MORROW DOMINATES THE CHICAGO SKYLINE

Posted on by Sandra Cogley

ONE BENNETT PARK & WANDA VISTA

Contractors: 

Goebel Forming
James McHugh

Equipment: 

Goebel Forming-
Liebherr 316 EC-H Litronic
Liebherr 420 EC-H
McHugh-
Liebherr 357 HCL
Liebherr 542 HCL

Location: 

Chicago, Illinois, USA
 
ONE BENNETT PARK

Chicago’s One Bennett Park is being developed by Related Midwest. Goebel forms is utilizing 2 Morrow tower cranes for this prestigious project. Erected November 2017, the Liebherr 316 EC-H Litronic bottom climbing crane, it will climb to a final hook height of 878ft. and will dismantle June 2018. Erected November 2, 2017. The 2nd crane on this job is a Liebherr 420 EC-H top climbing crane was erected on March 31, 2017 and will have  a final HUH of 903 ft. and will dismantle the 316 EC-H Litronic and before climbing back down and being dismantled by a mobile crane.

WANDA VISTA

Wanda Vista, when completed will be the 3rd tallest building in Chicago, 95 floors and 1,136’ high replacing the Hancock Tower which dropped to the 3rd spot in Chicago after completion to Trump Tower in 2008.

Morrow supplied 2 luffing boom tower cranes to James McHugh for this high profile project.  Crane one is a   Liebherr 357 HCL bottom climbing to the71 st floor and then transitioning to a top climbing crane up to a final hook height of 1,245’. When the building is completed, the crane will then be climbed down to the 73’d floor where it will be dismantled using a timberland derrick.

The 2nd crane is a Liebherr 542 HCL top climbing crane that was erected on January 20, 2017. This crane will climb to a final height of 650 ft. and climb down to be dismantled. The Wanda Group chose Chicago over New York and Los Angeles for their first US project, 95 floors at 1136 ft. total height.

 
 

OEITO Pioneers Climbing Training

Posted on by Sandra Cogley

OEITO Pioneers Climbing Training

Owner: 

IUOE Local 793 OEITO

Equipment: 

Liebherr 85 EC-B Tower Crane

Location: 

Oakville, Ontario
 
Morrow was chosen by IUOE Local 793 in Ontario to provide the Liebherr 85EC-B tower crane for their new training center climbing structure. Morrow has had a longstanding relationship with local 793 and we are proud to be a part of this historic training program teaching both inside the building and top climbing operations utilizing one crane and a specially designed and built structure. Local 793 selected Morrow based on our superior service and quality-based solutions to help them achieve the perfect addition to their outstanding training program.  
“Having this crane at the OETIO campus in Oakville will benefit students and operators who want and need to be trained in top- and bottom-climbing procedures. – Mike Gallagher, Local 793 business manager
 
“Here at OETIO we have had a very good working relationship with Morrow for many years now.  They have always provided excellent service and technical support any time that we have requested their assistance.  They worked with us to help ensure that our new 85 E-CB Tower Crane would climb within the new structure that was designed specifically for us to teach how to bottom and top climb this tower crane to our I.U.O.E. Local 793 members here at OETIO in Oakville, Ontario.  The bottom and top climbing exercise was performed for the first time, with the help of Morrow staff, OETIO Instructors and apprentices successfully without any problems what so ever.  We were very pleased and look forward too many more successful climbs here at OETIO. – Joe Dowdall, Director of Training and Apprenticeship and Vice President, IUOE Local 793