Small Mistakes That Cost Millions To Fix

Published on October 2, 2019 By Chloe Draws

The Walkie Talkie was melting cars – $250 million

The Walkie Talkie building in the city of London was situated at 20 Fenchurch Street and promised to be the latest edition to the new London skyline. It was completed in 2014 and is home to a number of businesses and also features a skygarden.

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It was all a success until a man saw a photographer taking pictures of his car next to the new building and realised that his car body had dented from the reflection of the heat generation. Developers had to pay for the car damage and come up with a solution to the problem.