Center for Computing & Data Sciences – Construction Update – 10/15/21

During the weekend of October 16th

  • On Saturday, crews from multiple trades will be on site continuing to advance the spray fireproofing and intumescent operation, bolting and detailing of the upper floors of the tower, and framing of the soffits at the building’s cantilevers.
  • On Sunday, crews will return to the site to continue the spray fireproofing and intumescent operations.
Installing Stair B from the 10th to 11th floor
Installing Stair B from the 10th to 11th floor

During the week of October 18th

  • Bolting and detailing of the tower’s structural steel frame will continue on floors 18 through 20.
  • Installation of the building’s stairs will continue. “Stair B”, located north of the tower’s core, will continue through the 16th floor. Final details will be completed in advance of a concrete placement of floors 2 through 5 at “Stair C”.
  • Final detailing, setting rebar, installing wire mesh, and sleeving for MEP penetrations will occur in advance of a concrete placement for the tower’s 17th and 18th floors.
  • Installation of curtain wall panels will continue on the podium’s 4th and 5th floors. Deliveries of curtain wall panels will continue through the week, and panel preassembly will progress on the floors before installing in place.
  • In the tower’s subbasement and lower level, crews from the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors will continue installing electrical wiring, hangers, piping, and equipment for the building systems. Wall framing and hanging drywall will continue.
  • On floors 2 through 11 of the tower, the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors will continue installing electrical conduit, hangers, and piping.
  • Crews will be applying a fireproof coating on the interior steel beams and columns for the tower’s 12th and 13th-floor framing (working from the 11th and 12th floors respectively) and a white fireproof coating on the exterior columns for the 4th and 5th floors.
  • The elevator subcontractor will mobilize to the site to begin installation of the rails for elevators 4, 5, and 6, located on the south side of the tower’s core.
  • In addition to deliveries noted above, other trucking activity to and from the site will be occurring daily with trucks entering and exiting the designated gates.
Framing and sheathing at towers 6th floor west soffit
Framing and sheathing at tower’s 6th-floor west soffit

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