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HSBC Tower is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. The building, whose formal address is 8 Canada Square, serves as the international headquarters for HSBC Holdings PLC (the largest bank in the world by some measures).
The tower was designed by Sir Norman Foster's team of architects. Construction began in 1997 and was completed in 2002. There are 45 floors in the 200 metre high tower, the joint second largest in the United Kingdom with the Citigroup Centre. Standing alongside the HSBC Tower are 1 Canada Square (known popularly as Canary Wharf); and the Citigroup Centre, which forms the British head office of the multinational US bank, Citigroup. The tower is not open to the public.
In May 2000 the top of a tower crane that was being used in the construction of the tower overturned and fell to the ground below. Three people - the erection supervisor, a member of the erection crew and the crane driver - died as a result of injuries sustained in the fall. After a long and complex investigation carried out by the HSE and the Metropolitan Police, no cause for the collapse could be determined with any certainty. As a result there were no manslaughter or health and safety charges brought against any parties regarding the incident. The HSE published a report into the investigation on their website in June 2005.
The nearest tube station is Canary Wharf, serving the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway. A bus service runs to London City Airport. A small shopping mall is at the base of the development.
Source: [wikipedia: hsbc tower, london]
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