the glass will be a cascading failure because I am sure it already is delaying work they would be doing on the interior of lower floors that they don't want exposed to weather
the glass will be a cascading failure because I am sure it already is delaying work they would be doing on the interior of lower floors that they don't want exposed to weather
It's not difficult to provide temporary covers/tarps/etc over a floor(s) to work during cold weather months in an interior space, if the exterior wall has not been installed yet..you see it all of the time for high rise construction projects in Chicago and elsewhere.
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Heard over the weekend they are seriously considering switching glass companies and have drawings for a new system ready to go. We'll see what they decide.
Heard over the weekend they are seriously considering switching glass companies and have drawings for a new system ready to go. We'll see what they decide.
Interesting. Wonder if they will decide to up the glass quality along with the glazier. Might get glass of a slightly different color/hue and/or transparency.
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^Typically, the glass manufacturer is different from the window/curtain wall frame manufacturer... so, I would assume that any new frame manufacturer would utilize the already in production (insulated) glass panels for the new system... (this is pure speculation on my part)
also, I heard over the weekend that both the window wall systems officially failed for the third time...
"EFCO won the Wanda Vista project under a Pella strategy change to grow the business by breaking out of their core competencies in mid-size construction," Klein said. "This strategy expanded EFCO’s reach into large curtainwall projects, a market with which they had no experience. At 93 stories and an approximate $70 million project, Wanda is far larger than any project EFCO had pursued in its history. Clearly, EFCO did not fully understand the complexities of the Wanda project when it took it on, and therefore underbid it."
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Ha! There's still time for this to devolve into a debate about the merits of spires / antennas but ...
... but I'm also in the above camp. I kind of like the addition. Maybe it's because it makes it resemble the Sears tower just a little, which is catnip for most of us. It's elegant too.
Plus, anything that knocks 401 N Wabash down a few pegs is fine with me.
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