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CarlosV · #**19381** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 4:12 AM**

^^^
nope....i got that from my living room :

DSC_5184 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

N0rthcar0lina · #**19382** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 6:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by CarlosV

^^^
nope....i got that from my living room

I am extremely jealous.

Zapatan · #**19383** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 8:12 AM**

Awesome shot!

But the lack of new still is worrying

crewex · #**19384** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 3:08 PM**

It takes approx one week to add the steel for a floor. Current top out is scheduled for sometime in April. Assuming they are still going to complete in April there is more than enough time to do so. There are 16 weeks until the end of april, and 14 floors.

That means, that as long as steel starts going on again anytime in the next 2 weeks that they are still on schedule. SOOOOO.........you guys start wringing your wrist and pacing back and forth in about 2 weeks. Currently it's still going according to plan.

Plus construction will increase in speed now that the days are getting longer and warmer.

sterlippo1 · #**19385** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by crewex

that the days are getting warmer.

they are ?

Roadcruiser1 · #**19386** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 4:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by crewex

It takes approx one week to add the steel for a floor. Current top out is scheduled for sometime in April. Assuming they are still going to complete in April there is more than enough time to do so. There are 16 weeks until the end of april, and 14 floors.

That means, that as long as steel starts going on again anytime in the next 2 weeks that they are still on schedule. SOOOOO.........you guys start wringing your wrist and pacing back and forth in about 2 weeks. Currently it's still going according to plan.

Plus construction will increase in speed now that the days are getting longer and warmer.

Spring doesn't come to NYC till late March. We are still in late January.

NewYorker2009 · #**19387** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 5:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by crewex

It takes approx one week to add the steel for a floor. Current top out is scheduled for sometime in April. Assuming they are still going to complete in April there is more than enough time to do so. There are 16 weeks until the end of april, and 14 floors.

That means, that as long as steel starts going on again anytime in the next 2 weeks that they are still on schedule. SOOOOO.........you guys start wringing your wrist and pacing back and forth in about 2 weeks. Currently it's still going according to plan.

Plus construction will increase in speed now that the days are getting longer and warmer.

What is your source to all this information? There are no more typical office floors anymore, only mechanical floors remain. Each mechanical floor will not take a week to do. It's almost February and they need to pack on an additional 200 plus feet before top out so April does not seem likely at this point no matter who your source is.

crewex · #**19388** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 6:01 PM**

from http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/freedom_tower_26204.aspx

*The following information was last updated on January 20, 2012.

Tower steel is now above floor 91. It is expected to top out by appx. April of 2012.
Facade installation is now above floor 66
Concrete is now being installed above floor 85
Installation of the 400-foot-tall antenna in spring 2012.
Spray-on fireproofing underway
Elevator shaft fit-out
Multiple cranes on site for steel and concrete installation
Both the south and north cores are now being erected as the structure rises
"Cocoon" safety system now in place around upper perimeter, to rise with structure
Utility installation and tie-ins
Crews are coordinating substructure construction while maintaining PATH service

Not that they havn't had some latency problems with this information, but it's been fairly accurate about projections for the past 5 or 6 months

dchan · #**19389** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by NewYorker2009

What is your source to all this information? There are no more typical office floors anymore, only mechanical floors remain. Each mechanical floor will not take a week to do. It's almost February and they need to pack on an additional 200 plus feet before top out so April does not seem likely at this point no matter who your source is.

I dunno. From what I've read of his posts, crewex seems to have experience in the field, so I would at least consider what he has to say.

crewex · #**19390** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 6:22 PM**

He is right though, some of the remaining floors are non standard, but the mechanical floors are double flloors, (correct me if i'm wrong at any point) so they can be allotted two weeks of time. One week to assemble the steel, one week we to drop in equipment (actually more than one week, from construction pictures at the top, it looks like they finish the decking for a floor 2 to 3 weeks after they do the steel.) And there is nothing that says they have to do all the decking for each floor if they are trying to lower (instead of drift) mechanical floor equipement in.

http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/pdf/January-2012-wtcprogress-Newsletter.pdf
The newsletter doesn't mention a top out date which odd since investors probably read it (maybe they get a different mailing). but it does have a pretty detail that shows the rented regions of the building

I did send off an email or two to some of the communications officers. Even if they give us BS, at least we will have the official statement of the construction stall. Let's just hope it's part of the plan.

NOW, who knows what goes on a mechanical floor since I read that each floor will have it's own climate control system. So it's not like they will need a complex heating and cooling system up there, maybe it's elevators, water pumps, and bears, then that might explain the hold up.

crewex · #**19391** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 6:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by sterlippo1

they are ?

Technically, even though it's still cold outside, YES the days are getting warmER on average and longer every day (many studies have shown that productivity has a positive relationship to temperate well lit conditions and sunlight exposure. But last I checked, March is before April so when I said that, I was being inclusive of all the time between now and top out. To be precise.

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNY0996
longer and warmer

www.nrel.gov/docs/fy02osti/30769.pdf
Lighting and temperature effects on productivity

NewYorker2009 · #**19392** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 7:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by crewex

from http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/freedom_tower_26204.aspx

*The following information was last updated on January 20, 2012.

Tower steel is now above floor 91. It is expected to top out by appx. April of 2012.
Facade installation is now above floor 66
Concrete is now being installed above floor 85
Installation of the 400-foot-tall antenna in spring 2012.
Spray-on fireproofing underway
Elevator shaft fit-out
Multiple cranes on site for steel and concrete installation
Both the south and north cores are now being erected as the structure rises
"Cocoon" safety system now in place around upper perimeter, to rise with structure
Utility installation and tie-ins
Crews are coordinating substructure construction while maintaining PATH service

Not that they havn't had some latency problems with this information, but it's been fairly accurate about projections for the past 5 or 6 months

Well I don't know how reliable www.lowermanhattan.info is because it says the Tower is now above floor 91 and they haven't even finished floor 90 yet lol. I really feel only the construction workers have the best idea when things will get done because they are building it so they will estimate based on weather, delays, etc. The Tower will be done when it's done that's all I can say. Going by an estimated date from that website is just not reliable enough for me. I think the top out date could be around May or June hopefully.

NewYorkSkyline117 · #**19393** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 7:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by crewex

from http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/freedom_tower_26204.aspx

*The following information was last updated on January 20, 2012.

Tower steel is now above floor 91. It is expected to top out by appx. April of 2012.
Facade installation is now above floor 66
Concrete is now being installed above floor 85
Installation of the 400-foot-tall antenna in spring 2012.
Spray-on fireproofing underway
Elevator shaft fit-out
Multiple cranes on site for steel and concrete installation
Both the south and north cores are now being erected as the structure rises
"Cocoon" safety system now in place around upper perimeter, to rise with structure
Utility installation and tie-ins
Crews are coordinating substructure construction while maintaining PATH service

Not that they havn't had some latency problems with this information, but it's been fairly accurate about projections for the past 5 or 6 months

Btw this can't be accurate...there's no way the facade is just above floor 66. it's at least approaching a little over 70 no?