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NBA Cup Quarterfinals- Discussion Thread

grayruby

econ

Bitcoin Is Venice And Academic Economics

siggy47

I read this book a few years ago and did [a write up on it](https://medium.com/coinmonks/tbh-book-review-bitcoin-is-venice-5293301ea8ea)

And it was very meh. To me as well 

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block join new Linux Foundation | TechCrunch

Scoresby

Philip Rivers signs with Colts

But why not get a vet in his 30s someone like Cam Newton 

I’m El, founder of Women in Bitcoin Sydney, and political content creator. AMA!

ElFreedomFairy

Strategy Will Not Issue Preferred Equity in Japan, in next 12 Month

Wumbo

Not going to play in  metaplanet’s sandbox 

The silent coup that created the LVMH empire.

StockBusiness

The succession at the Fed is already affecting the yield curve.

EconVerse

IPO boom in Japan

Massive purchases via TWAP indicate capital strength.

VisionofBitcoin

USA vs The World Update

StackerSports

Daily Stock Discussion ~Stacker_Stocks

True hodlers don’t let the fiat price change stacking behaviors 

CFB Playoff Bracket and Schedule

Silver hit a $60 all-time high and almost no one is talking about it.

SpaceX to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion

TheInvestor

Wow a $30 Billion dollar raise is bananas but space x is revolutionary when it comes to space travel 

Blok’s Daily Stock: Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO)

Thanks gray! 

Picked up some more shares today! 

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Construction_and_Engineering

`TL:DR`

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St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. has finished a key project in its own backyard. 

The contractor completed construction on the new Plaza West Tower, an expansion of heart and vascular patient care, as well as radiology, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in the city, according to a Dec. 3 news release sent to Construction Dive. McCarthy declined to share the cost of the project, citing its client.

'The 16-story, 660,000-square-foot Plaza West Tower features 224 private inpatient rooms and 56 private intensive care unit rooms alongside modern clinical spaces, according to the news release. Design and preconstruction began in December 2019, and construction kicked off officially in November 2021. `

The addition sits on the site of the former Queeny Tower, according to a news release from the Washington University School of Medicine. The Barnes-Jewish Hospital serves as a major referral center in the Midwest and is the fifth-largest hospital in the country, according to the university.

The project is a part of BJC HealthCare’s Campus Renewal, a long-term plan to transform the university’s medical campus through new construction and renovations. To date, the phases of the Campus Renewal Project have generated nearly $2 billion in economic impact, per the school.

The team effort was homegrown — most project partners, such as architect CannonDesign, hospital network BJC HealthCare, BR+A Consulting Engineers and civil engineer Castle are all based in St. Louis, according to McCarthy. Thornton Tomasetti, the structural engineer on the job, is headquartered in New York City.

`Working on a hospital comes with challenges. To meet the facility’s demands for efficiency, quality and minimal disruption, McCarthy had to leverage a prefabrication strategy that saw the builder use 280 patient room bathrooms built by St. Louis-based T.J. Wies Contracting, per the release. The fully finished bathroom pods — which included plumbing, electrical, tile, fixtures and finishes — were manufactured offsite and delivered to the tower.`

`Once delivered, cranes lifted the pods to their locations floor-by-floor. McCarthy said the approach shortened installation schedules, minimized onsite congestion and provided superior quality assurance compared to traditional field-built methods.` 

The contractor also had to contend with pedestrian and vehicle traffic, as the tower sits on one of the medical campus’ busiest corners. Construction activities needed coordination to be successful, per the release. 

“Working on a landlocked site in the heart of a major medical center required us to rethink every step of the construction process,” said Kris Mannen, senior superintendent for McCarthy, said in the news release. “Through prefabrication, creative logistics, and close collaboration with our partners, we were able to deliver a world-class facility while minimizing the impact on daily hospital operations.”

However, not all has progressed smoothly — BRK Electrical Contractors, one of the trade partners on the project, filed a mechanic’s lien against the project on Oct. 4 for a total of $819,692, local outlet First Alert 4 reported. McCarthy told Construction Dive that it was aware of the lien, but declined to comment further because the matter is ongoing.

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## My Thoughts 💭 

PREFAB ALL THE WAYY! This is the way to go over 3D printing!

McCarthy leverages logistics, prefab on St. Louis hospital tower