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JDRCRASH · #**7101** Posted **Jan 9, 2010, 8:51 PM**

I would think faster, given how much work was done on the base.

Duffstuff129 · #**7102** Posted **Jan 9, 2010, 9:42 PM**

The Port Authority says that the tower will rise at about 1 floor per week after the base.

sw5710 · #**7103** Posted **Jan 9, 2010, 11:36 PM**

Yes 1 floor per week.

Plokoon11 · #**7104** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 12:35 AM**

I say its time for 50 floors a week

Joking, that would be impossible.

sw5710 · #**7105** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 2:55 AM**

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I say its time for 50 floors a week

Joking, that would be impossible.

2 per week?

Bucktown718 · #**7106** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:05 AM**

I hope when in the summer im going to be taking a train from Brooklyn to Manhattan over Manhattan bridge i would be able to see Freedom Tower at least a bit of it.

Duffstuff129 · #**7107** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:14 AM**

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2 per week?

The Empire State got up to 4-5 per week... Maybe the WTC can too.

steveve · #**7108** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:53 AM**

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The Empire State got up to 4-5 per week... Maybe the WTC can too.

The Empire state did what is extremely hard to rival... even today!... The Empire State Building was and still is such an icon in the skyscraper world!

I guess some might say: "those were the good ol' days"

1 floor per week is good enough for a building this size... As long as its moving up!

sw5710 · #**7109** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 4:32 AM**

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The Empire state did what is extremely hard to rival... even today!... The Empire State Building was and still is such an icon in the skyscraper world!

I guess some might say: "those were the good ol' days"

1 floor per week is good enough for a building this size... As long as its moving up!

I dont think this amount of steel and concrete weight wise has been used in a building this tall or taller. This has got to be the heaviest building per foot built.

CGII · #**7110** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 4:38 AM**

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The Empire State got up to 4-5 per week... Maybe the WTC can too.

The Empire State Building was built with far less sophisticated construction and materials, and predated much modern labour regulation. It will definitely not move that quickly.

RoldanTTLB · #**7111** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 5:57 AM**

They will go much faster. By this time next year the building will be more than halfway up.

NYguy · #**7112** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 2:26 PM**

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I dont think this amount of steel and concrete weight wise has been used in a building this tall or taller. This has got to be the heaviest building per foot built.

The Empire State Building weighs more than buildings of similar height, like the Sears Tower and the Twin Towers. But it was built in a different time. The fastest tower I've seen go up in New York in recent years (after a slow start) is the Gehry's Beekman Street tower.

37TimPPG · #**7113** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:05 PM**

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The Empire State got up to 4-5 per week... Maybe the WTC can too.

One important fact to remember about construction of The Empire State Building: it was constructed before OSHA and a lot of laborers (I think I read somewhere close to 50? maybe 60?) lost their lives. 1 floor a week for 1WTC is a nice pace.

Domamania · #**7114** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:11 PM**

Holy Cow! I just saw an image from earth cam and they are almost finished with the floor they are now building. I believe they will be done with the steel part of that floor in 4 days. Thay are really picking up the pace. I am so excited.

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**7115** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:30 PM**

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The Empire State Building weighs more than buildings of similar height, like the Sears Tower and the Twin Towers. But it was built in a different time. The fastest tower I've seen go up in New York in recent years (after a slow start) is the Gehry's Beekman Street tower.

NYGuy, What?? The Empire State Building weights more than the Sears? Compare both in the diagram, the Sears is much taller and bigger. Will the Freedom Tower the building with the most weight in NYC? It will be the tallest, but... How much will this one weight once completed?

Domamania · #**7116** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:45 PM**

well we all know that freedom tower aka tower1 v2 will be very heavy and i think we all would be in agreeance with that.

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**7117** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:55 PM**

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well we all know that freedom tower aka tower1 v2 will be very heavy and i think we all would be in agreeance with that.

We will see. The Empire State weights about 370.000 tons.

CalibratedZeus · #**7118** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 4:08 PM**

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NYGuy, What?? The Empire State Building weights more than the Sears? Compare both in the diagram, the Sears is much taller and bigger. Will the Freedom Tower the building with the most weight in NYC? It will be the tallest, but... How much will this one weight once completed?

The Empire State is approximately 370,000 tons...

The Sears Tower is around 222,500 tons...

I have not found any solid figures for the Freedom Tower but it is expected to use around 50,000 tons of steel by the end. So even figuring in concrete it looks like it will weigh even less.

The thing to remember is Today's steel is stronger, lighter, etc. There also will not be such a huge amount of concrete poured for the core compared to the Empire State's and Sears Tower's concrete amounts.

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**7119** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 4:12 PM**

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The Empire State is approximately 370,000 tons...

The Sears Tower is around 222,500 tons...

I have not found any solid figures for the Freedom Tower but it is expected to use around 50,000 tons of steel by the end. So even figuring in concrete it looks like it will weigh even less.

The thing to remember is Today's steel is stronger, lighter, etc. There also will not be such a huge amount of concrete poured for the core compared to the Empire State's and Sears Tower's concrete amounts.

Yes, but in the ESB and the Sears there is no concrete. CTBUH says all lateral and vertical elemants are constructed from steel. This one is a Composite building. This means, all vertical and lateral elemats are constructed from both, steel and concrete. The Burj for example, has a concrete strcuture at the bottom. Above it is a steel structure.

sw5710 · #**7120** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 4:29 PM**

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Yes, but in the ESB and the Sears there is no concrete. CTBUH says all lateral and vertical elemants are constructed from steel. This one is a Composite building. This means, all vertical and lateral elemats are constructed from both, steel and concrete. The Burj for example, has a concrete strcuture at the bottom. Above it is a steel structure.

I still would like to see how much it will be with the concrete core!