loads
- Structural wind effects
- Wind comfort
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Benefits
Design efficiency: Ensuring a building is designed to work with its environment optimizes performance, occupant experience and comfort.
Components will perform as designed: Simulation of building conditions provides assurance to the design team that individual components will perform as designed.
Preservation: Planning and site selection to integrate new buildings with old in urban communities requires expertise and knowledge of a site's microclimate characteristics.
Improved conditions: Reducing wind impacts around a building enhances the user's experience and comfort.
Increased safety for cladding / structural designs and pedestrians: RWDI's studies provide detail to accurately specify cladding and structural requirements. Identified problematic areas for pedestrian traffic where mitigation would be needed.
Reduced construction costs: Refining wind loads on the cladding and structure resulted in reduced material costs and savings for the overall project.
Refined modeling inputs: Cladding wind load data inputs to computer models increase the reliability of modeling estimates.
Consulting in the science of buildings, structures and environment
RWDI
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