CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS

[maru2501]

They might as well be building this IN China as fast as it's going. Not much snow gathered on it for sure. From today

[KWILLSKYLINE]

Not sure if anyone knows the answer to this? Will all three sections ever become equally leveled together, my guess would be above parking, aka= are they all going to move up at the same time as one long slab or are all three individual tower sections going to move at their own pace? If that happened wouldnt they have to eventually slow down the west(tallest) section for the other two to catch up. I guess I just answered my own question cuz it seems like it would be stupid to slow down the one that is going to take the longest to complete.

[Llemon]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Cool floorplan comparison between the Seats and Burj Dubai. Maybe someone could scale in the Vista plans that were just posted for comparison? Sears is definitely the leader in usable SF, that's for sure.

[officeworker]

Things were getting more interesting today

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by Llemon

This is awesome. Really puts into perspective why Vista is coming in at the square footage it is despite being so tall.

[Skyguy_7]

Originally Posted by KWILLSKYLINE

Not sure if anyone knows the answer to this? Will all three sections ever become equally leveled together, my guess would be above parking, aka= are they all going to move up at the same time as one long slab or are all three individual tower sections going to move at their own pace? If that happened wouldnt they have to eventually slow down the west(tallest) section for the other two to catch up. I guess I just answered my own question cuz it seems like it would be stupid to slow down the one that is going to take the longest to complete.

That's actually a good question. My guess is the entire thing will need to go up as one, in order to keep structural elements properly tied together. Now that the west section appears to be "ahead", they'll most likely allocate manpower to the east sections to play catch-up, so that everything rises concurrently.

[Swicago Swi Sox]

The three tower look of this building seems to be purely done with floor plate shape, curtain wall moves, and the visual cues of having a road run through it.

It does not seem like this thing is intended to structurally behave like three towers in any way. Think of it as a rectangle that has three set backs at three different heights.

The concrete floors will most likely all be one homogeneous plate. That diaphragm ties the two cores together. It is not uncommon for rectangular buildings to have multiple cores, or multiple spread out lines of lateral support. This helps balance out any torsional twisting due to wind. For example, look at the new Northwestern research building (old Prentice site) UC right now.

[KWILLSKYLINE]

Thanks guys. It would be awesome if they would put up a digital video of how this is going to be built floor to floor/time lapse like other towers around the world. but hey, time and money aint cheap.

[KWILLSKYLINE]

Another question I had is how will they work the forming walls (not sure if thats the correct term) on the way up? I cant remember how they did Aqua with its odd shape but will these things run up diagonally both outward and inward and how do they support them? Or is this going to be a whole differnt technique all together?

[officeworker]

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[Northwest]

^^ Wow, looks like we are about to see a large unified floor plate across the entire tower footprint, spanning the lower level road.
Where is the parking here? I expected to see some slightly angled slabs here where cars will be parked on, but yet to see evidence of it.

[James_Mac]

Originally Posted by Northwest

^^ Wow, looks like we are about to see a large unified floor plate across the entire tower footprint, spanning the lower level road.
Where is the parking here? I expected to see some slightly angled slabs here where cars will be parked on, but yet to see evidence of it.

There is an angled slab on the far east side, visible in some of the photos and on the webcam (depending on the light). If the November 2015 plans haven't changed, there will be some parking on the east side of the lowest level. From the position of the ramps on the plans, it looks like the level above that (the level at the same height at the middle level of Wacker) will be mostly or entirely parking. But, as far as I'm aware, there aren't any plans publicly available showing that level.

[SolarWind]

March 16, 2017

[officeworker]

[Rocket49]

Is it just me, or do they seem to be making construction progress at about twice the typical rate for a high-rise?

[SteelMonkey]

Schedule bonus

[Rocket49]

Originally Posted by SteelMonkey

Schedule bonus

At this rate, it looks like they might be more or less finished a year from now.

[harryc]

Mar 16










and of course - parking.

[left of center]

Oh man, looking like it wont be long before it pops above street (streets?) level. Can't wait until it starts making a skyline impact!

[KWILLSKYLINE]

I think theres a couple folks who live in this area of LSE on this forum, how has the noise impact been on the inside of your apartment/condo? I suppose worse for Coast and Regatta. I know they soundproof pretty well but 4 years of that noise has got to get annoying, especially getting home from work when the construction goes later. But hey, part of city life. Just curious.