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The Borning Building Spokane, WA Click on a picture for an enlarged view.
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One of our more unique tasks was the removal of this abandoned rooftop billboard frame. A neighboring business was kind enough to allow us use of their parking lot. Our superintendent Dale Cook (on the right) discusses the plan with the crane crew. |
Access for this project was particularly difficult. Here in the south alley VP Matt Spencer snags a prime parking spot. We had to sawcut some new openings high in the concrete wall on the left.
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A rigger hooks up straps to the frame first.
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Then the spreader bar is attached. Matt steadies the ladder for the rigger. |
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The line slack is removed.
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Then our crews begin disconnecting the base. Matt (second from left) does some cutting. |
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Dale preps the last guy wire for disconnection.
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Dale bravely holds the guy wire as a tag line . . .
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. . . then wisely opts to quickly exit stage left.
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We were pleasantly surprised that the whole thing held together so well.
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Rotating into position.
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Then the disassembly begins.
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One less eyesore in the downtown Spokane skyline.
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We created a large light court on the wood-framed half of the building.
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We gutted the entire wood-framed half. Here looking east onto the new light court.
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That's the concrete half of the building on the right. We sawcut new windows opening here also.
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Looking west from the light court. Our waste chute thru the various floor levels can be seen.
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We salvaged some nice timbers shown staged here on the concrete side. That's a new window opening we made in the concrete wall. We also had to demolish the concrete elevator shaft on the left. |
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Top view of our convenient waste chute.
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The basement was more like a dungeon. We did a ton of slab sawcutting & removal down here, and lots of assorted demolition. |
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The existing columns were placed directly on native rock.
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The GC must have had fun dealing with this situation. |
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