This month reached the major milestone of the official project topping out, with the placement of a 30′ spire to bring the clock tower to its final height of 145′. The bridge connecting Buildings 4 & 9 was also started, while precast facade installation progressed on buildings 9 & 6.
Building 6, where the precast facade will soon be installed.
Workers prepare steel embeds for precast facade panels.
A large mobile crane used to install precast facade panels rests in front of the Building 9 pavilion.
Materials and cranes are staged in the central plaza.
Precast arch panels wait in the central plaza to be placed on Building 9.
Precast panels on building 9 are aligned.
A tower crane lifts a rebar column cage for the bridge from the Building 9 Pavilion.
A mobile crane lifts a precast panel for the side of the clock tower into place.
A column cage is lowered into place in front of Building 9 at the bridge.
A column cage is lifted into place at the bridge between Buildings 4 & 9.
Precast arches in the Building 4 facade along the central plaza.
Solid precast panels at the electrical rooms in Building 9.
Steel framing at the entrance to the parking under Building 9.
The spire receives its cladding next to the tower in the central plaza.
Trenches for utility installation along the plaza side of Building 4.
Steel embeds for precast facade panels are prepared along the south side of Building 6.
Building 4, with utility work and the spire ongoing along the central plaza.
Buildings 4 & 9.
Excavation for utilities between Buildings 4 & 9.
Building 6 awaits precast panel installation.
View toward Building 9 along Watt Way.
A vertical precast panel awaits installation on the south side of Building 9.
The mobile crate rotates a vertical precast panel for placement.
The level 4 “rose” precast panel for the clock tower awaits installation in the central plaza.
A precast panel is lifted over the pavilion to be installed on Building 9.
The clock tower’s triple arch and rose panel. This is one of the most intricate pieces of precast on the project. The tower spire is visible beyond the panel.
Clock tower precast rose & triple arch panel.
Clock tower precast triple arch and rose panel.
Steel framing is nearly complete at the pavilion.
Precast rose panel in front of its future location on the clock tower.
Building 9 facade at the pavilion.
Emergency power generators in their yard at Building 1.
Precast facade on Building 9.
Stairs from the pavilion to the parking under Building 9.
Steel roof framing connects Building 9 to the pavilion elevators.
The level-three precast panel facing the central plaza is installed on the clock tower.
Zinc cladding is installed on the clock tower spire, in front of Building 4.
Spire staging next the Building 4 in the central plaza.
The first precast column capitol is installed on building 4, connecting the precast arches to the cast-in-place columns.
The first precast panel delivery is ready for Building 6.
The first precast panel is installed on Building 6.
The few remaining steel beams are installed on the pavilion.
Mobile cranes install buttress panels on the clock tower.
A buttress panel is prepared to be installed on the clock tower.
The tower crane footing in the Building 4 courtyard has been demolished.
Large arched openings of the dining hall facing the lower courtyard.
The spire is staged in the Building 9 pavilion area for the topping out ceremony.
Guests gather for the topping out ceremony.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias signs the ceremonial topping out beam.
Signatures on the ceremonial topping out beam (which is not actually part of the building structure).
The Trojan Marching Band provides musical accompaniment for the festivities.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias speaks at the topping out ceremony.
The ceremonial topping out beam is lifted from the pavilion to the roof of Building 4 (it was later removed after the ceremony).
The spire is lifted into place atop the clock tower at the conclusion of the topping out ceremony.
The spire is lifted into place.
The spire reaches its final position, and is bolted into place.
Workers bolt the spire into place atop the clock tower.
Workers secure a precast panel at a loading bay on Building 9.
Metal studs and tile roofing are installed at the Building 1 mechanical screen.
Buildings9 and 4 from the Building 1 roof.
Catwalk next to the cooling towers above the Building 1 roof.
The first precast panel has been installed on the east side of Building 1.
Split-face CMU planters are installed in the Building 9 courtyards.
Steel wall framing and a staircase beyond, on the east side of Building 9.
Steel framing for the pavilion at Building 9.
View of the pavilion and Buildings 7 & 8 through precast window tracery in Building 9, level 2.
View of the clock tower base through window tracery in Building 9, level 2.
Future bridge, from Building 9 to Building 4.
Future Bridge, from Building 9 to Building 4.
Building 9 courtyard, where scaffolding for plaster wall installation is installed.
View across the south courtyard at the Building 9 roof.
Building 9 south courtyard.
Steel framing for the penthouse and green board elevator shaft sheathing is complete at Building 9.
Entrance to the parking pavilion, with safety fencing for topping out ceremony guests.
A mobile crane installs steel mansard roof framing on Building 8.
Clock tower with its newly-installed spire.
Buildings 6 & 7 from the Building 9 roof.
Newly-installed spire atop the Building 4 clock tower.
Metal decking over steel mansard roof framing on the Building 9 roof.
The spire rises behind the mansard roofing screen on the Building 9 roof.
Building 9 south courtyard from the roof.
Future bridge looking from Building 4 to 9.
Column rebar for the bridge between Buildings 4 & 9.
Plaster wall installation remains in progress in Building 4’s upper courtyard.
View through the clock tower base arch tracery, in Building 4.
Metal stud soffit and wall framing behind windows in Building 4.
Interior framing is nearly complete in Building 4.
A crane prepares to lift a vertical panel into place on the south side of Building 6 along Jefferson Boulevard.
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Thank you!