June 2021 - Beginning June 16, Queeny Tower demolition hours will be extended. Contractors will be on site from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday-Saturday.
May 2021 – Falls are among the most common causes of serious work-related injuries, and when you're demolishing an 18-story building, fall protection is paramount, The Queeny Tower demolition team on BJC’s Campus Renewal Project participated in OSHA’s National Safety Stand Down to prevent falls.
May 2021 - A crane lifted a 24,000-pound skybridge up and over the 18-story Queeny Tower and lowered it to the ground as contractors prepare to demolish the building. Watch the time lapse video and see some photos.
April 2021 - The week of April 26, workers will attach crane rigging to the 24,000-pound steel frame, saw cut the steel from the two buildings, lift it over the vacant Queeny Tower, and lower it within the demolition site along Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza.
April 2021 - The long-shuttered pool on the rooftop of Queeny Tower has left the building. Demolition workers with Ahrens spent several days jackhammering out the concrete, sliding the 15,500-pound pool structure out of the former solarium turned mechanical room and onto the open rooftop.