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Midwestern Tower Cranes, STL and MKE Edition

9/22/2021

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A few weeks ago, TReg and I went to Milwaukee (via St. Louis) to attend Summerfest (we saw Chris Stapleton and Zac Brown Band. Both great shows although I would have liked to see Run the Jewels ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). Anyway, with the recent uptick in architectural billings, particularly in the midwest, I was excited to see the action in person. One thing is for sure, STL > MKE on the tower crane front. In all fairness, Milwaukee is on the tail end of a big growth cycle. The tower cranes I observed in both cities are below:
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Three tower crane project at the Washington University Medical Campus. This project site is close to the Cortex light rail station. The general contractor is McCarthy Building Companies which is <checks notes> headquartered in St. Louis.
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Multi-family residential project near 
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This tower crane is located in the STL suburb or Clayton. Clayton is a funny area...population 15,000 and primarily businesses and luxury condos. This project was also being built by McCarthy.
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Next door to the previous picture is another project in Clayton, also being built by McCarthy.
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This was the sole tower crane I saw in Milwaukee*.  High rise condo building downtown. I'm a fan of MKE's public art, including these birds.
*I did see another tower crane east of I-94 and south of the river while driving back to the airport, along with three large crawler cranes. Too far to run/walk to for closer inspection...
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David Feceu
9/25/2021 01:31:23 am

This is very cool! I interned for Clayco out in St. Louis in the summer of 2020 on a 36-story residential tower called, 100 Kingshighway.

Clayco has also just began on another project for the Washington University School of Medicine, constructing an Ambulatory Cancer Center in St. Louis. Expect crane mobilization to this project soon! Expected to be completed in 2024.

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