Now and then, the first panes of glass show up at a construction site, only to be removed and replaced by a different style of cladding. But the first level of curtainwall at 566 West Van Buren wraps around the southwest corner of the second floor, indicating that it’s more than just a sampling, as can be the case when only a panel or two are installed on a single facade.
Construction progress has reached the sixth floor at 566 West Van Buren in the city’s West Loop neighborhood. That’s where Clark Construction and Adjustable Concrete Construction are erecting a 12-story, 199-unit apartment building for Riverside Investment & Development. The three concrete cores for stairways and elevators have risen about eight stories high.
The tower crane has been erected and is helping progress go vertical at 566 West Van Buren in the West Loop. We last stopped by the site on June 3rd, which turned out to be the day the crane was planted in the ground. Full assembly was expected the following week, and when we visited again yesterday, the Potain MR418 luffing crane was doing the heavy lifting. Naturally, 3-D progress is ramping up now that the tower crane is busy.
Caissons and foundation work are done and the first signs of verticality are rising from the ground for the residential building at 566 West Van Buren in the West Loop. What’s more, Wednesday marked the arrival of the Potain MR418 tower crane base. A concrete crew from Adjustable Concrete Construction was pouring the crane’s pad with help from a few red-and-white-striped Ozinga trucks that came and went while we were watching.
Construction has moved on from site prep to caisson work, as the residential building at 566 West Van Buren kicks into high gear. Gone is the surface parking lot that once held court here, replaced by Thatcher Foundations equipment drilling shafts into the West Loop soil.
