Obviously this is about ego and not function. Petro dollars hard at work.
I would bet that they are using concrete because the raw materials are easier to obtain. Steel costs are real high right now.
I can't imagine it will be concrete all the way up. If so, that's going to be one heavy sucker.
>>>>>>"What a terrible design. The floor plates look useless. I cannot believe they are building this thing out of poured concrete instead of steel"<<<<<<
Fly a fuel laden plane into it and you may see the reasoning, they don't think that the War on Terror (Stupid name) will be won. Concrete melts at a much higher temperature than steel.
PC and MSM must have won that Contract.
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It was built around 1920 or so, iirc.
One of the small elevators got stuck a lot, and yes, getting everybody to jump at once would get it moving.
The larger freight elevator cars were cordoned off with steel pipe to limit the number of people.
I think we were on the fourth floor, so the stairs were the preferred access method.