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Scale model of the King’s Cross development

Kelly France, IGEM Communications and Engagement Coordinator, explores interconnected, provided its own test;
how Argent LLP is using modern techniques to resurrect the past the framework was already
deconstructed. So Argent LLP set
AWARD-WINNING Chartered emanated as she described the about the task of working out the
Mechanical Engineer Morwenna Hall challenges and opportunities of location of each piece with the help of
provided insight into the restoration developing the site. Focusing on the CGI (computer-generated imagery).
and resurrection of the iconic Grade gasholders, she detailed how Argent Relocating the structures to their
II-listed Gasholder No.8 and Triplets at LLP wanted to ensure that these new location on the other side of the
the London, Southern & Eastern beloved iconic structures remained on canal was also a challenge, as
Section’s King’s Cross Gasholders Tour the skyline, giving the area a nod to its reconstructing a circular structure is
and Talk, on 2 May. history while being sympathetic to the not an easy task. They discovered
Morwenna, Senior Projects Director community. She wanted to capture upon dismantling gasholder No. 8 that
at Argent LLP, welcomed the people’s hearts and minds so planned the connecting bolts were inside the
attendees by providing them with an for the holders to be repurposed in a struts. They could only assume that
overview of the site as they gathered way that would be endearing, but also the original practice for tightening
around an illuminated scale model of contemporary. these was undertaken by children.
the King’s Cross development. The Triplets, a unique structure in Argent had to create braces to fit
Her passion and professionalism which three gasholder frames are externally, as it would not be possible

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