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How much did One Canada Square cost to build?

One Canada Square is the 50-floor, 235 m tower at the centre of Canary Wharf in London, designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates with Adamson Associates and Frederick Gibberd Coombes & Partners, developed by Olympia & York, built by Sir Robert McAlpine from 1988 and completed in August 1991 as the tallest building in the United Kingdom until The Shard. New Civil Engineer confirms the completion date and contractor but gives no cost, while the Wikipedia infobox and a search summary state a cost of GBP 624 million.

Reported project cost

£624 million

Approximately $1.1 billion

Cost basis: 1991

1 Canada Square taken from Cabot Square
Mark GilbertCC BY-SA 3.0

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Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost1991
newcivilengineer.com

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  1. 1988

    Construction started

    newcivilengineer.com
  2. 1991

    Completed

    New Civil Engineer

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