Next steps

By the end of 2011 the structural works for the double office tower will have been completed up to the tenth floor of a total of 45 (for the north tower) and 43 (for the south tower). The facade works will then be launched and carried out alongside the ongoing structural works. The first of the atrium’s steel trusses is due to be mounted at the beginning of 2012. These trusses, as well as the connecting platforms, will create a single static structure out of the two towers.

With regard to the Grossmarkthalle, the final section of the foundation plate is due to be completed this summer. At the same time, the floors will be concreted in preparation for the installation of the steel building elements. In July this year internal scaffolding will be erected so that the concrete of the roof shells can be repaired from the inside. The structural steelwork for the new building elements, which are to house the conference rooms, will be carried out at the same time. From September 2011 restoration works on the hall’s internal concrete grid facade will be able to be launched.

In July the first, i.e. the northern, section of the facade of the eastern wing building is due to be finished. Restoration works on the facade of the western wing building are already under way and will be continued in the coming months alongside the internal renovation works that are being carried out, among other things, on the brick floors.

The structural steelwork for the entrance building is due to be launched in November, once the concreting works have been completed. By the end of the year the shape and dimensions of the entrance building on the north side of the Grossmarkthalle should be clearly visible.