The 'Towering' Tower![Courtesy of Mersinet Information Services.]

RADIO CITY BEACON DESIGN

St John's Beacon is one of the most famous landmarks in Liverpool. It was originally opened as a restaurant, and was known as the Tower Restaurant for many years. Sadly, due to new fire regulations, the building had to close. It stands close to Williamson Square and is a regular feature on Liverpool's skyline. Now known as St John's 'Radio City' Beacon, the landmark stands an imposing 450 feet tall above the city of Liverpool.
Having recently been refurbished to house the country's largest radio station outside of London, the circular tower posed a unique design problem for the supply and extract systems. Not only was the individual module design restricted by access to the plant room due to lift size and capacity, the circular plant room space required a novel solution for the Air Handling Equipment configuration - - - A 'bent' A.H.U.!

(We could have dropped it off the back of a lorry but we couldn't Guarantee how 'bent' it would have turned out)