Last week a little birdie told me the trident beams should start going up later this week. Hope to get more solid coming in the next day or so. If I'm going to bundle up and go shoot in this cold, I want to make sure it's worth my time, ha.
I saw a LOT of steel on the back of some flatbeds lined up along Randolph this morning. It looked way beefier than the stuff going in that's creating the floor plates. Maybe those are what you're talking about.
Last week a little birdie told me the trident beams should start going up later this week. Hope to get more solid coming in the next day or so. If I'm going to bundle up and go shoot in this cold, I want to make sure it's worth my time, ha.
Does anyone know what the tridents are built up from? Is it all steel plate welded together to create a custom shape? Are they the 36x925 that were used at 150 N. Riverside? I would love to see the piece drawings on those items.
Does anyone know what the tridents are built up from? Is it all steel plate welded together to create a custom shape? Are they the 36x925 that were used at 150 N. Riverside? I would love to see the piece drawings on those items.
Yes - multiple I beams (big ones) joined together - pics soon.
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note the yellow things, put on the corners of the beam where the lifting cable goes around.
Eyeballing it.
Persuasion
Put a steak in it
Ice on cold steel - this is obviously the top beam.
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I think I'll be out there for a bit tomorrow AM. Maybe around 9:30-10:00am. If you see a guy with a camera and a safety-orange parka, it's probably me.
Welp, I got all bundled up and trudged out to the site only to find it mostly desolate. Oh well, I'll get some lifting action next time. Also, bummed that they made the photo 'window' so narrow on the South end of the site.
Awesome pictures everyone. It's hard to imagine how those connection points are sufficient enough on the trident sections for how large those beams are. It seems like they should be more robust. Especially on the angled pieces.
It looks like they started early this morning and got another piece of the trident up and erecting beams from the trident into the building...can't wait to see more close-up photos.