[harryc]

http://www.tjbc.com/current-projects/151-north-franklin

Aug 2013

old foundations poke out from the edge of the lot

Aug 2014 - the aggressively bland Walgreens finally closes.

Lot is cleared and work is imminent - Feb 2016

 

[harryc]

March 9

 

[Momin]

Some more details on the front page today!

 

[harryc]

 

[bennessb]

I love your detail shots, @harryc!

 

[soleickly]

Nice pics! Remember when parking was $10.50? Any information on the GC?

 

[harryc]

4/18

Caissons installed, site leveled off, time to start on the pit, first step the walls

one size does NOT fit all

Big vibrator for slipping the piles in.

 

[harryc]

5/02
Onsite training

5/26
Making progress

 

[bennessb]

"Safety Awareness Trailer" I love it.

 

[harryc]

"Safety Awareness Trailer" I love it.

The repetition actually helps - we do fire drills twice a year in my building and after a few years the majority of people get it. Not a free service at all, I think the building gets a discount on theor insurance for it. Would only take one or two injuries to pay for that trailer, trainer, and materials for a year.

 

[harryc]

06/06

Preparing for a sleeper

06/09

06/16

Ready to pour a sleeper

 

[harryc]

June 30

Tie into a sleeper (the block sits on 2 caissons)

 

[harryc]

Jyly 06
151 in the foreground - 225 W Lake in the background

patterns

Geo cloth - clay enfused mesh that provides a degree of waterproofing

 

[harryc]

July 14

 

[harryc]

Core beginning to rise crane base being installed above sidewalk to allow site traffic to pass underneath.

July 24
Steel !

July 25

July 28

A similar configuration was used on 111 Wacker where the crane was also mounted above the sidewalk.