February 9, 20223 yr 20 hours ago, cbussoccer said: The way this tower is being built seems so odd. For such a tall tower, you generally don't see the elevator cores advancing 15-18 floors higher than the steel/concrete for each floor. Hilton Tower's elevator core, for example, was usually one floor higher than the floor actually being built out. Even more odd is the fact that the elevator cores are as tall, or taller, than all three tower cranes on site. I wonder when we'll see the first tower crane jump... 1988, the Franklin County tower had similar construction. I think it has to do with different trades on site and not stepping on each other.
February 9, 20223 yr 37 minutes ago, Pablo said: 1988, the Franklin County tower had similar construction. I think it has to do with different trades on site and not stepping on each other. At least the tower crane grew with the elevator core on that project. The elevator cores for this one have surpassed the cranes, which seems totally bizarre to me. That's an awesome shot though.
February 9, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, cbussoccer said: Hilton Tower's elevator core, for example, was usually one floor higher than the floor actually being built out I wonder if it has to do with the fact that the floors of the Hilton were also poured concrete and the floors for this tower are steel. The mechanism for getting concrete to the top is in the elevator core. So, if you're also pouring the floors, it can't get too much higher. But, for the hospital, the cores are entirely independent of the steel floors being placed. So, it doesn't matter how much higher they are. It also might have to do with it taking a long time to get steel, which is why the cores are moving so much faster, when they'd normally keep pace.. I have absolutely no knowledge about this. Just guessing. Edited February 9, 20223 yr by TH3BUDDHA
February 14, 20223 yr Was on my way to a super bowl gathering yesterday and snapped these on my way. I'm not sure I realized this addition is 1.9 MILLION square feet!!!
February 14, 20223 yr 35 minutes ago, Gnoraa said: I'm not sure I realized this addition is 1.9 MILLION square feet!!! This tower will bring the contiguous medical center to 5.7 million square feet! This includes the biomedical research tower and the Davis Heart and Lung buildings that are connected via enclosed walkways. It does not include the 12th Ave Garage with the rooftop greenhouses and classrooms or the Safe Auto garage with the Panera that are also connected by enclosed walkways. You also have at least the nursing school buildings and the 9th Ave Garage connected via pedestrian tunnels. It's a massive complex!
February 14, 20223 yr 55 minutes ago, aderwent said: This tower will bring the contiguous medical center to 5.7 million square feet! This includes the biomedical research tower and the Davis Heart and Lung buildings that are connected via enclosed walkways. It does not include the 12th Ave Garage with the rooftop greenhouses and classrooms or the Safe Auto garage with the Panera that are also connected by enclosed walkways. You also have at least the nursing school buildings and the 9th Ave Garage connected via pedestrian tunnels. It's a massive complex! Does that include Dodd and the other facilities surrounding the front green as well?
February 14, 20223 yr 18 minutes ago, amped91 said: Does that include Dodd and the other facilities surrounding the front green as well? Nope. Connected buildings only. I actually added it all up. The new tower, James Cancer Center, 12th Ave building, Ross Heart Hospital, Brain and Spine Hospital, and Postle, Doan, and Rhodes Halls are all shared-walls buildings totalling 5,111,932 square feet. Connected via either enclosed, climate-controlled walkways or pedestrian tunnels are: Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Biomedical Research Tower, Aronoff Labs, the Biological Sciences classrooms/greenhouses, and Prior, Meiling, Graves, and Newton Halls. This brings the total to 6,342,274 square feet. Add in the connected 5,574 garage spaces, and you're at a grand total of 8,357,257 square feet.
