CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS - Page 93

Saber925 · #**1841** Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 12:35 AM**

Quick snapshot from my phone. They are also tearing up the pavement on upper Wacker.

10023 · #**1842** Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 10:11 AM**

Are they going to try to find a less awkward way for Wacker to meet Lake Shore Drive?

American cities really need to start getting rid of intersections and lights. I don't see why certain lanes don't just peel off or merge into LSD there. It should be seamless.

10023 · #**1843** Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 10:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Via Chicago

so what? find a way to do so without auctioning off citizenship to the global elite. and if they cant do so, without at the same time gerrymandering ludicrous census tracts to knock down the price, maybe the citizens of Chicago and the united states dont need these buildings so badly in the first place.

Every country has some form of citizenship by investment.

And countries like the US need immigration - it's not a bad thing if some of those people are wealthy and "shopping" for a green card rather than being destitute.

marothisu · #**1844** Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 5:48 PM**

Honestly, I don't get why people are so up in arms about things. So a person invests a bit of money and creates jobs for Americans, and invests in a city or cities - and that's a bad thing? I don't think the guy investing $20M into the American economy and creating 100 jobs for Americans is going to be taking your job.

harryc · #**1845** Posted **Nov 13, 2016, 4:28 AM**

Thanks for the pics from above BVic - very very loud on the next level down.

Building a cage - note the diameter

Keeping up the pressure

Catching Pokemon ?

The place where the pressure meets the T-Bar this rotating collar is on the top of the long shaft that has the drill at the other end.

The crains have 2 or more winches, here one is being attached to the collar. The compressed air after driving the hammers causes a convection current which deposits the tailings (sp ?) on the top of the bit.

And out it comes - the crane operator shook the bit back and forth first which settled out the gravel (de-watered ?). After the deluge he then lowered the collar and used it to scrape off most of the remaining gravel.

chief56 · #**1846** Posted **Nov 15, 2016, 5:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Building a cage - note the diameter

Seismic ties.....pains in the ass!!

whiteford · #**1847** Posted **Nov 17, 2016, 1:48 AM**

K

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Originally Posted by 10023

Every country has some form of citizenship by investment.

And countries like the US need immigration - it's not a bad thing if some of those people are wealthy and "shopping" for a green card rather than being destitute.

sorry, double posted

whiteford · #**1848** Posted **Nov 17, 2016, 1:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Every country has some form of citizenship by investment.

And countries like the US need immigration - it's not a bad thing if some of those people are wealthy and "shopping" for a green card rather than being destitute.

Much of the work I have done over the years has been for hard working and successful imagrents. Very important to our way of life. Construction definitely depends on this.

SolarWind · #**1849** Posted **Nov 18, 2016, 6:34 AM**

November 16, 2016

Anthony.art · #**1850** Posted **Dec 2, 2016, 10:31 PM**

So much going on on the site, including the demolition of the end of wacker drive.

Skyguy_7 · #**1851** Posted **Dec 3, 2016, 12:01 AM**

Glorious perspective and photos! Welcome to the forum

TimeAgain · #**1852** Posted **Dec 3, 2016, 12:21 AM**

Can't wait until this thing becomes noticeable in the skyline.

Northwest · #**1853** Posted **Dec 3, 2016, 1:29 AM**

Thanks for posting pics! Much appreciated!

harryc · #**1854** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 3:53 PM**

Dec 05

Leading the crane

Compressors and the come-along (frame with block and tackle for pulling out those hard to pull caisson sleeves)

A very noisy crew

KWILLSKYLINE · #**1855** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 4:11 PM**

This has got to be the busiest site that this city has seen in decades. I remember riding my bike to trump back in the day and it not having nearly as much comotion as this one has. It's Awesome. Lets cross our fingers to get the spire site roaring within the next ten years.

SolarWind · #**1856** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 3:35 AM**

December 05, 2016

Centropolis · #**1857** Posted **Dec 17, 2016, 4:10 PM**

wow. nice photos...impressive.

chris08876 · #**1858** Posted **Dec 17, 2016, 4:36 PM**

What's the time frame for foundation work before we see it rise? Roughly a 8-9 months?

F1 Tommy · #**1859** Posted **Dec 17, 2016, 5:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

What's the time frame for foundation work before we see it rise? Roughly a 8-9 months?

Here is the link showing the construction timeline:

http://mchughconstruction.com/assets/pdf/wandavista.pdf

chris08876 · #**1860** Posted **Dec 17, 2016, 6:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by F1 Tommy

Here is the link showing the construction timeline:

http://mchughconstruction.com/assets/pdf/wandavista.pdf

Great source, thanks. Really puts it into perspective.