- The Tower, Meridian Quay
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The Tower, Meridian Quay 
The Tower, Meridian Quay January 2010General information Location 
Swansea, WalesAddress Meridian Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea Construction started 2006 Completed 2009 Cost £40,000,000 Height 107 m (351 ft) Technical details Floor count 29 Design and construction Main contractor Carillion Architect Latitude Architects Structural engineer Atkins Ltd Services engineer Atkins Ltd Civil engineer Atkins Ltd The Tower, Meridian Quay is the tallest building in Wales standing at 107m.[1]
The tower has 29 storeys, double the number of the previous tallest building in Swansea, the BT Tower. Most of the tower houses residential apartments. The ground floor features a concierge desk which is manned 24 hours a day, whilst the top three floors consist of the Grape and Olive restaurant run by the Cardiff brewery SA Brains.[2] This was opened following the unsuccessful 290 cover Pentouse restaurant. Press reports stated that the penthouse apartment on the 26th floor was sold for £1 million.[3] On 26 January 2008, one of the construction workers died after falling three storeys from the tower.[4] The construction company, Carillion, chose not to release his name. The tower "topped-out" to its full height on 12 September 2008.
Gallery
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Tower under construction, January 2008
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Tower under construction, March 2008
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Tower under construction, May 2008
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Tower under construction, June 2008
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Completed Tower at dawn, March 2010
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Tower from the breakwater during high tide, September 2010
References
- ^ "Meridian Quay". skyscrapernews.com. 2007. http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2322. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ SA Brains website
- ^ BBC News: Property view from around Wales
- ^ BBC NEWS | Wales | South West Wales | Tower builder fall man critical
External links
- Meridian Quay website (official site)
- BBC News Article
- Photographs of the construction
- Skyscrapernews website page on Meridian Quay
- Swansea Council planning approval for Meridian Quay
- Fatal accident at the tower
- [http;//http://www.sabrain.com/grape-olive-swansea]
Coordinates: 51°36′50″N 3°56′35″W / 51.61394°N 3.94318°W
Economy of Swansea Main commercial employers
(excluding national retailers)Main public sector employers Companies with a local headquarters CGram Software Ltd • First Cymru • Hurns Brewing Company • South West Wales Publications • Swansea Building SocietyRetail Retail parks (Morfa • Fforestfach • Parc Tawe • Pontarddulais Road • Enterprise Park) • Shopping centres
(Quadrant • St. David's • City centre • Market)Regeneration and Development Tourism Dylan Thomas Centre • Glynn Vivian Art Gallery • LC, Swansea • Mumbles Pier • National Waterfront Museum • Plantasia • Swansea Beach • Swansea Marina • Swansea MuseumIndustrial history Categories:- Buildings and structures in Swansea
- Swansea Bay
- Towers in Wales
- Skyscrapers in Wales
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