In an industry where traditional design processes are often bogged down by extensive manual adjustments, LIFTbuild set the goal of drastically reducing the time and effort needed to create optimized building layouts. The traditional process for conceptual design begins the same way — gathering extensive input from the client, including site context, zoning restrictions, property …
Construction has advanced leaps and bounds since the days of ironworkers eating lunch on a steel beam without safety gear 850 feet above the streets of New York City. Fast forward nearly a century, and construction workers, glaziers, and other tradespeople can work in relative peace, knowing mechanisms and technology are in place to enhance …
With the delivery of Exchange, a $64.6-million residential project in downtown Detroit, LIFTbuild has demonstrated the viability of its Vertical Manufacturing construction approach. LIFTbuild Chief Operating Officer Joe Benvenuto talks with Jeff Yoders and Aileen Cho about strand jacks, the 15 different patents for top-down construction and manufacturing-in-construction processes that LIFTbuild holds, and what comes …
Fall 2023 Conferences LIFTbuild invites you to join us at multiple conferences this fall. If you want to learn more about how LIFTbuild can transform your next project, come and check us out at the conferences listed below. BuiltWorlds 2023 Americas Summit, Chicago, IL September 19, 2023 To register or learn more, visit BuiltWorlds website. …
LIFTbuild’s Exchange Awarded ENR’s Midwest Award of Merit in Residential/ Hospitality Of the 63 submittals, 15 earned Best Project designations, and 14 received Awards of Merit. Judges also named two nominees for ENR Midwest Project of the Year, which will be announced when the 2023 ENR Midwest Best Projects are profiled in the Nov. 13 …
DETROIT’S NEWLY CONSTRUCTED Exchange building stands out in its neighborhood. The steel-framed residential tower, located in the city’s Greek Town neighborhood, rises16 stories and 207 ft high, an eye-catching structure compared to the surrounding low-risebuildings. The new tower, which opened in June, is also notable for another reason: It’sthe first project in the U.S. to …
During most of its construction phase, however, its top-heavy design was reminiscent of the horizontal skyscrapers proposed by the avant-garde Russian architect El Lissitzky nearly a century ago. Fabrication became a spectacle as each floor of the building was assembled on the ground before being hoisted into place along the two concrete cores. Steve Houston, Senior Director of LIFTbuild, …
The Exchange Building being built via the LIFTbuild methodology in downtown Detroit’s Greektown neighborhood took home the 2023 CoStar Impact Award for Best New Multifamily Development. CoStar’s Impact Awards highlight the commercial real estate transactions and projects that have transformed the market over the past year. The winners of CoStar Impact Awards are chosen by …
On April 30, LIFTbuild began its first lift on the Exchange project in Detroit, taking the next step to validate the years of research, development, and testing put into this technology. Traveling at a speed of 20’ per hour, the lift took approximately 10 hours and was locked into place on Sunday, May 1. With …
With brighter days ahead in Michigan, Exchange continues to press on. Caisson installation is nearing completion and the site will soon begin underground utility work and building foundations. Exchange was recently featured in the Detroit Free Press as one of 10 local projects that have successfully navigated through construction challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
