High-Rise Rental Tower
A 36-story rental tower with a rooftop pool and hotel-grade amenities, topped out a month ahead of plan.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- Multifamily
- Delivery
- Design-build
- Scale
- 36 stories
- Completed
- 2025
A 36-story rental tower with a rooftop pool and hotel-grade amenities, topped out a month ahead of plan.
A tall concrete tower lives or dies on its floor cycle. Formwork, rebar, embeds and pours had to repeat every few days, through every season, on a site with almost no laydown space. The rooftop pool added structural load and waterproofing risk at the highest and hardest-to-reach part of the building.
The approach.
- 01
A short floor cycle, repeated
A tuned formwork system and a fixed daily sequence let crews repeat the same cycle floor after floor.
- 02
Crane time as a budget
Every pick was planned in a daily crane schedule, with deliveries timed to go straight from truck to deck.
- 03
Facade chasing the frame
Exterior wall installation followed the structure closely, so interior trades started on dry floors early.
- 04
Pool tested before finishes
The pool shell and roof membrane were flood tested and inspected before tile and amenity finishes went in.
The outcome.
“Gain a few hours on each floor and the tower hands you a month at the top. That is how float gets built.”
Superintendent, GilbertLanham
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