maestro
Senior Member
doubt it with the addition of a density sucking ~400 000 square foot "build-to-suit" podium
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doubt it with the addition of a density sucking ~400 000 square foot "build-to-suit" podium
paul451
New Member
Small Update from last Tuesday;
A previous post mentioned that the forms were quicker on this building compared to at Bay Adelaide, They look the same.
A previous post mentioned that the forms were quicker on this building compared to at Bay Adelaide, They look the same.
H
Hydrogen
Guest
Much more fun to watch now that its out of the ground.
Conrad Black
Senior Member
They are quicker because they are above the first couple of floors. The basement and the first few floors are not standard floors in terms of design. Hence the construction is more complex and takes longer as the forms have to accommodate the different design elements. Now that they are on higher floors, ones that are standard in design, the forms don't have to be changed. This allows them to rise faster. Same thing will take place at Bay Adelaide once it gets up a few floors.
caltrane74
Senior Member
They are self rising forms imported from Germany. - I'll check and see what type of forms are being used on Bay Adelaide.
You are right they look exactly the same.
caltrane74
Senior Member
Nice Update...
The floors are catching up with the core, I noticed.
The floors are catching up with the core, I noticed.
khris
Senior Member
Wow is this ever going up fast!! I can't wait to see the building going up around the shaft so that we can see just how big this will look.
bar1967
Active Member
caltrane74
Senior Member
thanks for the link.
Mystery White Boy
Banned
I seriously don't understand why buildings take so long to be built nowadays. The Empire State Building was built in a year. How can a building of this size take two years or more?
maestro
Senior Member
Emprie State? C'mon ... How many laborers getting the equivilant of a few dollars a day ended up taking a tumble to their deaths?
Mystery White Boy
Banned
Buildings in general were built much quicker in those days. Plus they didn't have the equipment we have today. I just think workers are lazy today and take way too much time to complete buildings. A glass tower should not take so long, there's no intricacy in the detailing.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
We have the Ministry of Labour, strong unions and high safety standards here. Combine that with fewer people on a site means structures get built slower. Hundreds of cheaply paid immigrant laborers have died building Burj Dubai (for example). Thankfully that rarely happens here.
Mystery White Boy
Banned
The time frames still don't make sense. Sometimes a 1000 footer can be completed in the same time as a building half it's size. How is it that cheaply paid, immigrants/labourers (that probably had no real training) built much more intricate buildings and at a faster pace than skilled workers of today with all our cranes and machinery?
lordmandeep
Banned
they do work safely....
Really you are a child....
safety is paramount over anything, a delayed building is nothing compared to a dead or injured worker....
Really you are a child....
safety is paramount over anything, a delayed building is nothing compared to a dead or injured worker....