PROJECTOF THE YEAR:CLASS I
THEST.LOUIS OWERHOUSE Big Boys Steel Erectors, Inc. Earns the Category I Project of the Year En·ry onn· io J. while you g·d lo h<-pan of-' projt<'l Ihat you n·-
at .:ill. Tbc
projl•c(
con.siskd <,fin~tJlling ,l I wo ..;tory Olt':1.7.J.nin<..', v,,ith
mrmlx·r f(,n:vcr. 'fhe kind of pi-oj<'<'llhat is so interesting, dt.1llt•nging
Jr("as of a four-:-tory <"'l<',·ator.shafl in:-:id<·an cxi.stiHg bui1ding th:)t
and fon 1h.ll it oO~rsa bn.'Jth offn-.sh :\ir in the fon.·vcr rurntiflg daily
roughly m<·:i:-11n·d,\ SS fC'C't by96 fo1..·tin~idt..fc>otptinl,vitll ,l dc·n·:-.1<>ry
moti,w,
bdght of' about 62 tt.'t't. Dorsn 't
making you
n,_•111('1nl><·rj11sl
how 1·unst<.'<.'I <·rt·<.·tiunn"ally is.
Tht> proj<."ClW..tsthe .Mur1ic:·ipalPo\\'erhou.sC' in St. 1.oui:-, MO. i\s is [he- C\l'i("' with many oldl'r dti('~, St. Loujs ,ll om· linw
r~m off Sh'.\lYI
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to<>ha<l ... right?
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lirst
major it-.·Hh' was 1.h.11,,e would he-working off an dr\'att:<l floor slab approximab ..ly 13 feet lUgh, whkh nc·atcd tht>n;'iling of the origi"al
power. This huilding, which was built in 192:$1 originaHy hot.D(:'<lthc-
that was all suppose:-<! h.1s.c.·nwnt 10 l'k· ll-fl io t.l<..'t. Th(' stn1<·tural slrtl
:sl1.·an1 pow~•rpbnt for lh<.·dtiwinown St. Louis an'.i.
in 1his projc<.·twu:,;<1uit~big .:i.nd)n<..·orporat('(l12 fool t.\\ntik·wn·d floor
Thcr<-,wrc· many hur<llc.slli.tt iJ.)StJ.llc.-1 in 3 Iinwly,
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i111p,WtC'CInot jt,1i-t gf'lling
:,.J,ft•.1.nddhci1.·1,t 1n,1nn,:--r, hut
I THESEAA CONNECTOR 2009 l::DITION
the project
ju:-t gdti,,g i"s:tallcd
ht·.uns th.il nc<.·<.1':<l to he po~ shored until (.'(1mpl<'tionof monwnl
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·1·1wrf><,l's:tcd.whk'·h w3s}:O~y<·arold rn:-ty ,:;l('("! trussc.s~('Ou1dnot b<.~