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Panoramic: This grand view of the new hospital at Barts shows the progress made up to October 2008
The Royal London
- More than 4.5 million man hours have been worked to date
- 175,000 tonnes of concrete were used to complete the frame (equivalent to two and a half times the weight of the QE2)
- 12,000 deliveries of concrete were made (equal to 50 lorries a day)
- an average of 100 lorry deliveries are made to site daily
- 1,750 tonnes of structural steelwork has been installed
- 11,000 tonnes of metal reinforcement was used in the structure (a total of 7,000km, equivalent of London to Miami)
- 142,000m2 total floor area created (equivalent to 23 football pitches with a external parameter of 10 miles)
- The highest point is the Helideck at 280ft (almost the same height as Big Ben)
Barts
- It took 180,000 man hours to complete the frame
- 10,000 tonnes of concrete were used to complete the frame (equivalent to the weight of the Eiffel Tower)
- 1,877 tonnes of steel were used (the same amount as the London Eye)
- 2,500 concrete deliveries were made (equal to 12 per day)
- 350 concrete pours were carried out
- 30,000m2 total floor area created
- The building is 135ft in height (almost the same height as the Statue of Liberty)
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Construction fact file