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Follow on Google News | London’s Walkie-Talkie Skyscraper causes damage for surprising reasonsThe 37 floor skyscraper in Fenchurch Street damaged shops and vehicles in the area as sunlight reflected off of the building and melted cars in 2013 as it was being constructed. The Ixl Company looks at the damage.
By: The IXL Company Last year, attention was drawn to the skyscraper for all the wrong reasons. The glare from the building was so bright, it smashed tiles, damaged and melting cars as well as singeing fabric such as doormats. “For such an expensive building, it really is quite ironic that the damages and costs happened from something so simple as sunlight reflections” Whilst the building was still under construction in September 2013, the reflected sunlight caused damage to a jaguar, and it has been said that Land Securities and Canary Wharf paid out around one thousand pounds to the owner and placed up a temporary shade. “Imagine Going to get into your car, especially a jaguar, and seeing your wing mirror, panels and jaguar badge has literally melted away whilst you have been gone must be very upsetting, but a very odd story to tell when you realize a it was a building to blame not a vandal” says Emma, Receptionist at The Ixl Company, London. “The Ixl Company are based very close by to Canary Wharf, full of large glass and reflective buildings, I cannot imagine what I would do if I went to drive home and found my care half melted because of a buildings windows” says Courtneay, another Receptionist at The Ixl Company. Plans are set to start as soon as possible to get the permanent shade up on London’s “Walkie Talkie” building. “Summer is not far off, England may not be known as the hottest place to be, but when you add the magnified rays from a reflective surface, damage can be caused very quickly” says Sam Mouden, The Ixl Company, Managing Director. www.theixlcompany.co.uk End
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