ZS Solutions

Projects

Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

Project Team

ZS, ATS, Kendall Heaton Assocites, and Pickard Chilton Architects

Owner

Northwestern Mutual

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Area

32-Story Tall Glass Curtain Wall Office Tower

Completion Date

2017

ZS performed maintenance access/fall protection analysis and design for the Northwestern Mutual Campus Connection (NMCC) project. Designed by famed architect Pickard Chilton, the NMCC is a 32-story glass curtain wall office Tower combined with a two-block long Commons building that is integrated with the company’s historic 1914 headquarters building. The 1.1 million gross-square feet project was completed in 2017.

ZS developed and engineered the maintenance access/fall protection systems for the commons building which included a custom built, one of a kind, MHA unit to access a seven (7) story high atrium glass curtain wall structure. The engineered maintenance access/fall protections systems included:

  • A 70′ span Custom Mobile Hoisting Apparatus (MHA) to access all interior glass curtain wall elevations at the atrium.
  • Rope Descent System (RDS) Access Rails to access exterior wall elevations at the commons.
  • Monorail Trolley Systems.
  • Horizontal Life Lines (HLL).

ZS performed maintenance access/fall protection analysis and design for the Northwestern Mutual Campus Connection (NMCC) project. Designed by famed architect Pickard Chilton, the NMCC is a 32-story glass curtain wall office Tower combined with a two-block long Commons building that is integrated with the company’s historic 1914 headquarters building. The 1.1 million gross-square feet project was completed in 2017.

ZS developed and engineered the maintenance access/fall protection systems for the commons building which included a custom built, one of a kind, MHA unit to access a seven (7) story high atrium glass curtain wall structure. The engineered maintenance access/fall protections systems included:

  • A 70′ span Custom Mobile Hoisting Apparatus (MHA) to access all interior glass curtain wall elevations at the atrium.
  • Rope Descent System (RDS) Access Rails to access exterior wall elevations at the commons.
  • Monorail Trolley Systems.
  • Horizontal Life Lines (HLL).