How do They do That? How Do They Do That? Transform an Interior Steel Column Into a Pillar of Design Have you ever wondered how they make those tall steel columns look like part of the interior design of a room? The following images show... 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
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
How do They do That? How do They do That? Sink a 45-foot Steel Piling in the Ground in Minutes Watching a Mobil Ram Shoring Rig sink a 45-foot steel piling in the soil was something to watch. There was no drilling. No excavating. No... Read More
Behind the Scene, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, How do They do That? How do They do That? Bend a Three-Inch EMT Galvanized Electrical Conduit On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, while I was wandering around in the basement (‘B’ level), I came upon two pieces of mean looking equipment, which... Read More
Behind the Scene, Blog, Construction Site, Construction Techniques, How do They do That? How do They do That? Hoist a 26k Pound Electrical Transformer From ‘B’ Level to ‘A’ Level A couple of weeks ago, I began my rounds along the frontage road on the south side of the Children’s Hospital tower inside of... Read More
Campus History, Current Updates, How do They do That? Overlay — The Landscape is Morphing, but The Purpose is the Same Overlay — Blending the Old with the New What do you get when you overlay a September 27, 2018, photo over a 2004 photo (approximate... Read More
Construction Site, Construction Update Vision 2020, How do They do That? How do They do That? — Extend the Construction Elevator/Hoist (aka Man Lift) Tomorrow, so I was told, the ironworkers will be setting the beams and girders for the ninth floor, but to do that the lattice tower... Read More
Behind the Scene, Blog, How do They do That? The Anatomy of an Isolator — An Integral Component to the Overall Seismic Protection System Behind that black inner tube like material is a magical “EPS” system. EPS stands for Earthquake Protection System and is the company that invented the... Read More