The 150 North Riverside site, shown during excavation, is hemmed in by a combination of barriers, including the city’s set-back zoning requirements along the Chicago River and a seven-line Amtrak right-of-way. Photo: Goettsch Partners
Lightweight geofoam blocks are easily maneuvered by two laborers and can be customized to virtually any shape with a hand-held hot wire cutter. Photo: ACH Foam Technologies
SEAN O'KEEFE has more than 18 years of experience articulating the complexities, challenges, and comradery of construction and design. He writes built environment stories for owners, architects, builders, and product manufacturers and can be reached at sean@sokpr.com. “Though this building is both bold and dramatic, when it comes to material selection we are not looking to be risk takers,” Harris said. “Like the design for 150 North Riverside itself, Foam- Control Geofoam provided a confident approach to a unique engineering problem and contributed greatly to an overall wonderful building solution.” a finely tuned delivery sequence for the material. With limited lay-down space and intense coor- dination required between site work, electrical, plumbing, and landscape construction, maintain- ing constant communication and just the right amount and types of geofoam on hand was criti- cal. Though large, the lightweight geofoam blocks are easily maneuvered by two laborers and can even be customized to virtually any shape with a hand-held hot wire cutter.
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