Crews begin foundation work on Freedom Tower.With the protracted pro·tract tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations. 2. power struggle between the Port Authority and World Trade Center site developer Larry Silverstein Larry A. Silverstein (born 1932 in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York) is an American billionaire real estate investor and operator and the head of Silverstein Properties, a real estate development group. at an end, construction firms have begun work on the Freedom Tower. On the morning of April 27, crews entered the site and began work on the 1,776-foot building, which is scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2011. Before workers can build up, however, they must first dig down. "Construction right now is centered on preparation for laying the foundation," said Dara McQuillan, communications director for Silverstein Properties. "Crews will start by setting up the equipment they'll need for excavation." Workers from Laquila Group, the firm in charge of excavation and foundation work, will mobilize heavy equipment on the site, including excavators, drilling equipment, rock breaking equipment, hoe rams A hoe ram, hydraulic hammer, or demolition hammer is a hydraulic hammer used in demolition and excavation.[1] It is typically attached to an excavator or backhoe, and is used to break up large, solid objects such as concrete, asphalt, and rock. , rock drills and track loaders. Perimeter barriers will be installed to hold back soil as surveyors lay out the exact excavation plans for the foundation. As digging continues, workers will create a scaffold scaffold Temporary platform used to elevate and support workers and materials during work on a structure or machine. It consists of one or more wooden planks and is supported by either a timber or a tubular steel or aluminum frame; bamboo is used in parts of Asia. stair that will eventually descend from street level to foundation level. Crews will then begin excavation of the building's slab and drill down into the bedrock to install footings. With the footings and foundation in place, crews can finally begin the process of building skywards sky·ward adv. & adj. At or toward the sky. sky  wards adv.Adv. 1. . This first phase of construction is expected to take 10 to 12 months, officials say. At the time of its scheduled completion in 2011, the Freedom Tower is expected to be the tallest building in America, rising more than 400 feet higher than the original twin towers. The building will contain 2.6 million s/f of office space and will house an observation deck Ob`ser`va´tion deck 1. A room or platform at a high point in a tall building with a broad view of the surrounding area. It is often an outdoor platform, but is sometimes indoors in a room with large windows to accommodate viewing. and other amenities. |
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