British Land reassures the City as Cheesegrater loses third bolt
A THIRD bolt has fallen off the Cheesegrater, or Leadenhall Building as it is officially known, British Land confirmed yesterday.
Two large steel bolts fractured and fell off the City’s tallest skyscraper in November, while the third incident occurred recently, with the fractured bolt captured by precautionary tethering put in place after the initial breakages.
Investigations carried out by contractor Laing O’Rourke and structural engineers Arup have now been completed, and British Land said in an update to the Stock Exchange that site and laboratory testing of the broken bolts and additional bolts on the building have established that the problem is limited to certain bolts. Arup also confirmed that “there is no adverse effect on the structural integrity of the building”.
According to British Land, a programme to replace a number of bolts will take place “as a precautionary measure”.