![]() The 34-story building, designed by American architect Donn Barber, was the seventh-tallest building in the world when it was constructed in 1919. This included repairs to the granite veneer and masonry joints replacement of multiple roofs on the tower and connected base building replacement of all 2,000 windows and refinishing the windows’ decorative wrought iron. and their owner’s representative, CBRE, commissioned Consigli to begin the extensive project to restore the building’s exterior envelope. The construction company has worked on many landmark restoration projects throughout New England, and Hartford specifically, including the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum and Trinity College. Consigli is no stranger to restoring landmark structures. ![]() You have to plan for success,” says Justin Billings, Consigli project manager. “This is a monstrous engineering project, literally from before you begin engineering, to engineering the Systems Scaffold, to engineering the workflow. Safway’s Systems Scaffold with lightweight aluminum decking and containment systems for increased safety encompassed the Travelers Tower (Milford, Mass.) worked together to carefully coordinate this feat of engineering – and did it all with minimal disruptions for the Travelers’ employees. Further, the terra cotta roof on the base building of Travelers Tower can hold only a 30-pound psf load – which is just enough to cover the snow load during winter – and it’s from this roof where scaffolding had to be erected on three sides of the tower.Ĭonfronted with these limits, as well as the intricate ornamentation of the building exterior, Safway Services and restoration contractor Consigli Construction Co., Inc. What makes the project and the height achievement especially remarkable is the 100 pounds per square foot (psf) load limit on the plaza in front of the building, which, by necessity, is the main staging area. The tower scaffolding is 348 linear feet x 527 feet high with a total of 72 work levels and 14 fully planked levels for 0.92 miles of working deck. Phase two provided access to the 24-floor tower, which is technically an extension of two other buildings and begins after the 10th floor. The base scaffold is 920 linear feet x 130 feet high with eight levels of planking, or 1.4 miles of working decks. Phase one provided access to the ten stories of the base building. In addition, not only is the project the tallest, it’s one of the safest, with more than 40,251 man-hours worked without incident. The work, now in progress through 2015, is part of a three-year building restoration project on the Travelers Tower, a 94-year-old landmark in the heart of Hartford, Conn. The irregular shape of the Tower made the project especially challenging.Īt 527 feet, Safway Services has erected the tallest, continuous Systems Scaffold structure in the United States. December 2014 Scaffolding Planning for SuccessĮngineering and communicationovercome challenges on Travelers Tower renovation as Safway Services erects the tallest, continuous Systems Scaffold structure in the United States.Īt 527 feet, Safway Services erected the tallest, continuous Systems Scaffold in the United States for the renovation of the Travelers Tower, a 34-story building in the heart of Hartford, Conn.
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