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Re: Wynn Everett Casino | Everett What you're seeing is the Peri LPS Lightweight climbing system and it is climbing vertically up the tower. This is used both as worker protection on the working decks, but as additional edge protection for those below. It is the same system used at Millennium...

This one was a WSP Flack & Kurtz design. As for contractors: HVAC- EM Duggan, Electrical- K&H Electric, Plumbing and Fire Protection- Cannistraro

37 is a mechanical crossover / plumbing loop floor. Needing more height in the corridors to stuff the mechanicals, the overall height of the floor increased with the cast-in-place continuous slab. That, and MP's use of vertical heat pumps (ductless) the residents on this floor get the bonus of...

Those are balconies, enclosed by glass (storefront-ish) on three sides. The glass change at these floors (where the PH's start) is to low-iron glass- clearer, higher quality, more $$

It's easier to see here: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/357b483c-eddf-4e5c-9281-c1a471b33a56#page=42

Re: Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown You enter this garage thru 33 Arch, they share floors up thru the 5th or 6th level. That cantilever is something like 59 or 60 ft and pretty badass. When walking by from Franklin, if you look closely, the braced frame to carry...

They do it when lifting a load over the heads of the workers in the hole. They are then aware and able to keep an eye on it / move as needed They were doing the same with dumpsters last week

Agreed. With that, new support of excavation installation, removal of old walers and rakers, ground water hiccups, etc... It looks like they are flying now. Saw a few machines come out of the hole over the weekend, and it looks like rebar is showing up daily.

and the ability to gain floors within the overall height limitations. Remember you gain 1 floor every 9 or 10 floors using CIP vs steel.

Re: Waterside Place | 505 Congress Street | Seaport they can open their TJ's beer with the giant bottle opener feature on the south roof

glass looks substantially complete 4 thru 7, a few misc pieces missing here and there. Excavation in Wash St corners looks to be thru the first cut, and next level of walers going in. Continued digging in middle of site headed towards Hawley St

You're right. You are looking at the cross-lot bracing for support of excavation. Once this level of bracing is installed, they will make a cut down 10-15ft (typical), install another level of bracing, make another cut, and so on until they reach bottom. They'll be able to work around the...

Exactly. They had to support existing walls with material to remove the previously installed rakers. Once those rakers are cut free they can install the new secant pile wall for support of excavation.

Foundation is scheduled to be a mat.

Operation closest to the Burnham appeared to be soil mixing, which is why they also had the gyp cement silo and frac tank there. Operation along Washington St looks to be start of a seacant pile wall. Burnham is showing some progress, looks like upper floors are poured out and a material hoist...