RSS 2.0 FeedVol. 4, No.10, October 2008, Tumbling Dice
Unapproved Changes Slow Progress at CityCenter
While officials with MGM Mirage celebrated the topping off of the 61-story, 4,000-room Aria Resort and Casino at CityCenter, construction on another tower is under scrutiny for not matching plans filed with the county.
Aria is the centerpiece of the $9.1 billion complex, and has thus far taken 29 months to build.
At the Harmon Hotel, Spa and Residences, however, remediation work is under way to bring the project in line with plans submitted to Clark County. The county has stated that the building is structurally sound, and work continues on the 47-story tower, but workers still have to make changes to the placement of reinforcing bars that are spaced differently—in some cases by only a matter of inches—than the original plans called for.
The bars were spaced differently to avoid hitting other parts of the building, but the change was not brought before the county for approval.
Craig Shaw, CEO of Perini Building Co., told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the company should have informed the county, but that “this is sometimes the way the process works.”
Shaw ultimately expects that workers will have to make some adjustments on floors six through 20.
“We have workers in there currently,” Shaw told the Review-Journal. “They’re working on the corrections in concert with instructions we have from the structural engineer of record.”
As a result, construction has fallen two weeks behind schedule, with vertical construction stalled on the 22nd floor. Ultimately, he thinks that lost time will be recovered and the tower will open on schedule.
Aria is the centerpiece of the $9.1 billion complex, and has thus far taken 29 months to build.
At the Harmon Hotel, Spa and Residences, however, remediation work is under way to bring the project in line with plans submitted to Clark County. The county has stated that the building is structurally sound, and work continues on the 47-story tower, but workers still have to make changes to the placement of reinforcing bars that are spaced differently—in some cases by only a matter of inches—than the original plans called for.
The bars were spaced differently to avoid hitting other parts of the building, but the change was not brought before the county for approval.
Craig Shaw, CEO of Perini Building Co., told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the company should have informed the county, but that “this is sometimes the way the process works.”
Shaw ultimately expects that workers will have to make some adjustments on floors six through 20.
“We have workers in there currently,” Shaw told the Review-Journal. “They’re working on the corrections in concert with instructions we have from the structural engineer of record.”
As a result, construction has fallen two weeks behind schedule, with vertical construction stalled on the 22nd floor. Ultimately, he thinks that lost time will be recovered and the tower will open on schedule.
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