Got the wind up

摘要

Astragal understands signs warning of dangerously gusting high winds are to be 'urgently' put up around the base of Aedas' Bridgewater Place skyscraper in Leeds, the so-called 'Dalek'. In March a man was crushed to death at the base of the tower when a van was blown on top of him in high winds. The city council is also working with the developer 'to install a canopy at the second storey level' and 'vertical porous baffles at ground level'. Given that the issue of dangerous winds was raised in 2008 - and plans were then afoot (AJ 10.07.08) to add fins to the tower to alleviate the winds - it is a legitimate question to ask why the remedy has taken so long.