Because they need a doorway. It is not for the elevator core, it is to be able to pour regular repeating typical walls above.

just blueskin for now

makes sense the small cut out is for the 2 chutes, the room itself is of course poured.

I believe those were just temporary stiffeners to keep things square prior to pouring since it was 50 feet high thin metal.

i wonder what the unpoured areas near the elevators are for

Well now we are into regular type slabs... i bet we see the next vertical pour within 14 days

No they poured the rest of the rooftop you can see the wet concrete

That is top of the podium tho.. it doesnt go higher.

you would want the floor to support the diagonals to not flex the columns

They need to be strong to hold the concrete in when it is wet. People die or get super hurt all the time when the forms are pulled off and hanging by 1 bolt and fall on them

crazy that much weight ( forms weigh like 3000lbs each) can be hanging off the side of the building held in by some shots...

yes just usually the pour is far ahead

nothing else is this complex.

I think you are correct.

they told me they will have at least 1 floor every 2 weeks, which seems slow still but much faster... hopefully they can get that speed upto a floor a week.

Told ya

rescheduled for oct 23.

Looks like they on schedule for the pour on 15th

I was told that after this floor, additional floors will be about 1 every week - 2 weeks.

Going to be 1000 cubes in the pour. date is october 15