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Beetham Tower, Birmingham is a 122 metre (400 feet) tall Skyscraper completed in 2006 in Birmingham city centre, United Kingdom . It is named after the developers, Beetham Organization, and is designed by Ian Simpson . The estimated cost of construction is estimated to be around £50 million. The entire development will cover an area of 650 Metre 2. It has 39 floors, and is the second tallest building in the city after the 152 m (498 ft) British Telecom Tower . The whole faςade of the building will be glass. The lower 18-floors are a Radisson SAS hotel, which opened to guests on 16 January 2006 . The upper 20 floors contain 158 Apartment s. It can also be referred to as the Holloway Circus Tower after its address. DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION The plans for the building were first aired in 1998 as part of a competition for designs for a tower acting as a gateway to the city to be given to the council and also for a building that could help with the regeneration plans in the area. Two designs were put forward, one by CALA Homes which consisted of two road glass towers and the other by the Beetham Corporation which had a spires elevating the height to 192 metres. The Beetham Corporation won however it was forced to scale down the towers height due to height limits enforced after the World Trade Center attacks. The construction of the building encountered a couple of problems. Not far into the construction of the Lift Shaft , a piece of scaffolding became dislodged and fell to the ground causing Traffic delays around Holloway Circus . On 24 November 2005 , 5 pieces of cladding from the higher levels became detached from the building and fell to the ground. Fear of more falling off caused nearby roads to be closed for an entire weekend, until the site could be declared safe. Clips have now been installed to secure the panels. SEE ALSO
Two other UK towers share the same name: EXTERNAL LINKS
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