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It made me think of the New York, New York casino in Vegas. Pretty it ain't.

That very article you're referencing has a diagram that agrees with the numbers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NY_Height_Comparison.png
You need to better than "various sites" if you want an...

They went with the lowest bidder in China, who couldn't do the job. So this is what they got instead.

Anybody know if they intend to complete the mast before installing the guys? It would probably be OK without them until hurricane season, but I'd be a little nervous about an unexpected 80mph breeze...

It's like preaching to the 98% who couldn't understand that the millenium didn't start on 1-1-2000.
And, there is every intention of installing broadcast antennas on the tower if they can get...

The foundation only determines the biggest thing they can raise, weight and torque wise. They can always put something smaller there as long as the loads don't go over the limit.

They just needed the million to keep the project from dieing altogether and people involved from looking for other work. I don't have a lot of faith in the climate of throwing half a billion out with...

Let me guess. They decided to save time by not mounting whatever is cast in concrete on a template? Are they just big threaded rods sticking up where the base goes?

Looking at those bolts and the base, it doesn't seem like they'd even need those guys for this thing. I'm thinking the guys are more to transfer the normal load long term instead of being needed to...

The 2000 foot limit is more of a change of assumptions. To greatly simplify it, if you build under 2,000 feet, the FAA has to prove it's a hazard. If you build over 2,000 feet the burden of proof...

Intumescent paint is fireproofing. Or, fire retardant at least.

Because when you have a building that's going to bring over $200 million a year in revenue, sitting back and relaxing is an expensive option.

Is that the new anit aircraft defense system?

I think you're 360 degrees off on that one.

I don't mind the new spire design so much. But I doubt if it will wind up looking nice and clean like that. Being the most prime rf territory on the east coast, I'm afraid it's going to end up like...

You don't build something like this faster just by whipping the workers harder. There are a million things that have to be produced and accomplished exactly right and all the political pressure in...

I don't know. I kinda wish they'd done it like the Ranier Bank building.

You'd think wrong. One of the benefits of the new design is that the glass will reduce to tiny pieces just like a car windshield if it's shattered. No possible design is going to keep the glass from...

It's been the rule of thumb for decades that around 70 office floors is the most that makes economic sense. Adding more floors would reduce the space on all the other floors because of the increase...

You should be sorry for all those idiotic posts.

WTC1 will taper down to half as wide at the top viewed from 45˚. You're going from 282' (the diagonal of a 200' square at floor 20) to 141' (the side of a 141' square) at the top. (more or less)
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Concrete weight varies, but the stuff they used was probably close to 2 tons per yard. 220 tons wouldn't have been enough for one floor. The floors were the great majority of concrete in the...

Good to see the old bear the way it's suppose to be. Now if they could just find a new home for all that crap on the ESB and restore it to it's original King Kong era glory. I just hope they don't...

Gott in Himmel, scumonkey. That is freakin beautiful.

It does kind of look like it was designed by a dysfunctional committee.