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KWILLSKYLINE · #1 Posted **Mar 15, 2017, 7:22 PM**

Not sure if anyone knows the answer to this? Will all three sections ever become equally leveled together, my guess would be above parking, aka= are they all going to move up at the same time as one long slab or are all three individual tower sections going to move at their own pace? If that happened wouldnt they have to eventually slow down the west(tallest) section for the other two to catch up. I guess I just answered my own question cuz it seems like it would be stupid to slow down the one that is going to take the longest to complete.

Skyguy_7 · #2 Posted **Mar 16, 2017, 12:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by KWILLSKYLINE

Not sure if anyone knows the answer to this? Will all three sections ever become equally leveled together, my guess would be above parking, aka= are they all going to move up at the same time as one long slab or are all three individual tower sections going to move at their own pace? If that happened wouldnt they have to eventually slow down the west(tallest) section for the other two to catch up. I guess I just answered my own question cuz it seems like it would be stupid to slow down the one that is going to take the longest to complete.

That's actually a good question. My guess is the entire thing will need to go up as one, in order to keep structural elements properly tied together. Now that the west section appears to be "ahead", they'll most likely allocate manpower to the east sections to play catch-up, so that everything rises concurrently.

Swicago Swi Sox · #3 Posted **Mar 16, 2017, 4:21 PM**

The three tower look of this building seems to be purely done with floor plate shape, curtain wall moves, and the visual cues of having a road run through it.

It does not seem like this thing is intended to structurally behave like three towers in any way. Think of it as a rectangle that has three set backs at three different heights.

The concrete floors will most likely all be one homogeneous plate. That diaphragm ties the two cores together. It is not uncommon for rectangular buildings to have multiple cores, or multiple spread out lines of lateral support. This helps balance out any torsional twisting due to wind. For example, look at the new Northwestern research building (old Prentice site) UC right now.

KWILLSKYLINE · #4 Posted **Mar 16, 2017, 4:30 PM**

Thanks guys. It would be awesome if they would put up a digital video of how this is going to be built floor to floor/time lapse like other towers around the world. but hey, time and money aint cheap.

KWILLSKYLINE · #5 Posted **Mar 16, 2017, 6:00 PM**

Another question I had is how will they work the forming walls (not sure if thats the correct term) on the way up? I cant remember how they did Aqua with its odd shape but will these things run up diagonally both outward and inward and how do they support them? Or is this going to be a whole differnt technique all together?

SteelMonkey · #6 Posted **Mar 18, 2017, 4:47 PM**

Schedule bonus

Rocket49 · #7 Posted **Mar 18, 2017, 5:05 PM**

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Schedule bonus

At this rate, it looks like they might be more or less finished a year from now.

left of center · #8 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 1:50 AM**

Oh man, looking like it wont be long before it pops above street (streets?) level. Can't wait until it starts making a skyline impact!

KWILLSKYLINE · #9 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 8:08 AM**

I think theres a couple folks who live in this area of LSE on this forum, how has the noise impact been on the inside of your apartment/condo? I suppose worse for Coast and Regatta. I know they soundproof pretty well but 4 years of that noise has got to get annoying, especially getting home from work when the construction goes later. But hey, part of city life. Just curious.

10023 · #10 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 9:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by KWILLSKYLINE

I think theres a couple folks who live in this area of LSE on this forum, how has the noise impact been on the inside of your apartment/condo? I suppose worse for Coast and Regatta. I know they soundproof pretty well but 4 years of that noise has got to get annoying, especially getting home from work when the construction goes later. But hey, part of city life. Just curious.

I think you nailed it. Generally people aren't home when the construction is going on. It's probably annoying early in the morning, but in the evening it's over before one comes home.

nergie · #11 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by KWILLSKYLINE

I think theres a couple folks who live in this area of LSE on this forum, how has the noise impact been on the inside of your apartment/condo? I suppose worse for Coast and Regatta. I know they soundproof pretty well but 4 years of that noise has got to get annoying, especially getting home from work when the construction goes later. But hey, part of city life. Just curious.

You get used to the noise, just like living by the L or under a flight path. Honestly, the biggest noise maker was when they were jack hammering Wacker drive. The caisson work was not too bad. My fiancé who works from home says her only issue is that they start work at like 6AM including Saturday but now that the jack hammering and cassion work has stopped it isn't an issue anymore. She's not nearly the skyscraper geek that I am, but she is enjoying the show.

HomrQT · #12 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 4:45 PM**

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You get used to the noise, just like living by the L or under a flight path. Honestly, the biggest noise maker was when they were jack hammering Wacker drive. The caisson work was not too bad. My fiancé who works from home says her only issue is that they start work at like 6AM including Saturday but now that the jack hammering and cassion work has stopped it isn't an issue anymore. She's not nearly the skyscraper geek that I am, but she is enjoying the show.

Do you have a view of the site? Care to show us from your vantage point?

nergie · #13 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 6:51 PM**

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Do you have a view of the site? Care to show us from your vantage point?

I look directly doww on to the site, at the current pace of construction I don't know how much longer I will be looking down on the site. Sure, I have previously posted some pictures on the thread, and will do so when I get some time in the future.

HomrQT · #14 Posted **Mar 23, 2017, 8:05 PM**

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I look directly doww on to the site, at the current pace of construction I don't know how much longer I will be looking down on the site. Sure, I have previously posted some pictures on the thread, and will do so when I get some time in the future.