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  • August 8, 2002 at 3:24 pm #720259
    PaulC
    Participant

    No It is not correct to say that it is just a hole in the ground. The foundation is pretty much complete – this incorporates an underground room to access the electrics/lighting etc.
    A large crane will be positioned on site this month and the Spike itself will be erected over a 2week period next month.

    August 8, 2002 at 9:25 pm #720260
    PaulC
    Participant

    Here is a drawing of the spike at night

    August 9, 2002 at 9:52 am #720261
    Paul Clerkin
    Keymaster

    All the Ian Richie images are here
    http://www.irish-architecture.com/onsite/spike/

    August 9, 2002 at 4:03 pm #720262
    Rory W
    Participant

    The Suday Times “Sue Denham” column suggested given all the delays in building this project (and th fact that there is just a big excavation at the moment) that it should be nicknamed “the pain in the hole” (along the same lines as “the tart with the cart” etc)

    September 11, 2002 at 8:56 pm #720263
    colmmacc
    Participant

    Does anyone know what the current status is ?
    From having viewed from buses and adjacent
    buildings the foundations look solid and an area
    looks like it is being prepared for a crane, but there’s
    no sign of one, which means it’s at least a month behind schedule.

    Actually about 2 months ago the schedules they
    erected on-site disappeared.

    Also does anyone have any details on the actual erection ? Is the spire actually pre-fab’d as a single
    piece ?

    And have any more details on the plate at the base
    been released yet ? I remember being disapointed
    seeing the mockups after they scrapped the mercury
    flowing thing, but I can’t seem to find anything.

    September 12, 2002 at 10:06 am #720264
    GregF
    Participant

    Should be finished by November……was delayed by a strike in France where the rolled steel is being manufactured. At the moment that hole in the ground is part of the foundations which will include a chamber where the eletrics etc …..will be housed to light the spire.

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