RENOVATION: Courtyard Renovation with Limited AccessAustin Community High School - Chicago, IL, USA
The renovation of Austin Community High School in downtown Chicago presented a major challenge for the contractor Restore Masonry LLC, as it was faced with finding out what access equipment could provide sufficient productivity to make the job profitable while being installed in the school’s courtyard, accessible only through a narrow entrance.
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HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL: Brick Reaches New Height The Columbian - Chicago, IL, USA
Featured by National Geographic Channel in 2006 in their show "Science of Bricks", this 48-story building left enough space for one tower crane only and had to be clad in bricks. Only mast climbers could do the job, and 16 P-series from Hydro Mobile were used, up to 500' in height, to lay 450,000 bricks in total.
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RENOVATION: Landmark Church Remains Exposed During RenovationChurch of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception - Guelph, ON, Canada
The Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Guelph, Ontario, is undergoing a three-year restoration expected to ring in at $10 million. This 120-year old gothic-style church is more than a place of worship and a designed National Historic Site; it is recognized as a landmark by the whole region and therefore had to stay open during refurbishment.
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HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL: Mast Climbers Used on a Large Scale Centuria Urban Village - Kelowna, BC, Canada
In Kelowna, British Columbia, 1,000 lineal feet of mast-climbing work platforms are being used to build a 300,000 square foot residential community.
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HOSPITAL: When Experience Makes the DifferenceGateway Medical Center - Clarksville, TN, USA
The construction of this 510,000 square feet hospital started in June 2006, under the direction of BE&K Building Group, the project developer, and has been very challenging for many trades involved in the project. Among them, Shaw & Jones Masonry, a mason contractor, who took advantage when bidding for this project of its fleet of 25 Hydro Mobile mast climbers and its 21-year experience with this access equipment to win the contract.
(...) We came up with an unusual setup with the base of the machines installed inside the first floor and the masts extended through the roof.
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