We've spoken before about One Delisle's fun slab edges. No two floors are the same. The tower is constantly changing as it transforms from a square at its base to a hexadecagon at its top (16-sided shape). But one part of each floor that does repeat is the core (the center of each floor plate that houses the elevators and other essential stuff). And so for this, the site team is now using something known as an automatic climbing system to "jump" the concrete forms between the floors. More specifically, we are using a Doka Super Climber SCP.
Here's what that looks like inside the core of the building right now:
At a high level, the way it works is pretty simple. The system has two levels of brackets that can anchor to the concrete core of the building, below the floor that is currently being poured. The concrete forms are then raised using hydraulics. And once that has happened, the lower brackets "climb" up the building and get reattached at a higher point. If this isn't clear in your mind, imagine Spiderman climbing up a tall shaft. His arms would represent the upper brackets and his legs would represent the lower brackets. Maybe this isn't helpful.
In any event, the point of this system is that it makes construction go faster. So now that the ACS is up and running, the team is looking to bring down our cycle time per floor. Hopefully you'll notice that the next time you go by One Delisle.
