CHICAGO | River Point | 730 FT | 52 FLOORS - Page 100

Notyrview · #**1981** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 12:04 AM**

Yay! can't wait to watch this rise!

harryc · #**1982** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 12:51 AM**

SamInTheLoop · #**1983** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 4:28 PM**

Is it really possible Hines has finally run out of other parts of this project they could potentially phase before the tower?? What about completing the landscaping on the rail deck and riverwalk area first.....have they thought of that?.....could buy them maybe all the way until late fall/early winter until they have nothing left to work on but the actual tower itself.......

LouisVanDerWright · #**1984** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 5:13 PM**

Just looked at the webcam and there is a ton of equipment on site now including two mobile cranes instead of just the one from yesterday. WTF are they doing with two big cranes? I don't see an actual cassion rig yet either, just a crawler crane they are assembling. Though I'm pretty sure they must be about to start cassions because they have a couple of those small bulldozers with the buckets on them that they use to clear away the contents of the cassion shafts.

marothisu · #**1985** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 1:59 PM**

It received a building permit yesterday to build the foundation.

r18tdi · #**1986** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 2:28 PM**

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It received a building permit yesterday to build the foundation.

So they were waiting on a permit? Hopefully now they'll pull their finger out and get this tower rising.

marothisu · #**1987** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

So they were waiting on a permit? Hopefully now they'll pull their finger out and get this tower rising.

It appears that way, but now that they got one for the foundation, they should be able to start for real. Two large buildings downtown receive foundation permits on the same day. Very cool

F1 Tommy · #**1988** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 3:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

It appears that way, but now that they got one for the foundation, they should be able to start for real. Two large buildings downtown receive foundation permits on the same day. Very cool

I wonder if the city was playing games because of the contractor change? Why would they wait this long to get the permit otherwise?

marothisu · #**1989** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 3:04 PM**

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I wonder if the city was playing games because of the contractor change? Why would they wait this long to get the permit otherwise?

Who knows, but it looks like a bunch of stuff in their application was denied. Architectural, Environmental, Structural, etc reviews all denied within the last month. Then it looks like that same stuff just all recently passed. Final reviews were Geotech and Architectural/Fire that passed on Wednesday

Pilton · #**1990** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

Who knows, but it looks like a bunch of stuff in their application was denied. Architectural, Environmental, Structural, etc reviews all denied within the last month. Then it looks like that same stuff just all recently passed. Final reviews were Geotech and Architectural/Fire that passed on Wednesday

Lots of stuff under the site. One drain (Fulton St.) collapsed.

harryc · #**1991** Posted **Jun 27, 2014, 5:31 PM**

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Lots of stuff under the site. One drain (Fulton St.) collapsed.

This one ?

Any idea what year it was put in ? - older re-bar

b.t.w. only saw one caisson rig (old Manitowac) being assembled yesterday and this morning.

Pilton · #**1992** Posted **Jun 28, 2014, 2:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

This one ?

Any idea what year it was put in ? - older re-bar

b.t.w. only saw one caisson rig (old Manitowac) being assembled yesterday and this morning.

Yep. Nope. Only one crane being assembled on site.

harryc · #**1993** Posted **Jun 30, 2014, 12:58 AM**

J_M_Tungsten · #**1994** Posted **Jun 30, 2014, 1:31 AM**

Does anyone know what they are doing on the highrise site now? What are these cranes going to be lifting? Seems like a lot of machinery with little visible movement of the site (other than that giant drainage hole that has been filled with rocks apparently).

ardecila · #**1995** Posted **Jun 30, 2014, 1:38 AM**

Is the riverwalk gonna open early? Looks like they're already putting in trees which is usually a final step... It would be awesome to get that open to the public before the tower even starts rising. There may be some kind of deadline in the TIF agreement.

Skyguy_7 · #**1996** Posted **Jun 30, 2014, 2:14 AM**

^^Patience, JMT... Case is coming...

harryc · #**1997** Posted **Jun 30, 2014, 12:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by J_M_Tungsten

Does anyone know what they are doing on the highrise site now? What are these cranes going to be lifting? Seems like a lot of machinery with little visible movement of the site (other than that giant drainage hole that has been filled with rocks apparently).

The yellow telescoping crane - seen driving off - was used to assemble the lager (Manitowac) Crawler.

If Case is doing the foundations they could have rented this one (same kind used to mount the big drills) or there could be more site prep before that. At both 400 N LSD and 401 N Wabash a significant amount of excavation was done before the main caisson work started.

Rizzo · #**1998** Posted **Jul 1, 2014, 1:20 PM**

Great updates all. Can't wait to see this one get moving quickly

guesswho · #**1999** Posted **Jul 3, 2014, 1:09 PM**

They are installing a constant (or what is so far) row of what looks to be pine trees/pine bushes along the river facing tunnel wall, probably to ward off any further graffiti, as they realized that would be an ongoing problem, as I don't think the pines were in the original renderings.

Chupper · #**2000** Posted **Jul 3, 2014, 5:38 PM**

About an hour ago (7/3), more cranes: