The Shard: Foot of the mountain

By Stephen Kennett and Stephen Kennett Stephen Kennett2010-04-30T00:00:00

1,000 tonnes of reinforcement steel have been used in the raft foundation

The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?

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