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World's Tallest Building Planned
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:04 pm
How would you like to have an office on the top floor? Not me.
"Consultants Advanced Construction Technology Services have recently announced testing materials to build the 3,280-feet (1 kilometer) skyscraper "
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"Consultants Advanced Construction Technology Services have recently announced testing materials to build the 3,280-feet (1 kilometer) skyscraper "
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Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:06 pm to beejon
Why is that even necessary? Seems dangerous.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:07 pm to RBWilliams8
Great men in great times do not ask why, but why not? :)
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:08 pm to RBWilliams8
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Why is that even necessary?
To demonstrate power, wealth, and ability.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:09 pm to RBWilliams8
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Seems dangerous.
What could possibly go wrong?
Tall building, in a country hated by terrorists in the middle east. Nothing wrong here
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:25 pm to AnonymousTiger
Man those people love to waste some money.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:38 pm to wpsnickers
I'm wondering who makes cranes y'all enough to make this happen. Also, you couldn't pay me enough money to work above the clouds like that
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:40 pm to wpsnickers
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Man those people love to waste some money.
They just have sooooooo much oil money. They have to get rid of it somehow!
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:40 pm to Fat and Happy
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I'm wondering who makes cranes y'all enough to make this happen. Also, you couldn't pay me enough money to work above the clouds like that
For lack of a better way to put it, the crane kida sits on the top floor of the building. When it's time to add a new floor, they jack the crane up a floor and basically slide a new segment of support under the crane as the building goes up around it. The crane builds itself as it builds the building, often using the building structure itself as its own support. Then, when the construction's all done, they disassemble everything and lower anything that isn't building down to the ground.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:42 pm to beejon
nope, nope, nope
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:45 pm to beejon
Well, the main reason I wouldn't want to work in an office in that building is because it would mean I somehow ended up in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:45 pm to TigerstuckinMS
With buildings that tall, they actually install many cranes on multiple floors, cantilevered off the edge.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:50 pm to Keys Open Doors
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Well, the main reason I wouldn't want to work in an office in that building is because it would mean I somehow ended up in Saudi Arabia.
And the elevator ride...
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:51 pm to beejon
next is this:
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:51 pm to AnonymousTiger
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The building is being financed by the family of Osama Bin Laden
The family disowned/disavowed Osama years ago, even before 9/11 apparently.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:52 pm to wpsnickers
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Man those people love to waste some money.
They're not wasting shite.
It's an investment.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:54 pm to Dodd
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With buildings that tall, they actually install many cranes on multiple floors, cantilevered off the edge.
This, too. The one at the top often can't lift all the way from the ground, simply because at some height, the cable's own weight would snap itself or the load would have to be tiny since the cable is so heavy. They do what Dodd said and build intermediate cranes to make the lifts in stages as the building gets taller, and the one at the top is picking up loads brought up by the intermediate cranes.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 3:25 pm to StringedInstruments
Posted on 4/19/14 at 3:30 pm to beejon
Wonder how many people will attempt to jump off that thing, if they build it?
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