Anyways. . . had to prune this thread again. . . can we keep this on topic[/rhetorical]. . . and by on topic I mean about the building and not your pedestrian observation or conspiratorial rants. . . thanks for your cooperation. . .
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hey so anybody have latest news or pictures of onsite prep on this monster........ be good to get this thread going seen as in Saudi Arabia they are going through with it......pile testing is happening and foundation design is now out
I was actually in Smith + Gill's office this weekend for a tour. No less than three times was the host asked how tall this building would be. He refused to answer every time, basically only saying it would be over 1000m and the final height isn't that specifically known to them. I know this is probably nothing new, but I found it amusing.
The most exciting thing I did learn is that the building isn't using dampers.
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This looks quite a bit like that mile-high tower that someone envisioned in Chicago in the early half of the last century. I forget what it was called, but even the base looks similar.
Tom, there appears to be a few supertalls near the wind test model it in that photo. Are some of those actual proposals (except the one partially behind the tower, which appears to be a regular model) for the area around Kingdom Tower?
This looks quite a bit like that mile-high tower that someone envisioned in Chicago in the early half of the last century. I forget what it was called, but even the base looks similar.
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