Steel Encounters CEO and President Tom Jackson, will meet the tour group at the mid-block South exterior entrance glass-enclosed escalator located at the Southeast corner of the ‘Salt Lake Marriot Downtown on 100 South.
This one-hour tour will start at 4:00 PM MT.
There is parking right at the meeting place at City Creek and the first two hours are free.
The City Creek Mall walking tour will cover a two-block radius, and participants will be provided with transmitters and disposable earbuds to ensure everyone can hear all the details. Below are some of the tour highlights:
The City Creek Mall spans two blocks.
A connecting bridge over Main Street featuring four-sided structurally glazed low iron glass, laser etched on four surfaces with a woods scene from Mill Creek canyon. The bridge has a Pilkington Planar glass key supplied by W & W out of New York, sixteen gull wing operable roof panels, glass shields protecting its steel structure from the electric train power lines below, and much more.
Forty custom, structurally glazed canopies
Four sixty-foot tall arch-topped cable net walls with Pilkington insulated glass supplied by W & W Glass and custom ss cables and clamps by Tri pyramid.
The Promontory, a 34-story condominium tower with 32 stories, has hand-laid brick.
Two residential towers mirror 10 stories of truly curved curtain walls and glass.
Both blocks have retractable barrel vault roofs that kneel over the roof when opened.
Six 34’ x 12’6” vertical folding doors.
The 111 Main Tower (SOM Architects) has a column-free lobby featuring 10’ x 35’ glass panels with hinged glass fins to accommodate 14” of vertical glass fins from Sedak and Engineered by Eckersley O’Callaghan. This building is truly an engineering marvel, as its floors hang from a hat truss on the roof. Here is a video of Steel Encounters’ crews installing the lobby glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPHUqZ-ob1Y
The 95 State Tower (SOM Architects) features truly curved unitized curtain walls in the tower and 24’ tall single-span structural glass in its lobby.
The tour will conclude (if there is a time) at the Hyatt Regency, featuring Steel Encounters’ 4-sided structurally glazed window walls, CENTRIA metal panels, and many other cool architectural features.
