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Forms and garage Beam System Grant Park Condos in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Grant Park is a 327 unit residential project
located in downtown Minneapolis. The plan
featured a variety of structures, including a
27-story tower with 284 condominium units,
30 city homes surrounding the parking garage and 13 townhouses. The project also
included parking garages under the tower and
townhouses, and an enclosed, six-level garage
accommodating 510 cars.
The tower foundation and shear walls utilized reusable Aluminum
Beam Gangs of various dimensions.
Amenities at the Grant Park development
include a fitness area, spa, swimming pool,
resident business office, guest rooms and club
room for entertainment.
The project was built on a fast-track, designbuild basis with Opus Northwest as DesignBuilder. Opus Architects & Engineers, and
Humphreys & Partners Architects provided
Architectural Services.
Opus was already familiar with the advantages
of using the Garage Beam System (GBS) from
previous projects, so they were confident
in choosing this system again. They knew
that the detailed design and structural plans
provided by Symons simplify formwork and
reduce related concrete construction costs.
GBS consists of long beam form assemblies, high-capacity leg
supports, column and capital forms, and reusable deck panels.
The artists rendition (left) and aerial
view (above) show the tower and the
parking structure with surrounding
residences.
The main parking structure was designed
with six levels, two of them below grade.
Floor height was typically 11' from level
to level, the 60' long beam sections were
18" wide x 32" high, and the typical deck
panel size was 8' x 21'-4". All GBS components are easily handled with forklifts and
wheeled dollies for maximum productivity.
Opus used 6" x 6" shoring posts from a previous job to provide the reshoring, reducing
material costs.
Aluminum Beam Gangs were used to form
the foundation walls and shear walls of the
tower and parking ramp. Sizes ranged from
8' wide x 12' high to 24' wide x 18' high to
accommodate for the different wall heights
and section widths throughout the project.
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Steel‑Ply forms were used to accommodate
areas with unique forming challenges, such
as penetrations.
Steel‑Ply was used to form the columns in the
tower and for the city homes that surround the
ramp. The foundation walls for the residential
units were cut up with lots of corners, and handset Steel‑Ply really worked great in this situation.
Opus owns a yard full of truss equipment
acquired over the years and insists on using it
on every job possible. Truss was used to form
all 27 stories of the tower. The most unique
situation was the lower level of the tower
which consisted of forming a high-bay using
Truss on top of the FrameFast shoring system.
Opus was very pleased with Symons professional solution to this condition. Re-shore for
the tower was provided by Opus.
Opus knew that they could count on the forming systems and detailed plans from Symons,
so we were the only form supplier on site for
the whole job!
By creating a small group of gangs that could be stacked and combined
in various configurations, the contractor saved time.
Symons provided detailed plans and forming equipment for the parking garage, wall form gangs, and tower decks for
the Grant Park residential project.
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The unusually high bays of the first floor in the tower utilized the Truss
equipment that Opus owns with the FrameFast shoring system.
The Truss deck support system is ideal for
repetitive floor layouts.
Additional product information is available online at www.daytonsuperior.com. Contact your Day‑
ton Superior representative at 888‑977‑9600, or send an email to info@daytonsuperior.com if you
would like to discuss how these or other innovative systems can make your construction projects
more productive.
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