PHILADELPHIA | W Hotel & Element by Westin | 617 FT | 51 FLOORS - Page 87

eaglesfanone · #**1721** Posted **Aug 19, 2016, 8:52 PM**

Spoke quickly with one of the workers on the site and he told me that they are planning to take the horizontal struts out next week and are expecting the construction to get above ground between the end of December and beginning of Jan 2017.

He reiterated my thought a week or so ago that things are going to get complicated quickly...

Whu215 · #**1722** Posted **Aug 22, 2016, 9:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Update from Building Philly

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly/

I took that pic, I'm a carpenter on the W

SJPhillyBoy · #**1723** Posted **Aug 22, 2016, 9:35 PM**

Whu215, Nice pic and nice job on the foundation so far.

Whu215 · #**1724** Posted **Aug 22, 2016, 11:58 PM**

Friday we finished the first parking deck floor.

thisisforreal · #**1725** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 1:36 PM**

Aug 16th:

Aug 23rd:

City Wide · #**1726** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 4:05 PM**

Whu215, glad for your posts. Always good to have a man/woman on the inside. Do you expect to be on this job for the whole build?

Whu215 · #**1727** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 8:27 PM**

Whu215 · #**1728** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 8:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

Whu215, glad for your posts. Always good to have a man/woman on the inside. Do you expect to be on this job for the whole build?

Unless they get sick of me

1487 · #**1729** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 11:54 AM**

very nice pics. I wonder what happens with this struts after they are removed. I suppose if the dimensions come in handy they can go somewhere else.

TechTalkGuy · #**1730** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

very nice pics. I wonder what happens with this struts after they are removed. I suppose if the dimensions come in handy they can go somewhere else.

Well, they are rusty, so they probably are being reused.

thisisforreal · #**1731** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 4:03 PM**

Aug 23rd:

Aug 24th:

Baconboy007 · #**1732** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 4:48 PM**

^^^ Is... Is that the core starting to rise?!?

http://giphy.com/gifs/Do9MyzZjbZu9O/html5

1487 · #**1733** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 6:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Baconboy007

^^^ Is... Is that the core starting to rise?!?

http://giphy.com/gifs/Do9MyzZjbZu9O/html5

it sure looks that way and I did hear the garage was only under part of the building. I wonder what all the other subgrade space will be used for if not cars?

Whu215 · #**1734** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Baconboy007

^^^ Is... Is that the core starting to rise?!?

http://giphy.com/gifs/Do9MyzZjbZu9O/html5

That's the core and that's me center just to the right in the bottom pic at the cut table cutting a 2x4

Conc. C · #**1735** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 2:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

Unless they get sick of me

You keep taking them pictures, and go in with ten leave with ten, you might become job scribe. :cheers

One of my first jobs within sight, Twin Towers. Lower one 38 floors.
Retired LU #122.

City Wide · #**1736** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

That's the core and that's me center just to the right in the bottom pic at the cut table cutting a 2x4

I'm glad to see at least you doing some work. In that photo it looks like theres 15 or so people waiting for you to cut that stud.

Whu215 · #**1737** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

I'm glad to see at least you doing some work. In that photo it looks like theres 15 or so people waiting for you to cut that stud.

Gangs take break at different times, the guys next to me are rodsetters on break.

thisisforreal · #**1738** Posted **Aug 26, 2016, 1:10 PM**

Aug 24th:

Aug 26th:

City Wide · #**1739** Posted **Aug 26, 2016, 3:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

Gangs take break at different times, the guys next to me are rodsetters on break.

what are the 'rods' that rodsetters set? Rebar?

shakman · #**1740** Posted **Aug 26, 2016, 3:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

what are the 'rods' that rodsetters set? Rebar?

Yes.