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McAlpine’s Big Ben restoration to complete in 2022 after covid delays

Art of Building 2021 Judge’s Choice Award winner The Value of Time, by James Retief

Sir Robert McAlpine’s work to complete conservation work on the Elizabeth Tower in London’s Palace of Westminster, is to complete in the second quarter of 2022.

The work on the £79.7m project had been due to finish later this year but has been delayed by the covid-19 pandemic.

Teams are now working at full capacity on the site after a four-month closure last year. In the summer, work installing the restored clock mechanism will begin and the clock hands, now in their original Victorian colour scheme, will be added to the clock dials. 

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