Workers laser-focused on prepping a hemmed-in Seattle site for redevelopment aren’t paying attention to the project’s 850-ft-tall centerpiece—Rainier Square Tower. They may not even know that RST’s novel composite steel superstructure could serve as a model for a new generation of speedier, safer and better office tower construction—everywhere.
The shoring, demolition and excavation contractors for the mixed-use Rainier Square redevelopment have a more pressing task. Their job is to keep the bordering city streets at bay and, more critically, to keep the adjacent and occupied 514-ft-tall Rainier Tower from turning from a looming tower into a leaning tower.