USC Village Construction – November 2015 The last few buildings race toward their topping out, while the precast facade is completed on Building 4 and started on Building 9. Precast panels around a shear wall on Building 4 are installed over the residential entrance. View of the Kaufman Dance Center and the main USC campus from USC Village Building 7. Building 6 roof. View from the Building 6 roof toward the Building 4 clock tower. Jefferson Boulevard and the new Kaufman Dance Center from the Building 6 roof. View of the Kaufman Dance Center under construction and the USC campus from the Building 6 roof. Building7, where level 5 is formed up, from the Building 6 roof. Onsite utility work at the former site of Fire Station No. 15 between buildings 6 & 7. Anchor bolts for steel mansard framing on the Building 6 roof. Buildings 7 & 8 from the Building 6 roof. Building 9 and its pavilion from the Building 6 roof. Buildings 8 & 9. This corner of the plaza will feature a large tree and the Hecuba statue. Building 6 level 4. Precast facade panels installed on the west side of Building 9. Scaffolding around Building 1 is used to build its CMU walls. Staircase in Building 1, which leads to the roof. The new Fire Station No. 15, from the Building 1 roof. Steel framing an metal decking for the cooling tower screen on the Building 1 roof. The open-air DWP yard in Building 1, where the site’s electrical connections are located. Building 1 Roof & mechanical screen. Steel brace frame for the mechanical screen on the Building 1 roof. Building 1 roof mechanical screen. Building 6 level 1 in the future fitness center. The GC scope of work is nearly complete in this area, pending the building facade. Utility work between Buildings 6 & 7. A storm drain trench on the former site of Fire Station No. 15 between Buildings 6 & 7. Building 6 from Watt Way. View of the Building 4 clock tower from the Building 8 south courtyard. Building 8 & 7 courtyards. Building 8 north courtyard. This is the smallest courtyard at the village. Building 8 north residential courtyard. Building 4 and the central plaza from Building 8 level 2. Buildings 7 & 8 from Building 4. Tower crane and the south courtyard at the Building 9 roof. Steel mansard roof framing at the Building 9 roof. Building 8 from the Building 9 roof. Building 1 from the Building 9 roof. Tower crane No. 2 at the Building 9 roof. Building 9 roof, with the Building 4 clock tower at right. An arch panel at Building 9 level 1. Precast facade panel installation progress on the north side of Building 9. Building 4 southwest corner. View of the Building 4 dining hall from level 4. View through the courtyard to the clock tower at Building 4. The nearly-complete Building 4 north facade. A crane lifts the first few facade panels into place on Building 9. Precast concrete and brick facade panels are placed on the west side of Building 9. The Building 4 facade retains a hole where the bridge to Building 9 will be built early next year. Elevator shaft at the Building 9 pavilion. View toward the clock tower from the Building 9 pavilion. The parking garage under Building 9 is now complete and being used for construction parking. Building 9 at the pavilion, where workers install anchor bolts at the tops of round concrete columns. A crane lifts a bay window facade panel onto Building 4. The former site of Fire Station No. 15 between Buildings 6 & 7. Building 6 along Jefferson Boulevard. Southwest corner of Building 4. Building 4 west facade. Tower crane and the dining hall in the west side of Building 4. East dining hall wall in Building 4. South wing of the Building 4 dining hall, where shoring is in place for the roof deck. A large mobile crane is used to place the precast facade panels on the buildings. Building 4 north elevation, where windows have begun to be installed. A three-story bridge will join Buildings 4 & 9 here early next year. Newly-installed facade panels at Building 9. Level 1 arch panels at Building 9. There are much lighter and more elegant than those found at Building 4. Building 9 level 3. Building 9 north courtyard. Building 1. As part of LA DWP’s requirements a large crane pad is installed between Buildings 1 & 9. This forced the relocation of a planned tree and other landscaping. Building 8 from Building 9 level 3. View down Watt Way from Building 9. The central plaza. Building 8 and the Building 9 pavilion. Building 4 from Building 9. The clock tower has been installed through the second tier. Building 4 clock tower, through the second tier. The eventual tower will reach nearly 150′ tall with its spire. Building 8 retail space at level 1, looking toward Building 7. View toward Building 4 from a Building 8 retail space. Buildings 7 & 8 at the courtyards. Building 7 level 2. View toward the central plaza and Building 6 from Building 7. View of Jefferson Boulevard from a Building 7 residential bedroom. The street will be narrowed and new trees added next summer. Building 7 level 3. View across the intersection of Hoover and Jefferson to Gavin Herbert Plaza from Building 7. The plaza will be renovated next summer to better connect to the village. Future plaza on the village corner of the Hoover & Jefferson intersection. Kaufman Dance Center from USC Village Building 7 level 5. View across the village with its three tower cranes from Building 7 level 5. The first tower crane will be removed in December. Retail space in Building 7. Retail space in Building 7, looking toward Jefferson Boulevard. The former site of Fire Station No. 15 between Buildings 6 & 7. Facade panels at a bay window on Building 4 facing the central plaza. Building 4 upper courtyard, where plaster wall installation is ongoing. View of the central plaza through the tracery in a bay window on Building 4. X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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