Columbus Center – Time Warner Center
New-York (USA)
Project Description
- Residential and Office Complex housing the new headquarters of CNN and AOL Time Warner.
- Extremely complex building structure which includes a concert hall “The Jazz”, completely independent but integrated between the two main towers.
- Overall building height of 229m (750 ft) with 55 floors.
Description of services provided
- Construction Engineering: Verification of the structure under climbing cranes loads and verification of the central core. Verification of loading conditions for up to 12 floors which require to be temporarily suspended from above during construction. Study of the effects on members and on the movements of the floors following the transfer from compressive forces to tension on the hangers during construction.
- Fabrication Engineering: Concept and design of all connections for the project.
