LOS ANGELES | Wilshire Grand Development | 1,100 FT | 73 FLOORS | U/C

[dtlawg]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

What time does the marching band start, and which direction are they marching?

Has anyone tried calling the phone number here: http://www.wilshiregrandcenter.com/community/traffic-updates . I wonder if they would give an agenda.

[sw5710]

Originally Posted by dtlawg

Has anyone tried calling the phone number here: http://www.wilshiregrandcenter.com/community/traffic-updates . I wonder if they would give an agenda.

I did and the recording gave the same info you can read on the website so i hung up after a few seconds and thought of calling again to see if i could get a person on the line but i had to deal with other matters at work.

[mdiederi]

World Record: Wilshire Grand developers attempt largest continuous concrete pour in history
http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/02/12/42162/world-record-wilshire-grand-developers-attempt-lar/

Here's the plan:

8 plants around Los Angeles will provide concrete throughout the day.
180 concrete trucks will make multiple deliveries to the site.
At any given moment, 16 trucks will be unloading their concrete into the foundation simultaneously.
2,100 truckloads of concrete will be poured into the foundation.
The foundation will hold 21,200 cubic yards of concrete weighing 82 million pounds when dry.
As it dries, concrete undergoes an exothermic reaction, meaning it heats up. It can reach temperatures above 165 degrees Fahrenheit. The crews will run 19 miles of refrigeration piping through the foundation to keep it cool so it won't crack.
The current record holder for this kind of pour is believed to be the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. That foundation took 21,000 cubic yards of concrete.

The pour kicks off at 4pm Saturday with a ceremony featuring LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, California State Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, the USC marching band and others.

The public is invited to watch the pour from a viewing area at 1000 Wilshire Boulevard.

[r18tdi]

The public is invited to watch the pour from a viewing area at 1000 Wilshire Boulevard.

That's really cool!

[mdiederi]

Is 1000 Wilshire Blvd the Wedbush building?

[BrandonJXN]

1000 Wilshire is indeed the Wedbush Building.

[mt_climber13]

I am very excited to see this rise. I'm not following this tower too closely, but when should we expect the tower portion to take shape?

[colemonkee]

That's really cool that they're involving the public in the construction process and giving people access to watch it as it goes up. It builds excitement for the project, and downtown in general, which should spill over into other development projects nearby.

[StethJeff]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

World Record: Wilshire Grand developers attempt largest continuous concrete pour in history
http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/02/12/42162/world-record-wilshire-grand-developers-attempt-lar/

I'm assuming that they have to remove part of the fencing around the construction site for this to actually be viewable from ground level.

[mdiederi]

Originally Posted by StethJeff

I'm assuming that they have to remove part of the fencing around the construction site for this to actually be viewable from ground level.

It depends if they let people up on the porch of the Wedbush building, which is raised up higher than the fence and usually open to the public. They are going to have to remove the fence in the areas where the cement trucks will be dumping their loads, 16 trucks simultaneously. There is no longer a truck ramp going down into the pit, so they have to dump the cement over the side somehow.

[shakman]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

It depends if they let people up on the porch of the Wedbush building, which is raised up higher than the fence and usually open to the public. They are going to have to remove the fence in the areas where the cement trucks will be dumping their loads, 16 truck simultaneously. There is no longer a truck ramp going down into the pit, so they have to dump the cement over the side somehow.

They will use a concrete pump truck to get the concrete to where it needs to go. As large as this pour, possibly multiple pump trucks. These vehicles have a jib that folds out which can easily reach into the hole.

[mdiederi]

19 concrete pumps according to this article, and they are saying viewing from Wilshire and Fig sidewalks.
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79297414/

[Totojuice]

Originally Posted by Mystic Crusader

It would be really cool if somebody also added metropolis with the picture.

Here's a really bad cut and paste attempt But agree....this will be the new "front entrance" for LA.....it will be beautiful

[Valyrian Steel]

This new rendering of the Metropolis project includes the WG, albeit ghostly.

[Zapatan]

Nice but not the tallest

[112597jorge]

Originally Posted by Zapatan

Nice but not the tallest

it will be, but i guess its whether you believe in roof height or spire height.

[unanimity]

Originally Posted by eclipse

This new rendering of the Metropolis project includes the WG, albeit ghostly.

NOW THATS what i call a skyline!! i hope wg is that color. i dig the height and spire.

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by 112597jorge

it will be, but i guess its whether you believe in roof height or spire height.

The crown looks about 900 feet and the roof maybe 800 or so, and they stuck a 200 foot skinny needle on top to call it the tallest. It's not a bad building, but kinda lame heightwise.

[blackcat23]

The spire is 160 feet long, which puts the top of the crown at 940' above ground. Not sure what the exact height is for the rooftop deck, though.

[sw5710]

Does someone out there has the answer to this. The Aon building and Wilshire grand start there building heights from nearly the same elevation contour 280' The 0' Elevation for the Wilshire grand is at 278' as per past diagrams' The SSP diagram shows it to have these Elevations. The roof or pool area is at 934'and Spire to 1,100' This picture looks like the roof or pool area is below the 858' top of the AON.