Author Archives: Neel Khosa

100 High-Rise Towers

AMSYSCO Inc. recently reached an important milestone.  We have 100 high-rise towers (20-stories or more) listed in the ‘Skyscraper Database‘ by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.  All of the towers have post-tensioned concrete in the elevated slabs. … Continue reading

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OneEleven – Post Tensioned Transfer Deck

  The high-rise building located at 111 W. Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago was formerly known as the ‘Waterview.’  The structure was originally designed as an 89-story luxury hotel located along the Chicago River.  The construction of the conventionally-reinforced building … Continue reading

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Google Trends : Concrete vs. Steel

I revisited an interesting (and free) tool on the internet called Google Trends.  It allows the user to “explore Google trending search topics.”  Since this is a construction-related blog, I decided to run explore the topics of “Concrete,” “Steel” and … Continue reading

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