construction – Page 8 – Building The Godfrey

Big Changes #sitevisitgodfrey

It has been a while since we last posted a #sitevisitgodfrey post and wanted to keep you all up on the progress. We have been busy on the property replicating the work completed on the lower floors in the building interior with framing, plumbing, etc… for the guest room floors. We now have all the guest room floors from 5 through 16 being worked on.

As you have noticed if you walked by the hotel that the outer paneling of the building has been going up incredibly fast. We now have windows on the guest room floors and windows on the east and west walls being installed. The building on the North/South sides will have a total of 307 operable windows! The West side of the building facing LaSalle will have windows on the entire side from the ground floor up to 16. We have started the process on floor 5 to enclose the guest room floors first.

A big part of a hotel building project as I have stated is working in phases and now most phases are in full motion. Check out most of the update pictures below and enjoy some unique shots of the building.

South Side Of Building:

Scaffolding to install under section paneling on building

Paneling being installed on South Side Upper Section

Under paneling installed and windows in guest rooms. Yes, our guest room windows do open.

Building paneling delivery waiting to be installed on the 4th Floor Roofscape.

A View From The Top:

Steel Installation for HVAC Equipment

South Facing View with Steel from Rooftop

North East View from Rooftop

Beautiful View of the City Skyline South Facing

16 Floors Straight Down looking at N. LaSalle

16 Floors Straight Down looking at W. Huron St.

On The Inside:

West Facing Truss Joints

Truss Joints Facing South West

Service Elevator Cut-Out 16 Floors Down

Service Elevator Cut-Out

Two Guest Room Windows

Now that is a lot of wiring

HVAC Fan, very industrial.

Who knew they put that putty on the back of every electrical outlet

Glass Wall Curtain Windows Facing East towards the Hotel Felix

The Glass Curtain Facing West:

Windows Delivered Sitting In Crate

These are not your typical windows…

The two man crew uses scaffolding lowered down and a huge 3 suction window holder to position each piece

Floor 5-7 complete, when complete this side of the building will have an amazing look.

ENJOY YOUR MEMORIAL WEEKEND!

Taking A Look Back

We found a great photo of the River North Neighborhood we wanted to share. It is only fitting since we are changing the skyline in the area that we take moment and look back at how River North used to look. How about we take a look way back, pre-1950 way back. Do you think you can tell where our hotel will be located?

Photo credit and found on Skyscraper Forum – Historic Chicago Thread: http://goo.gl/mx01p

Guest Room Art

The model guest room in our office is still being built out and will be complete soon, so please stay tuned for more photos. We are excited to show you some pieces we have going into the guest rooms. Here is a collection of three pieces of art we are utilizing in the guest rooms.

From The Outside #sitevisitfriday

We briefly walked the construction site today and I wanted to show you our progress on the outside of the building. I will be posting more updates as the outside comes together but it is turning out very well and WE are excite how close to the rendering our hotel looks.

FRONT OF THE BUILDING:

BACK OF THE BUILDING:

A Good #sitevisitfriday

On Good Friday last week we went to the site to see an update on the new hotel. We can say it is definitely coming along and it was a beautiful day to see the city from our floors. The process of development of the hotel has to happen in phases, with so many different teams working together it is important they all coordinate on each process. Development and construction meetings take place weekly with updates to the team. Stay tuned for an update on the front of the building with the outside skin being applied.

Now that the fire proofing is complete on the building a lone pipe sits where the hose was connected to the sprayer to deliver the product.

The lobby shot as of today. This is going to be a great before shot for a before and after post.

Remember the Salamander Heaters? Here is one running up close, talk about some heat.

The door way to no where right now but eventually it will be the door ways to your awesome experience in our hotel.

Outside corner panels for the front of the building.

Corner panels being custom fit for the building, it is all about the measurements.

4th floor of the hotel where our meeting space and 4th floor urban roofscape will be at.

Guestroom bathroom framing.

All those valves from a previous post you saw have been installed, here is the final product for the shower valves.

Copper Piping – The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

The lead that is used to seal the major plumbing in the building. The team melts this and it is poured onto the pipes.

The 4th floor outside deck area with scaffolding installed to begin window installation.

Do Not Cut – Painted lines display where the support beams have been placed into one of the floors.

An ice cold frosted valve from the oxygen tanks at the site for the workers equipment that utilizes them.