CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 268

SolarWind · #**5341** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 5:47 AM**

September 15, 2016

Sneak peek look at the interior
https://www.facebook.com/hotelemc2/posts/1803079533295793

SolarWind · #**5342** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 5:48 AM**

September 15, 2016

SolarWind · #**5343** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 5:49 AM**

Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

September 15, 2016

ardecila · #**5344** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

^ keeping with the suburban theme, here's a shot of the core rising for 1571 Maple up in Evanston.

interestingly, there's no tower crane for this one. they appear to be doing all of the lifting on the job with that big red manitowoc on the left

Tower cranes are mucho expensive, contractors will avoid renting one if there is any way to do so. Luffer cranes even moreso.

At 1571 Maple, looks like they can park the crane in place of one of the low-rise sections of the building while the tower goes up.

Steely Dan · #**5345** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 4:24 PM**

^ actually a portion of elmwood avenue immediately east of the site has been permanently closed for the duration of construction, and that is where the big red manitowoc is sitting. i don't know what arrangements were made with the city, but i have to assume that the developer/contractor is paying rent to the city for the street closure. that's how it usually works, right?

Skyguy_7 · #**5346** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 6:40 PM**

^Yep. In Chicago, we have to pay an arm and a leg for street closure permits when blocking the right of way for cranes. Could be as much as $10k per day. Even on a CPS project, the city will charge us. Joke's on them though, since we figure for the permit in our bid.

the urban politician · #**5347** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 1:35 AM**

City permit fees on street closures have indeed skyrocketed. For a typical water service job, the cost used to be around $10k. It is now closer to $21 or $22k. A big chunk of that is higher permit fees.

Chi-Sky21 · #**5348** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 2:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by SolarWind

Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

September 15, 2016

Querrey or quarry!!

chrisvfr800i · #**5349** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 12:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

Tower cranes are mucho expensive, contractors will avoid renting one if there is any way to do so. Luffer cranes even moreso.

At 1571 Maple, looks like they can park the crane in place of one of the low-rise sections of the building while the tower goes up.

Cost wise, hammerhead tower cranes and larger crawler cranes are relatively close, with foundation and engineering costs being the difference. (Luffers can be double the rental cost.) Obviously there are a lot of variables, but we generally prefer a tower crane for the better productivity and safety.

jc5680 · #**5350** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 3:12 PM**

Franklin & Illinois

J_M_Tungsten · #**5351** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 3:34 PM**

Children's Demo
June 30

August 6th

September 17

J_M_Tungsten · #**5352** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 3:45 PM**

9/15
Gonnella Bakery Site (http://chicago.curbed.com/2016/7/7/1...onnella-update)

The Hudson

i_am_hydrogen · #**5353** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 12:11 AM**

denizen467 · #**5354** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 5:56 AM**

Window installation is underway at The Sinclair. Looks nice.

But it will not be a continuous curtainwall. The windows are installed in between the slabs; the slab edges (painted, etc.) will presumably become part of the exterior design. I wonder how much money this saves the developer. Regardless, the thermal insulation is probably worse; don't the exposed concrete slab edges serve as a thermal bridge to suck winter cold right into the floor?

Incidentally, is this technically still called a curtainwall ?

BrandonJXN · #**5355** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 11:07 AM**

The Parker is quite nice actually.

colemonkee · #**5356** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 2:49 PM**

Denizen, if the walls leave the slabs exposed, it's generally called window wall, not curtain wall. It's common in cities like Toronto, and supposedly saves enough money to make it more popular than it should be.

Randomguy34 · #**5357** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 3:04 PM**

^^ You can also see it in a few River North built or U/C highrises. With how nice the windows look for The Hudson, I'll gladly take exposed concrete over the beige they were planning

sox102 · #**5358** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Denizen, if the walls leave the slabs exposed, it's generally called window wall, not curtain wall. It's common in cities like Toronto, and supposedly saves enough money to make it more popular than it should be.

This. It saves the owner/developer/GC close to $30/SF for the enclosure. One reason why I personally hate window wall projects. There are far too many of them in Chicago right now.

patrick84 · #**5359** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 6:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

^^ You can also see it in a few River North built or U/C highrises. With how nice the windows look for The Hudson, I'll gladly take exposed concrete over the beige they were planning

There are painted samples of the concrete on the western portion, so I don't think exposed concrete is in the cards. It appears to be a nice "Miami white" though compared to the "River North beige."

Tom Servo · #**5360** Posted **Sep 19, 2016, 10:02 PM**

What's getting built at like 300 n Michigan, where the Walgreens used to be?

My buddy's engineering office just finished a big foundation for something there. Sounded tall.