CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The construction of what will become the tallest building between Charlotte and Philadelphia is on-time in the city’s St. Julian’s Creek area, although this summer’s weather has proved challenging.
“We’ve been getting a lot of storms lately … so obviously whenever the storm comes in, everything shuts down, especially with the crane and lightning and all that is dangerous,” Patrick Shim, managing director of LS GreenLink, said. “So we shut everything down when the storm is coming, but, they go back up next morning.”
The tower, known as the VCV Tower or vertical continuous vulcanization, is the focal point of the nearly $700 million phase one development along the southern branch of the Elizabeth River. The tower is nearly level with the height of the nearby 135-foot tall Old Virginian Railroad Bridge.
LS GreenLink breaks ground on tallest building in Virginia
When completed sometime next year, the now-estimated 676-foot-tall structure will allow for the assembly of miles of high-voltage cables at a time, with gravity naturally helping pull the material down and make it tighter…