![]() ![]() Photo by Jeff Yoders/ENR A River Runs By It “There has been a paradigm shift in the past 10 to 15 years where people need less space and companies are looking to fit more people and get rid of some of the wasted square footage,” says Sean May, senior project architect for architect-of-record HKS.Ī Walsh team installs curtain wall at SalesForce Tower in Chicago overlooking the confluence of the Chicago River's three branches. square, Salesforce offices are half the size of a traditional office. One way to minimize the carbon footprint is to reduce the office size. The general contractor supports the use of higher-strength steel because it results in a smaller section size and lower EC, says Elliot Wilm, Walsh's project manager. Walsh expects to complete the $800-million tower next year. Streid said earlier projects forced MKA to recommend 50-ksi steel because of a lack of competitive bids. On Salesforce, the strategy reduced the column sizes by 30% compared to 50-ksi steel and saved one to three hours of preheat time to help achieve a 9% reduction in steel on the project.īoth Nucor, which supplied Salesforce, and ArcelorMittal produce a 65-ksi product, which helped with competitive bidding. They book up very quickly when they release the next series of tours.Īlso recommend you check out the rooftop garden at the adjacent transit center.Streid says 65-ksi steel is the firm's new baseline. And there's a nice assortment of chairs, benches and couches if you want to spend part of the short tour time to relax and soak up the view from one side of the building.Īnd you probably know that you have to sign up for the tours, months in advance. There are a couple hundred people on each tour, but there's a decent amount of room to spread out without bumping into each other. So your photos may be uninspiring, compared to your brain factoring those two out while you sight see. There are reflections off the inside of the windows. There are some challenges, trying to take photos of the jaw-dropping view:Ģ. So the maximum viewing time you will have, is one hour. The earlier you go through that process, the more time you get to spend enjoying the view. ![]() ![]() It takes time to go through the registration desk, and security. If you have time beforehand, line up early. Tour ends promptly at the end of the one-hour time slot. It's one-stop shopping for all of the major SF landmarks: Bay Bridge / Alcatraz / GG Bridge / Oracle Park / Ferry Building / Chase Center. We exited the building and felt it was a one and done. “Everything OK, don’t you want to stay longer” We took the elevator down by ourselves and were met with confused faces at the bottom. We could have stayed for an hour but were bored after 20 minutes. San Francisco, not so much yes, you see the Bridges, Bay and the smaller buildings in the area but it did not excite us. Full disclosure, I have been to the top of Taipei 101, Willis Tower and the Burj Khalifa and those were spectacular views. Īt the top, it was a nice view but not spectacular. A quick verification of our appointment with ID and a walk through the security detector was done expeditiously. The “helpers” were very hyper and excited that we were there. It was a patchy cloudy day and looked like it would clear out by the time my wife and I reached the top. Being in San Francisco, the biggest concern whether we would see anything if the fog rolled in. I signed up for a couple of tickets to go to the top of Salesforce at the end of September. ![]()
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