10/7/14
Eight O Five, the new apartment tower at 805 N LaSalle, had risen to the 22nd floor by the time of my visit yesterday....
9/30/14
Eight O Five, the new apartment tower under construction at 805 N LaSalle, had climbed to the 20th floor yesterday, on its way to...
5/7/14
Tower cranes, the most important element in building a high-rise, are popping up all over downtown Chicago. If you’ve ever wondered how a tower...
1/10/14
Tower crane operator Ken Derry’s website tells his story in a few apt words: he’s “viewed a Chicago that the rest of us will...
6/17/13
When we looked in on Catalyst in early April drilling rigs were sinking the caissons for the apartment tower’s foundation. The 22-story building, when...
10/24/12
The views from K2 at K Station are great, but they don’t compare with the views from high above the Trump Tower. Ken Derry...
6/18/12
In a deceptively simple operation a “jacking crane” frames part of a tower crane and lifts the crane’s cab and jibs twenty feet, opening...
2/7/12
Marie Spear and Greg Hayes, the team operating the tower crane at K2 at K Station, are veteran members of Operating Engineers Local 150....
1/5/12
Some say that the tower crane operator has the most critical job in the construction of a high-rise building. At K2 at K Station,...
12/1/11
A well-run high-rise construction site is an amazing scene, buzzing with a variety of activities, with massive amounts of material arriving constantly and quickly...