February 14, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, aderwent said: This tower will bring the contiguous medical center to 5.7 million square feet! I wonder where this ranks among the biggest hospitals in the US
February 14, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, 614love said: I wonder where this ranks among the biggest hospitals in the US I think we covered this way back or that may have been height. Total beds Wexner on one site is top 3-5 if not 1-2 when complete. *Total area belongs to Texas Medical Center by a long shot. Despite it being made up of several different institutions it covers 4 square miles. Edited February 14, 20223 yr by wpcc88 Additional information & spelling correction
February 14, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, 614love said: I wonder where this ranks among the biggest hospitals in the US Hospitals are ranked by number of beds when it comes to size. So hard to say. 5.1 million square feet, for all intents and purposes under one roof, has to be pretty high up there. I know OHSU in Portland is a massive labyrinth of facilities all interconnected on a steep hillside overlooking downtown. I have to imagine it's somewhere near 8 million all connected. OSU would be there too if Nationwide and the VA were there like at OHSU, and if it didn't have a massive competitor's hospital just two miles away. UWMC in Seattle is also massive. The Magnuson Center alone is 5,740,000 square feet!
February 14, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, wpcc88 said: I think we covered this way back or that may have been height. Total beds Wexner on one site is top 3-5 if not 1-2 when complete. *Total area belongs to Texas Medical Center by a long shot. Despite it being made up of several different institutions it covers 4 square miles. Yeah, the TMC is insane. I don't know what their single largest connected area is though.
February 14, 20223 yr 49 minutes ago, wpcc88 said: I think we covered this way back or that may have been height. Total beds Wexner on one site is top 3-5 if not 1-2 when complete. According to Wikipedia: OSU will be the 11th tallest hospital in the US, and 22nd tallest in the world. For single site, single institution it'll be far and away number 1 in the US at 2,309; good for 24th globally. Currently it's 5th in the US, and 59th globally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_hospitals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_hospital_campuses
February 14, 20223 yr 48 minutes ago, aderwent said: Yeah, the TMC is insane. I don't know what their single largest connected area is though. Sort of a reply to both of your replies. I did go off of beds because if not I would think TMC is the largest in the world by a mile. Much of the info I found gave me beds throughout a system and not just at a “main” campus. Example Texas Children’s is the largest pediatric hospital in the US(maybe world) with close to 1,000 beds(about the size of Riverside). Not really sure how to get exacts and unfortunately don’t have the time, I may try over the weekend.
February 28, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Kriegs said: It looks like one of the elevator cores has topped out. Boooo keep going up! Lol
February 28, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, 614love said: Boooo keep going up! Lol The good news is the center elevator core will go higher than the one that just topped out.
March 7, 20223 yr On 3/5/2022 at 12:31 PM, amped91 said: WMC tower looking like Mordor from Clinton Township. If you see any giant fiery eyeballs floating around up there please give us a heads up!
March 31, 20223 yr They're erecting that steel crazy fast. I feel like one day I drove by and we just had our tall concrete elevator shafts and the next day there was 3+ floors of steel up. This thing is going to be beefy!
April 7, 20223 yr I checked the construction cams today, and it looks like they might be preparing to put up another tower crane.
April 8, 20223 yr More crane sections are on site. I think they might be jumping the crane in the foreground.
April 12, 20223 yr Photo updates are always so very appreciated! Thanks to all of you who post them. *This building is going to be ****ing massive! Crimony! Edited April 12, 20223 yr by Toddguy
April 26, 20223 yr Steel really seems to be rising fast. I don't think it will be too much longer before we see another crane jump.
April 29, 20223 yr As I expected, additional crane sections are now site as they prep for another crane jump.
May 8, 20223 yr Few more from Lennox *sorry- not sure why these posted like this. kept getting an error Edited May 8, 20223 yr by CbusOrBust
June 10, 20223 yr 35 minutes ago, Gnoraa said: Highway and Lennox Center views... That thing is a behemoth.
June 29, 20222 yr 12 hours ago, CbusOrBust said: Looks like some of the exterior windows/materials are starting...
July 20, 20222 yr 14 hours ago, CbusOrBust said: Looks like the nearest crane in the above photo is going to jump today or tomorrow, so the steel on the front half of the tower should start catching up to the back half of the tower soon.
July 20, 20222 yr Various views from around campus/the city (7-17-22) And a little more up close Dodd Parking Garage
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