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Old Posted May 4, 2017, 2:44 PM
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I heard that this building does indeed have piles for a foundation instead of caissons from someone on the design team.

FYI, the official ground breaking was yesterday, not that that has any association with being U/C
801 S Financial and 235 W Van Buren are on friction piles (technically caissons are piles as well). Has to do with the soil conditions in that area.
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Old Posted May 4, 2017, 3:44 PM
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^ Ahh - 235 has steel ("friction") piles as well....that would be a similar-sized tower to 1326 S......
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