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RobertWalpole · #**9641** Posted **Aug 28, 2010, 4:00 PM**

Speaking of beautiful greenery, check out this video!

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/1...-planted-at-september-11th-memorial-site

Domamania · #**9642** Posted **Aug 28, 2010, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

Speaking of beautiful greenery, check out this video!

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/1...-planted-at-september-11th-memorial-site

i know its awsome. but when they say open do they mean to the general public? and only for that day or that day and on?

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**9643** Posted **Aug 28, 2010, 4:46 PM**

Nice recent shots.

wtcprogress webcam update:

NYCLuver · #**9644** Posted **Aug 28, 2010, 8:01 PM**

August 27th, 2010

Aleks · #**9645** Posted **Aug 28, 2010, 9:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

I love all of the new green space around the WTC.

Derek2k3

now that's how you create a good park!

symmetry should stay within the city, and parks should look as natural as possible. we don't need giant manicured plaza's with massive green lawns like ones being developed in china and the middle east. congrats ny :yup:

westmc9th · #**9646** Posted **Aug 28, 2010, 10:32 PM**

These trees just make the tower look even more amazing i cant wait to see more pics be released

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/grove-sixt...bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDYWdyb3Zlb2ZzaXh0

StoOgE · #**9647** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 2:21 AM**

Not much of a photo, but I was in Jersey City last week for work and snapped this quick photo from the waterfront. A lot bigger than when I was in town last October. Hopefully when I make it back next year it will be bearing the top.

NYguy · #**9648** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 6:40 AM**

^ Already making its presence known...

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OneWorldTradeCenter · #**9649** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 1:46 PM**

Damn, another crane....

JACKinBeantown · #**9650** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 2:14 PM**

Will that crane "sled" up the corner of the building?

Zensteeldude · #**9651** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by MadGnome

I bet Zen has a "A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind" plaque somewhere in that mess.

LOL, I do have a plaque that reads "A clean desk is an idle mind!".

Great pics NYCLuver and NYGuy !

uaarkson · #**9652** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 3:21 PM**

One of the coolest crane designs I've ever seen.

Dac150 · #**9653** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 3:43 PM**

If the walls of the Verizon building could talk.....

Zensteeldude · #**9654** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 4:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by JACKinNYC

Will that crane "sled" up the corner of the building?

Yep, it'll ride the rails up the 7.5 degree slope.

The new crane looks to be a Favco model TD133. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)

Max Load: 8 metric tonnes @ 25meters
8.81 short tons @ 82feet

For comparison, the other 2 tower cranes are Favco 760D.

Max Load: 64 metric tonnes @10meters
70.5 short tons @ 32.8 feet

Also, a 760D can lift more than half the capacity of a TD133 at 3 times the radius.

StoOgE · #**9655** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 4:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zensteeldude

Yep, it'll ride the rails up the 7.5 degree slope.

The new crane looks to be a Favco model TD133. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)

Max Load: 8 metric tonnes @ 25meters
8.81 short tons @ 82feet

For comparison, the other 2 tower cranes are Favco 760D.

Max Load: 64 metric tonnes @10meters
70.5 short tons @ 32.8 feet

Also, a 760D can lift more than half the capacity of a TD133 at 3 times the radius.

Safe to assume this smaller crane is to start putting the cladding on the building?

JACKinBeantown · #**9656** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 4:53 PM**

Thanks, dude!

upNaway · #**9657** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 5:22 PM**

hey i was jst wonderin but will this tower get a Hat Truss ontop of the building like the original towers did ?

Zensteeldude · #**9658** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by StoOgE

Safe to assume this smaller crane is to start putting the cladding on the building?

The 3 year old site plan I have says the third crane is for the concrete contractor.

But may things have changed in 3 years.

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Originally Posted by upNaway

hey i was jst wonderin but will this tower get a Hat Truss ontop of the building like the original towers did ?

No, the concrete core (amonge other things) makes them unnecessary.

winlinmac001 · #**9659** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 6:28 PM**

Isn't it necessary to put a Hat Truss on top of this behemoth? Wouldn't it effectively interlock all four sides?

Also, my next question may be silly for some of the high-end enthusiasts here, but for the noobs--what is cladding? Is it the exterior wall (curtain wall)? That's how I'm interpreting it.

Thanks =)

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Originally Posted by upNaway

hey i was jst wonderin but will this tower get a Hat Truss ontop of the building like the original towers did ?

Nowhereman1280 · #**9660** Posted **Aug 29, 2010, 6:54 PM**

Someone correct me if I am wrong but hat trusses and belt trusses are meant to link together the sides to fight against certain rotational/torquing forces. I would assume the presence of a concrete core that carries most of the weight would eliminate the need of that. Since the sides don't carry all the weight (as in a tube structure like the twins) those forces are much less. Additionally the sheer walls embedded in the concrete would absorb all the lateral and rotational forces. That would effectively eliminate the need to have trusses every so often to hold things together.