[harryc]

33 story resiential tower
- foundation work started 9.8 mil US$


Sheet Pile Palloza

A foreman(?) told me that because of the soil conditions they will not be using caissons, but piles, driven down to bedrock. After I left I started wondering
1) Is the soil so loose that they can't use caissons, or so loose as to allow them to use piles ?
2) Are these friction piles, just as long as they can go, or are they supporting the building on the piles sitting on the bedrock ?

 

[harryc]

5/5
Pilings - not caissons - for this building.

5/22

Pile Driver

Support is from friction on the vertical surfaces.

 

[harryc]

6/02

Once the piling hits it's sticking point the top is clipped off - and recycled.

 

[harryc]

Jun 16

 

[harryc]

6/30
Pilings are completed - starting work on the soil retention before the excavate the tops of the pilings and build a matt on top of them.

 

[harryc]

July 14

 

[harryc]

July 28

Aug 25

 

[harryc]

Sept 29

 

[harryc]

Oct 08
The financial side of the project

Tough hood - note the (slur ?) next to the rendering - K2.0 [ it does look like the much maligned K2]

 

[harryc]

Jan 14

 

[harryc]

Feb 11

A contender for the streets against urbanity contest. (next door)

 

[Momin]

Update:

Since construction began last spring, progress at the site of 801 South Financial, a 496-unit rental tower designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners for Wood Partners, LLC in Chicago's long-overlooked South Loop has been moving along nicely. The soon-to-be 33-storey, 354-foot structure is now roughly halfway to the top. Just a few blocks south of The Loop, the transformation of a former surface lot into a home for approximately 750 new residents will be a welcome boost to the area. South Loop has recently become a hotbed of activity, as new developments continue to rise.

 

[harryc]

Feb 20

Desolation Blvd.

 

[harryc]

Feb 26

 

[harryc]

Mar 12

Mar 23