West

Snapshot: California

Swinerton project accountant Thea Hem took this iPhone photo, which shows the dramatic scale of the Trinity Venus sculpture by Lawrence Argent in San Francisco. At a height of 92 ft, the twisting stainless-steel art piece would reach the nose of the 111-ft-tall body of the Statue of Liberty. Magnusson Klemencic Associates engineered the structure, which includes a cantilevered stainless-steel space frame emanating from a central stainless-steel box column—45 ft tall, 3 ft square and half filled with concrete—anchored via reinforcing steel to a 4.5-ft-thick slab. Ten artisans from China, where the sculpture was fabricated, erected the piece in 75 days.

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Thea Hem; Kevin Shea Photography
SUBMITTED BY: Swinerton Inc., San Francisco

KEYWORDS: residential/hospitality

Blair leads day-to-day operations of the ENR editorial team to ensure brand quality and further best practices. He spearheads ENR's various competitions, including Best Projects and the Award of Excellence, and organizes editorial content at events including the Top Young Professionals conference. A Jesse H. Neal, Construction Media Alliance and AZBEES-award-winning writer and videographer, Blair frequently contributes to ENR’s burgeoning video channel with project tour videos and interviews with industry leaders. He is also a frequent speaker and moderator on topics such as diversity and inclusion, design and jobsite technology, construction means and methods and marketing.