The i360 is one of the biggest engineering projects to happen in the UK in recent years and the team behind it hopes it will inspire a future generation of architects and engineers.

Documenting the journey

It was anticipated early on that there would be huge interest in the tower’s construction and so the i360’s chief executive Eleanor Harris decided to document every stage of the construction on fi lm.

As she explained: “Before we even started building we brought in our fi lming partner, Latest TV, who along with our two offi cial photographers have been working with us for the past year to capture every stage of the construction.

“Latest has created a series of short fi lms, each lasting a couple of minutes. Although the build hasn’t fi nished, we thought now was a good time to share the work so far.”

Learn more about the i360 milestones

Those initial fi lms are now online and can be watched on our site. They include fi lms on the concrete pour, both beach landings and the fi tting of the fi rst steel can. New footage will be added to the page after each major construction event or milestone.

There is also behind the scenes footage and interviews from a range of people involved in the project, including the architects David Marks and Julia Barfi eld, tower construction project manager Neal Mardon from Hollandia, and Dan Argles, the project manager from Mackley.

Eleanor also features in the fi lms and she said the footage from Latest TV, which is narrated by the i360’s public liaison offi cer Ruth Chapman, was proving to be an excellent way for people to keep up to date with the building of the tower.

She said: “There really is a lot of interest in how we are building the tower and in some ways the i360 is already an attraction even though it won’t open until next summer.

A new perspective on the i360 build

“These videos are brilliant for people who perhaps can’t make it down to the site, have missed any of the work or who want to get a different perspective on the work we are doing.

“The building of the i360 is a historic time for Brighton and it is fantastic to have it being recorded at every stage by a local TV crew who have been able to pop down to site whenever something momentous has happened.”

Films of the construction so far are now available on our site