page_title: Snowhill
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Snowhill / Construction / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: A view of construction work at the Snowhill site in Birmingham, England. The diggers are preparing the ground at Phase 3 for the construction of a hotel tower and an apartment tower.
context_page_description: Snowhill is a mixed-use development in the Colmore business district, known historically as Snow Hill, in Central Birmingham, England. The area, between Snow Hill Queensway and Birmingham Snow Hill station, is being redeveloped by the Ballymore Group. The £500 million phased scheme has been partly completed on the site of a former surface car park adjacent to the railway station and West Midlands Metro terminus.
  Phase One: As part of the project, St Chad's Circus on the Inner Ring Road was levelled and reconfigured to create a new square adjacent to St Chad's Cathedral and a viaduct was constructed alongside the station for the extension of the West Midlands Metro into the city centre.
  Phase Two: One Snowhill, a 260,000 sq ft, 57 m tall office building with 13 floors was completed in 2009. The building was acquired by Commerz Real in January 2010. Tenants are KPMG, Barclays and DWF.
  Phase Three: Two Snowhill, at 75 m in height with 14 floors, was completed in May 2013. The building comprises 313,000 sq ft of office space and 8,000 sq ft of ground floor retail space.
context_section_description: The construction of Phase 2 was aided by two tower cranes on either side of the structure. The cranes used at Phase 2 were the Liebherr 200 EC-H10 and the flat top Liebherr 200 EC-B 10.
  For the work at basement level at Phase 4, Bachy Soletanche used two 50-tonne (49-long-ton) support cranes and two Bauer BG 22 piling rigs. Construction of Phase 3 is being assisted by three tower cranes. The first crane to be assembled, TC3, is to be the shortest of the three tower cranes. It has a maximum height of 45 m (148 ft) and has a luffing jib. It was built in one stage. It is a free standing crane and will allow podium level construction. Once construction at podium level is completed, it will be dismantled and replaced by two number gantry joists.
  The second tallest crane, TC2, was initially assembled to 68.5 m (225 ft) under the hook. This will allow the hotel tower to be constructed to level 12. It will then be extended in height to 99.8 m (327 ft) under the hook with a tie to the hotel tower at 53.4 m (175 ft) (level 11). This will allow the hotel tower to be constructed to full height. The tallest of the cranes, TC1, was expected to be initially be built to 82 m (269 ft) under the hook and to allow the residential tower to be built to level 14. However, it was constructed to a lower height. It will be extended to 113.4 m (372 ft) with a tie to the residential tower at 57.7 m (189 ft) up. This will allow the residential tower to be built to level 26. After this, it will be extended up to 130 m (427 ft) with an additional tie to the tower at 84.7 m (278 ft) (level 21). This will allow the tower to be built up to level 36. It will be extended again once more to 154 m (505 ft) with a third tie 114.7 m (376 ft) up (level 31), which will allow the tower to go to full height. It is expected that TC1 and TC2 will be dismantled at around the same time. TC3 and TC2 are Wolff 180B luffing jib tower cranes whilst TC1 has a fixed jib.
  By the start of November 2008, all the tower cranes on the site of Phase 4 had been disassembled due to it being put on hold. Two tower cranes have since been constructed on the site of Phase 3.
caption: Ground excavators preparing the ground for the construction of Phase 3.
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