page_title: 103 Colmore Row
section_title: Demolition and Construction
hierarchical_section_title: 103 Colmore Row / Demolition and Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Just after erection of the (green) tower crane by a mobile crane for the demolition of 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham, England.
context_page_description: 103 Colmore Row, formerly known as National Westminster House, was a building on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England. The original building was designed by John Madin and was completed in October 1975 as offices and a banking hall for National Westminster Bank. After National Westminster Bank vacated the building it passed through several ownerships but failed to lease its offices. In 2008 a plan by then owners British Land to demolish the tower and replace with a taller modern equivalent was approved. This plan never progressed and the building passed to the developer Sterling Property Ventures, who successfully applied to have the building demolished and a new tower constructed in 2015. Demolition began in July 2015 and was completed in January 2017.
context_section_description: Initial scaffolding for demolition began to be erected in July 2015 and a tower crane was installed on 20 September 2015. Demolition took place between September 2015 and January 2017. In February 2018 it was announced that Royal BAM Group has won an £80 million contract to build the new tower. Works are estimated to start in June 2018, with the completion of the building in Autumn 2020.
caption: Demolition tower crane installed in 2015
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