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[email protected] March 26th 16 03:46 PM

Colindale tall building
 
On 26.03.16 8:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?

Who knows? Perhaps they decided that it was the next cool place to be
seen? No idea.

Adrian Caspersz March 26th 16 04:15 PM

Colindale tall building
 
On 26/03/16 16:46, wrote:
On 26.03.16 8:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new
building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it
take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?

Who knows? Perhaps they decided that it was the next cool place to be
seen? No idea.


NW London has several regeneration projects creating thousands of new
homes. Maybe they are hoping oversupply will bring the unit prices down.

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Adrian C

David Cantrell March 30th 16 12:27 PM

Colindale tall building
 
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 05:21:13AM -0700, Offramp wrote:

But all they have to do is put one container on top of another and sellotape them together. How hard can it be, as the bishop said to the actress.


That doesn't sound like a very sensible building. Are people expected to
climb up the outside to get to anywhere above the ground floor? Will
there be water and electricity? Is it OK for it to blow over in a strong
wind?

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Barry Salter[_2_] April 1st 16 12:38 AM

Colindale tall building
 
On 31/03/2016 19:26, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

There was a new hotel built not far from here (near Royal Albert) which
seemed to start life as a bundle of containers taped together which I
assumed was a temporary building related to the ABP project.

Seems it was a Holiday Inn Express!

If memory serves, Travelodge were the first to use such a construction
method for their Uxbridge hotel back in 2007/2008.

From BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7176594.stm

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