Campus History, Construction Site, Current Updates, Inside the Building Yes, Mable There are Actual Rooms in Those Towers — A Tour of Level “A” One of the most frequent questions that I am asked is: “When are they going to start making rooms?” Another question is: “Have the workers... Read More
Campus History The Week of May 27, 2019 — Water Tanks, Tunnel Excavation, the Schuman Pavilion Elevator Tower Pit, and the Backup Generator Site On Monday, May 27, 2019, the construction site was closed to celebrate Memorial Day. We honor all of those brave men and women who serve... Read More
How do They do That? How Do They Do That? Test for Water Leaks on the Glass Curtain Walls of the Children’s Hospital The other day, I noticed a funny looking contraption on the glass curtain wall panels on the south wing of the Children’s Hospital tower. From... Read More
Campus History The Week of May 20, 2019 — Water Tanks, Tunnel Excavation, Building Demolition, and Safety This week will be a week that has a whole lot of stuff — BIG stuff — will be going on. On the west side.... Read More
Architecture, Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020 The East Elevation: the Central Core and its Penultimate GFRC Panel Remember when the steel towers reached their apex? It was nearly five-month ago when we would gaze up toward the east elevation of the two... Read More
Architecture, Construction Update Vision 2020 Roof Lines — As Viewed From the Southeast Now that the majority of skin (windows and GFRC Panels) cover the steel frame (as viewed from the southeast corner rising above Barton Road and... Read More
How do They do That? How Will They Do That? Wash the Widows of the Podium and Towers The title of this post is a derivation from the usual title: “How do they That?” Although it is too early in the construction process... Read More
Campus History, Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, Weekly Construction Blog The Week of May 13, 2019 — Windows, Gravel, Caissons, a Scaffold, Restrooms, and an Elevator Pit This week we pretty much begin where we left off last week: just more of the same — a little of this and more of... Read More