A project milestone has been reached on the £41 million redevelopment of Merrion House in Leeds.

The 170,000 sq ft office space is being refurbished by BAM Construction on behalf of Town Centre Securities and the city council.

The final concrete panel has now been removed from the building and work is continuing on the installation of the building's glazing and cladding.

Two tower cranes have been in place to lift the panels one strip at a time, before the new glazing and curtain walling were installed using mast climbers.

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The concrete panels have been taken away to a quarry in Bramhope, Leeds, where they have had the steel reinforcement extracted and recycled before the remaining concrete is crushed and certified for reuse for other construction projects.

Once completed, it is estimated 1,000 people per day will use the new Merrion House council hub.

Simon Sutcliffe, Project Manager at BAM, said: "Deconstructing the ten-storey building, before recladding and refurbishing is a huge task. There were 705 concrete panels to strip off the building, each weighing between two and four tonnes, before modern cladding could be installed. Months of meticulous planning are now paying off and it is great to see the new look taking shape."

(LM)