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Innovative hoists for £330m Manchester town hall refurb TAYLOR’S HOISTS AND LYNDON SGB HAVE DEVELOPED A PIONEERING SYSTEM OF HOISTS AROUND MANCHESTER’S ICONIC NEO-GOTHIC TOWN HALL AS PART OF ITS £330M RENOVATION
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Top: Aerial view of Manchester town hall’s roof Right: Hoist tie loads were displaced via the scaffold PHOTOS: ROYLE MEDIA
Manchester’s arresting neo-Gothic town hall, opened in 1877, is a centrepiece to the city. But the Grade-I-listed building was in sore need of refurbishment, having had very little in the way of renovation works over its 145-year history. Main contractor Lendlease, working with project manager Mace and Manchester City Council, appointed SGB Lyndon and Taylor’s Hoists, both part of the Brand Safway group, to devise a ground-breaking hybrid
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