NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 292

bkraig4life · #**5821** Posted **Sep 11, 2009, 4:31 PM**

I cant explain any better than, I come home from work every morning and check up whats going on. I know about the " Its going to slow" crap but to be honest, I enjoy the play by play from those in the know. I'm not concerned about the comlpetion date as much as I enjoy the daily updates of whats going on. I am not an expert nor do I add much to this thread, but I probably read as much here as most. I can truly say, that once this building starts going up,(Although it is) that I will surely have alot more knowledge as to what it takes to build such a building! By the way 9 11 turned out to be a pretty good day to take the day off, weather sucks!

car2004 · #**5822** Posted **Sep 11, 2009, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acer1

I was hoping for a positive story about how much incredible work has been done up to this point and remembering those who died in the attack. Instead we got this crap about 'delays delays delays'. Who f***ing cares? Oh and those exclusive never allowed to be seen until now shots were pathetic. NYguy does a better job taking shots and so does everyone else who's contributed. What an annoying video.

If you build it, they will come. Keep hoping and waiting, and you get nothing. These time lines are incredibly pathetic. These buildings, more so with the abilities of today, should be done in three years tops. You look at the history of construction and you think...

I am not one of those sensitive people to get all, "I don’t care, just as long as we remember those that died." Well, in retrospect, taking this long is, and as I said, with the abilities of technology today, extremely disrespectful to those that died. We should have had a memorial not six months after; instead, we are concern with cost and renting space.

Sorry, but I think it is very important to discuss the delays now, and if need be, over and over, to get the message out that we need to finish this now so those families that suffered can walk to a place of peace and remembrance and/or tip their hats off to the great technological developments put into this building. Moreover, not look at a building that took 16-20 years to construct because of fear of money problems. To me, it is just another reminder that cost is more important to many than a life.

NYguy · #**5823** Posted **Sep 11, 2009, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by talltowers08

Anyone been on skyscrapercity page for 1wtc they have an amazing rendering of what some of the future steel to rise will look like, i cant get seem to copy the photo http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=419362&page=515

Assuming you are referring to this, originally posted on wirednewyork.com...

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We'll see all of the lower columns in before we get to that, but its pretty accurate looking.

Plokoon11 · #**5824** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 12:04 AM**

Are they going to put concrete covering over these beams, because for some reason it seems a bit unsafe.

theWatusi · #**5825** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 12:57 AM**

The core beams yes, the outer beams no.

CHAPINM1 · #**5826** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 1:28 AM**

Also, before those upper outer beams are to go up at the base, both cores and steel within will have to rise to an equal or greater height before so.

BStyles · #**5827** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 4:16 AM**

Either they turned off the camera for the rest of the afternoon, or constant rain finally shorted it out.

That depiction of what the base will look like is amazing. It's size definitely compliments the base of the Shanghai WFC and 7 WTC.

ummagumma66 · #**5828** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 9:16 AM**

its great to see this thing finally getting off the ground!

NYguy · #**5829** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 12:47 PM**

Pic from the Port Authority update...

Taken from wtc.com

2-TOWERS · #**5830** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 2:22 PM**

look at the steel beams connecting the outer columns to the core, huge and thick.. big difference from the truss connectors used in the former towers.

Puzzlecraft · #**5831** Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 5:48 PM**

While the main earthcam is down again, the long dormant panning earthcam 3, which has been MIA for nearly two months is back..... almost like an old friend!

Pizzuti · #**5832** Posted **Sep 13, 2009, 7:53 AM**

The red steel reminds me of a shipyard rather than a skyscraper base. Also, the beams are more densely-arranged with irregular spacing. The engineering of this building looks to be totally different from other skyscraper bases on the same scale. It will be interesting to see how much of that is simply due to the fact that we're still close to the ground, and it will start to take a more familiar form when it gets higher.

wong21fr · #**5833** Posted **Sep 13, 2009, 5:36 PM**

^Well, the base is meant to be blast resistant and and the design does reflect that.

Personally, it's the thickness of the rebar and concrete that impresses me.

NYguy · #**5834** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 12:14 AM**

An idea of just how robust the base will be, and how much will have to rise before we start seeing the office floors built...

Plokoon11 · #**5835** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 1:52 AM**

I still can't get over how many elevators in in the WTC.

kznyc2k · #**5836** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 3:56 AM**

Today

Plokoon11 · #**5837** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 8:42 PM**

Reported from source, another column up.

EDIT: Thank the lord the full functional HD camera is back online.

theWatusi · #**5838** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 8:53 PM**

The cam has an old image...no decking on the SE corner on no columns on the NE

Aleks · #**5839** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 11:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

An idea of just how robust the base will be, and how much will have to rise before we start seeing the office floors built...

Hmm... What are those step like things around the base? They differ from render to render but they're still there in every render! And from what I see I don't like. I hope they don't build them, or they dome something different because they look really really bad. Plus I thought the entrances were at street level?

Anyways, I like the lit up lines in the plaza pointing to each entrance!

NYguy · #**5840** Posted **Sep 15, 2009, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Aleks

Hmm... What are those step like things around the base? They differ from render to render but they're still there in every render! And from what I see I don't like. I hope they don't build them, or they dome something different because they look really really bad. Plus I thought the entrances were at street level?

The entrances are at street level. Those step like things are more like "bleechers" for the public plazas. There are also extra steps at West Street due to the lower grade (as with the memorial).

downtownexpress.com

Update from morrongiello (Sept 14)

Looks like some concrete on the western plaza...