T: 01623 886950 F: 01623 886960 E: info@northfield.uk.com Home About Us Case Studies Plant & Equipment News Downloads Contact Us Aspire Sculpture, Nottingham Main Contractor The University of Nottingham Aspire was built for the University of Nottingham and designed to be the tallest freestanding structure in the UK. The structure is a piece of art engineering created out of 1250 meters of steel tube. To provide strength for this 60 meters of 854 tonnes of steel and concrete were used. An 8 meter high concrete cylinder constructed with self-compacting concrete with a 12m x 12m x 1.5m deep pile cap and the support of 47 precast concrete piles all designed to integrate the structure and support it. The overall project took 10 weeks to construct. View more Case Studies About Us Case Studies Plant & Equipment Health & Safety © Northfield Construction Limited 2011 | Site Map | Contact Us Website: clevercherry.com