Construction Firm Builds 47-Storey Skyscraper, But Forget To Put In A Lift

The 200metre high InTempo towers in Benidorm were billed as 'a vision of the future' and a symbol of Spain's reemergence from a crippling financial crisis.

With 47 floors of living space it was intended to be the tallest residential building in Europe.
But with only months until it is due for completion, contractors have hit upon a slight problem .

They forgot to build a lift.

The towers were originally designed to be only 20 floors high, but ambitious developers decided to double the scale of the project midway through.

A lift exists for the first 20 floors, but beyond that there is only the stairs. And reports seen by Spain's El Pais newspaper suggest there is no more space for another lift or motor equipment.



It is only the latest in a series of setbacks which have beset the project.

InTempo was dreamed up in the decade-long building boom that saw new structures leap up across Spain in the late Nineties and early Noughties.
It was due to open in 2009, but now joins a series of white elephants that have been caused by the country's deep recession.

Furore over the Benidorm towers has grown in recent weeks, after the team of architects left. El Pais was given access to documents which revealed the extent of the catastrophes that have beset the tourist town's biggest project.

The newspaper reports that not only did construction workers go for four months without pay in 2010, but they were also forced to walk up and down the half-constructed towers for months as a service lift was not built until the first 23 storeys had been completed.

The lift that was eventually installed collapsed in July 2011, injuring 13 workers.
Ambulances reportedly struggled to reach them, because the area surrounding the construction site had not been cleared for vehicle access in an alleged bid to save money.

Posted: at 10-08-2013 06:16 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Building a lift as a different structure and linking the floors of the skyscraper to it, might be the only way out

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Posted: at 10-08-2013 10:04 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero