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Construction of world's tallest tower to begin
New Scientist ^
| 12/10/04
| Will Knight
Posted on 12/11/2004 9:07:25 PM PST by wagglebee
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To: Texas_Jarhead
typically on tall buildings, they start the foundation on bedrock.
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:51:24 PM PST
by
Boiling point
(If God had not meant for man to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:51:51 PM PST
by
Nexus
To: Boiling point
right. I was wondering if because of the height involved a deeper anchor would be required. Perhaps it's just the mass of the building.
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:52:43 PM PST
by
Texas_Jarhead
(I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:53:00 PM PST
by
Nexus
To: wagglebee
45
posted on
12/11/2004 9:54:42 PM PST
by
Nexus
To: Nexus
Which building is for women only?
46
posted on
12/11/2004 9:55:10 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
To: wagglebee
And plumbing. I know I read somewhere that taking a dump off the 160th floor will build up enough speed and energy to slice right through someone on the ground. That's one mean turd...
Plumbing is recommended.
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:56:08 PM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: Dallas59
Which building is for women only?I believe that will be the top floors of the new building.
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:57:25 PM PST
by
Nexus
To: wagglebee
Putting things in perspective...
This new building in Dubai will be 2,624 feet tall.
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posted on
12/11/2004 9:58:56 PM PST
by
BJungNan
(Stop Spam - Do NOT buy from junk email.)
To: BJungNan
Do you know how tall the new "freedom" tower or whatever it is called is supposed to be in NYC??
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:00:20 PM PST
by
Eragon
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Ok engineers. How much water pressure does it take to get water to the top floor?
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:10:36 PM PST
by
sd-joe
(Peace is not a goal, but a consequence of doing what is right and preventing what is wrong.)
To: Thinkin' Gal
Can you clarify? I must be missing something. What does your post have to do with the tower?
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:12:28 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: DEADROCK
Yep, looks alot better then the peice of crap they are replacing the WTC with.
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:14:03 PM PST
by
Bommer
To: Bommer
Yep, looks alot better then the peice of crap they are replacing the WTC with. That was my thought as well.
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:16:06 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: wagglebee
Looks like a hypodermic needle.......
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:20:24 PM PST
by
Cedar
To: wagglebee
"I'm fairly certain the UAE is Islamic in name only"
I can't say for the whole UAE - but spent some time in Abu Dhabi as a guest of the then Rulers nephew - in name only is right and they were concerned with radicals "extorting" money from them then - mid '70's
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:28:31 PM PST
by
Bobibutu
To: Nexus
What's that contrail off to the left, incoming SCUD ?
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:30:00 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: wagglebee
I thought the Bin Laden family had secured this job. There was mucho press about this. When did Samsung replace them? I assume the lobby will have kick-ass plasma displays.
To: sd-joe
Given the building height of 800 meters the top floor is about 10 feet below that. So, it's at roughly 2615 feet. If someone were stupid enough to try and use a single pump at the bottom of the building to pump water to the top floor it would take roughly .43 X 2615 = 1124 psi.
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:31:14 PM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: wagglebee
I thought the construction sounded familiar.
"The Sears Tower was designed by the architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the same firm that designed the John Hancock Center."
I like their buildings.
I don't care for the WTC replacement architecture. Lame, big-time, IMHO.
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posted on
12/11/2004 10:32:24 PM PST
by
Daaave
( I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it.)
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