West Suffolk House photos and plans
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Photos of West Suffolk House and its construction
Visitor entrance
Staff entrance end
A seminar in the Conference Chamber
Cafe West - the staff cafe
Open plan offices
West Suffolk House
The new building is open for business
The first customers arrive - 30 March 2009
Reception is ready to open 17 March 2009
Solar panels on the roof 17 March 2009
Furniture is installed 8 March 2009
Work on the paths outside begins 26 January 2009
The outside of the drum is completed 9 January 2009
The inside is taking shape - 12 December 2008
The building is covered with tiles - 17 October 2008
The crane is dismantled - 8 October 2008
View from the front entrance - 26 September 2008
The drum - 26 September 2008
First floor - 8 September 2008
Atrium ceiling - 30 July 2008
More windows are installed - 30 July 2008
The roof of the drum 30 July 2008
The outside of the building - 2 July 2008
The council chamber is taking shape - 2 July 2008
Bury town centre development from the crane - 2 July 2008
The Glulam beams for the roof - 2 July 2008
The window units are now being installed - 12 June 2008
The balustrades around the atrium - 12 June 2008
The roof of the 'drum' - 30 May 2008
Work on the inside of the building is in progress - 30 May 2008
The first set of stairs is put in place - 2 May 2008
The boreholes are drilled - 2 May 2008
The Peri system is in place for the next layer of bubbledeck - 11 April 2008
'Bubbles' in the Bubbledeck - 11 April 2008
The second floor of the 'drum' - 11 April 2008
The second floor is progressing - 28 March 2008
The second floor bubbledeck - 28 March 2008
Work on the walls continues - 28 March 2008
First floor slab is curing before the second floor slab can be poured - 8 February 2008
Construction of the columns and walls continues - 8 February 2008
Road access - 4 January 2008
work continues on the 'bubbledeck' - 4 January 2008
South elevation - 4 January 2008
East elevation - 4 January 2008
The tower crane on site - 12 December 2008
The 'drum' end of the building - 12 December 2008
The complete building - 12 December 2008
Bubbledeck insulated flooring is installed - 12 December 2007
Scaffolding for the walls of the 'drum' end of West Suffolk House - 12 December 2007
'Peri' system for supporting the construction of the 'bubbledeck' - 12 December 2007
View of the cattle market redevelopment from the crane - 12 December 2007
The lift shafts - 12 December 2007
Pillars to support the first floor - 30 November 2008
Scaffolding for the walls goes up - 30 November 2007
The foundations - 12 October 2007
The foundations are built - 12 October 2007
Part of the building is demolished
Demolition begins
Three dimensional image of existing buildings
3D image of proposed Western Way site (November 2006)
Aerial view of proposed Western Way site
Phases of development
St Edmundsbury Borough Council offices on Angel Hill
Suffolk County Council offices at Shire Hall
St Edmundsbury Borough Council offices at Western Way
New building - east elevation
New building - north elevation
New building - south elevation
New building - west elevation
Artists impression of the new building
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