Manchester Victoria Station Redevelopment, New Roof
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Manchester Victoria Station Redevelopment, New Roof
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 17 Sep 2014
The new station roof will consist of fifteen 1.2 metre-deep steel torus-shaped roof sections, the longest spanning 120 metres, supported on concrete buttresses and single cantilever columns on the station concourse. The roof will be covered with ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) panels (http://construction.morgansindall.com/case-study/manchester-victoria-station-redevelopment Morgan Sindall).
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53.487108
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-2.242145