CCMC Tower in Hartford, Connecticut, is a commercial tower project and a hospital expansion where all the new steel had to be framed into an existing building. Moldtek handled structural steel detailing for 1,742 tons of steel: the main frame plus new steel woven into the existing structure, with the elevator framing interface as the critical coordination point. To get the tie-ins right, the team worked from the existing building drawings and the elevator coordination drawings, and delivered accurate, build-ready detailing on a fast-track 18-week schedule.
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The complication on CCMC Tower wasn’t the tonnage — 1,742 tons is modest. It was the interface. New steel had to land inside an existing building, tie into the existing structure, and frame a working elevator, all reconciled against existing drawings of varying quality, inside an 18-week programme.
Irregular geometry and limited access shaped where the steel could go and where it could tie in.
The elevator steel framing had to coordinate precisely with the shaft, machine room, and equipment requirements.
Connections between the new steel and the existing structure had to be reliable for both safety and fit-up.
Existing drawings came at varied levels of detail and with inconsistencies, so every condition had to be verified before use.
Coordination issues had to be identified and resolved rapidly to hold the 18-week schedule.
Moldtek requested and received the existing building drawings and the elevator coordination drawings before modeling began.
New steel, tie-ins, and elevator framing were modeled against captured existing conditions rather than assumptions.
Access to the existing drawings delivered accurate, build-ready steel detailing with fewer clashes and smoother site execution.
Dimensions, notes and BOMs released for fabrication and erection.
Starting with an existing-drawing review rather than jumping straight into the model is what kept the tie-ins accurate and the issues resolving on schedule rather than surfacing late.
The tower was detailed on Moldtek’s standard toolchain and delivered against US structural codes, reconciling new steel with existing conditions and a live elevator interface.
Proactive coordination and disciplined use of the existing drawings translated a coordination-heavy package into build-ready steel.
Coordinated the complex existing-building interfaces.
Supported the elevator framing integration for seamless fit and constructability.
Delivered accurate, build-ready steel detailing across the full 18 weeks.
| Location | Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
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| Building type | Commercial tower — hospital expansion |
| Steel tonnage | 1,742 tons (structural steel) |
| Defining condition | New steel integrated into an existing building |
| Key coordination | Elevator framing interface; new-to-existing tie-ins |
| Schedule | 18 weeks (fast-track), kickoff to release-ready |
| Scope | Main steel framing, new steel in the existing building, elevator framing coordination, existing-drawing integration, connection detailing |
| Reference basis | Existing building drawings + elevator coordination drawings |
Have a new build tying into an existing structure — elevator framing, tight tie-ins, a fast-track schedule? That’s the work our structural steel detailing services team does every day.
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