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I was there yesterday and at Joiner Street you're basically walking along the side of one wall of the Shard.

As before, I spoke to a man coming out of the Shard and he sat and we had a chat. He works on the firedoors! He also works on the firedoors within the gold Queen's Gold carriage coach and also within the Guildhall. Quite an expert then. He also said he really loved this job. Happy workers!


So I've talked with scaffolders, fire door workers, I would love to talk with a project manager - I wonder how many of those there are.


Immediately next to the Shard and part of the complex is what looks like another building. But as al four sides of the Shard are now being glazed, I could not work out what this other building is. Car park maybe? Very very very tall building in its own right and within the same compound.

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  • 5 weeks later...

wjfox Wrote:

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> The core has reached level 28. It will have 87

> floors when finished. It's difficult to overstate

> the impact it will have on the skyline... this

> building will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. B)



The Eiffel Tower will still be a few ft taller than the Shard


Is it true that no buildings will be built in London higher than the Shard due to building restrictions and safety?

wjfox Wrote:

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> The core has reached level 28. It will have 87

> floors when finished. It's difficult to overstate

> the impact it will have on the skyline... this

> building will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. B)



The Eiffel Tower will still be a few ft taller than the Shard


Is it true that no buildings will be built in London higher than the Shard due to building restrictions and safety?

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