Establishing the facts about the Beetham Tower in Manchester

[skyracker]

Hi,

I am trying to establish some facts about the Beetham Tower in Manchester.

There are differing figures about the Tower.

Some articles say that the Tower has 47 floors (e.g. http://www.beethamtower.org/manchest...er-manchester/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetham_Tower,_Manchester ) whereas others say it has 48 floors (http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/und...s/beetham.html) . Similarly, some websites state the Beetham Tower is 168m high (http://www.beethamtower.org/manchest...er-manchester/), whereas others say it is 154m high (http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/und...s/beetham.html).

Can someone please help me try and establish the facts about how many floors the Tower has and how tall it is please?

Thanks in advance,

James

[Zerton]

This site's records say both 49 and 50 floors. Sometimes there is confusion because of an omitted 13th floor. The building is listed as 157.0 m to the roof and 169.2 m to the tip of the glass blade.

[skyracker]

Thanks very much Zerton I appreciate the feedback!

So do you know if the 13th floor has been omitted then in the Beetham Tower?

[Zerton]

Yeah no problem.

I'm not really sure. Try calling Ian Simpson Architects. A great resource for this stuff is the diagrams: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/

good luck