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Zensteeldude · #**8101** Posted **Mar 22, 2010, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Sorry to keep talking about the twins, but is any of the steel being used in this tower?

Not that I am aware of, it's of a lesser grade than that being used in Tower One. Though they could use it with modifications to the chemistry.

Zensteeldude · #**8102** Posted **Mar 22, 2010, 10:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

I remember when it was decided not to use a central plant like the old complex. As I recall, it had something to do with the Hudson River fish. It also led to the office towers being designed a little higher.

Now that the Hudson has fish again.

Yea, the first plant had to cool but 2 towers and some low rise buildings. It would take a huge central plant to cool 4 towers and the Hub and the Memorial. (The new plant cools the Memorial and the Hub.)

eaalkaline · #**8103** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 7:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Sorry to keep talking about the twins, but is any of the steel being used in this tower?

I'm not sure how much steel was actually recovered and recycled from Ground Zero, but about 7 tons of steel from the Twins was melted down and used for the construction of the USS New York's bow.

RockMont · #**8104** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 2:59 PM**

That was a good question, though.

NYguy · #**8105** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 4:48 PM**

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FerrariEnzo · #**8106** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 6:16 PM**

This goes without saying but I'll go ahead and be Captain Obvious. -This will be the single most photographed construction of all time.- Any contenders that I am missing? Burj Dubai with all of its phallic glory does not have the amount of lenses and eyeballs this one has fixated on it.

2-TOWERS · #**8107** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 6:57 PM**

your right it is by a long shot the most photographed....and the observatory deck will probably be a major tourist spot surpassing ol faithful E.S.B. as the busiest.........

NYC4Life · #**8108** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 7:47 PM**

Imagine how that last shot would have looked like if all 4 towers were under construction.

evanmack · #**8109** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 8:22 PM**

^^^ Yeah that's depressing.

FerrariEnzo · #**8110** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 9:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYC4Life

Imagine how that last shot would have looked like if all 4 towers were under construction.

and transit hub, and above ground museum, and cultural center and Deutche bank property...

37TimPPG · #**8111** Posted **Mar 23, 2010, 9:44 PM**

Does anyone know how far behind the Concrete Core is? I know they are working on the Office floors currently - just curious to know where the Core is at the moment? Thanks!

NYguy · #**8112** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 12:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo

and transit hub, and above ground museum, and cultural center and Deutche bank property...

Work on the transit hub is going on, you can see the excavation continuing in that last shot, and the Deutche Bank is coming down faster now. The memorial voids are pretty much there.

And somewhere, at the end of this view, the Freedom Tower rises...

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Zensteeldude · #**8113** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 1:56 AM**

This year well see much progress at the entire WTC site. The big hole on the west side well start filling in soon.

AtlantaMustang · #**8114** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 1:57 AM**

That view is going to be amazing once its finished!

sw5710 · #**8115** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 2:43 AM**

with 2 office floors at a time going up. How do they put the steel floor on the lower floor if they put it on the above floor 1st?

uaarkson · #**8116** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 3:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by sw5710

with 2 office floors at a time going up. How do they put the steel floor on the lower floor if they put it on the above floor 1st?

The decking is corrugated sheet metal and is placed by hand.

sw5710 · #**8117** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 4:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by uaarkson

The decking is corrugated sheet metal and is placed by hand.

Thanks .

J_M_Tungsten · #**8118** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 1:32 PM**

So will they finish up the curving of the road before OWTC and the memorial is built?

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**8119** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 3:50 PM**

i know im probrally gonna get yelled at for asking but...when is cladding going to begin?

Domamania · #**8120** Posted **Mar 24, 2010, 4:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

i know im probrally gonna get yelled at for asking but...when is cladding going to begin?

what is cladding?