High-Rise Residential Tower
A 44-story apartment tower on a tight urban lot, built on a repeating four-day floor cycle with curtain wall and interiors close behind.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Our role
- General contractor
- Delivery
- General contracting
- Scale
- 44 stories
- Completed
- 2023
A 44-story apartment tower on a tight urban lot, built on a repeating four-day floor cycle with curtain wall and interiors following close behind the structure.
The lot had no laydown space and shared walls with occupied buildings. Every delivery had to be scheduled to a street permit, and the crane served every trade. The developer’s financing depended on hitting leasing milestones, so structure, envelope and interiors had to move together up the tower without stacking trades on the same floor.
The approach.
- 01
A four-day floor cycle
Formwork, rebar, embeds and concrete were planned as a repeating cycle, with crews and crane time fixed for each day.
- 02
Deliveries booked to the minute
Every truck had a time slot, and the crane schedule was published each afternoon for the next day.
- 03
Trades stacked by floor
Envelope, rough-in and finishes followed the structure in a planned train, with trade handoffs reviewed in every look-ahead.
- 04
Leasing floors first
Amenity floors and the lower apartment floors were finished first so leasing could start while the top floors were still in progress.
The outcome.
“On a lot this tight the crane schedule is the project schedule. We published it every afternoon and held to it.”
Superintendent, Jacob Wiseman
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