I'm hungry...

Got some more footage today... Probably end up being two videos...

Good, darn apple predictive text....

More of what you've come to expect...

January 20 2012


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LoAPdSe6jE

The one from yesterday is uploading now. Will be up later this morning.

January 21 2012


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXAbn1MNz8k

Links for those on mobiles...

Thanks as always, Will.

Looks like they are really trying to get busy on the remaining glass because they can't take the cranes down until that work is done and they can't move people in until the cranes are down.

Considering they are planning to start moving people in about 6-8 weeks, I bet we see the glass work completely finished in the next few weeks.

January 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LoAPdSe6jE

January 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXAbn1MNz8k

Someone who's not lazy and has a good camera should take some Dust Bowl photos of downtown...

North crown, 1/20 (today):
http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--KENaHeVOl8/Txn4JKEW12I/AAAAAAAAQWA/BjJ0fsSDA84/s640/106_5128.jpg

Almost there on the North side!!!


http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WyevhG0Y27Q/Txn4Iu4XKwI/AAAAAAAAQV4/MJI2OOn54po/s640/106_5127.jpg


Pete Brzycki, how come the glass of the crown on your profile picture look different than what it is looks like now?

Pete Brzycki, how come the glass of the crown on your profile picture look different than what it is looks like now?

Because his avatar is a rendering...

One interesting aspect about the glass going in on the three triangles: it's all clear, unlike the rest of the building that has opaque bands to conceal the concrete floors and some of the mechanical.

So, as we've discussed somewhat, I'm sure these areas are going to have absolute boatloads of lights.

Can't wait to see when this all comes together.

We are so close! If only the window company could keep up with construction it would be done by now.

So what happens if both cranes have just been dismantled, and one of the big windows near the top of the tower gets broken? (Space junk, meteorite, bigass hail, airline sewage, etc.) How would they get a new window up there?

They are putting the final level of windows in on the northside.

If a window broke, they would just replace the pane from inside the building or via the window-washing rigs that will be lowered from the roof.

Wow.
When driving south on I-44 over I-40 at about 4PM today, the glass in the triangle on the SW side reflected the sun like a lantern, or the sun itself...it was seriously bright.
Would have taken an awesome photo, if I wasn't driving.

Wow.
When driving south on I-44 over I-40 at about 4PM today, the glass in the triangle on the SW side reflected the sun like a lantern, or the sun itself...it was seriously bright.
Would have taken an awesome photo, if I wasn't driving.

http://i.imgur.com/tDFog.jpg

Is that a real unaltered picture?

Reminds me of this:
http://images.wikia.com/lotr/images/6/6a/Mordor.png

Is that a real unaltered picture?

I didn't take it, but I'm pretty sure it is.

Is that a real unaltered picture?

Reminds me of this:
http://images.wikia.com/lotr/images/6/6a/Mordor.png


:tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:

We just need the second tower... Which appears to be on the way.

And this second tower isssss.....

patience grasshopper

It seems this second tower is pretty close to being announced.

Lol

I am a young grasshopper! That's why I'm so curious. You won't share?

I am a young grasshopper! That's why I'm so curious. You won't share?

I'm an old grasshopper with no particular tower knowledge but I have a small bucket of patience. You're welcome to some of it.

Is there a website i can go to find out? or a page or thread? I'll be patient

Is there a website i can go to find out? or a page or thread? I'll be patient

Just lots of rumors going around that a 40-story (or so) building is on the the way for downtown.

No specifics but there seems to be a lot of smoke around this.

40 story's is what 600'ft+ give or take 50 feet?Unless there is unusualy tall floor to ceiling height like in Devon's.

Is there a website i can go to find out? or a page or thread? I'll be patient

It's all in this thread: http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=25997&page=18

40 story's is what 600'ft+ give or take 50 feet?Unless there is unusualy tall floor to ceiling height like in Devon's.

I don't remember where I heard this but I remember reading that Devon's floor height is about the normal height for today's building standards.

I don't remember where I heard this but I remember reading that Devon's floor height is about the normal height for today's building standards.

I don't know,might be?Pete?

I don't remember where I heard this but I remember reading that Devon's floor height is about the normal height for today's building standards.

I would imagine it has a lot to do with the height of the first several lowest floors and the last several highest floors. Most floors inbetween I imagine are a pretty standard 8 to 10 feet. But if you make your first 3 floors 20 feet tall and your last 3 floors 16 feet, that's just under 50 extra feet from just those 6 floors.

It also seems a lot of towers have a decent number of feet above the highest floor.

So...Floors

1-3: 3x20 = 60 ft.
4-35: 32x9 = 288ft
36-40: 5x15 = 75ft
Actual floors: 39x2 = 78ft

That totals for 501 ft. Extend the top of the building 20% higher than it is with just the floors (+ 100ft), is a Grand Total of 601ft.

That seems to be fairly conservative...That's an average of 15ft/floor. Devon is an average of 17ft/floor

I would imagine it has a lot to do with the height of the first several lowest floors and the last several highest floors. Most floors inbetween I imagine are a pretty standard 8 to 10 feet. But if you make your first 3 floors 20 feet tall and your last 3 floors 16 feet, that's just under 50 extra feet from just those 6 floors.

It also seems a lot of towers have a decent number of feet above the highest floor.

So...Floors

1-3: 3x20 = 60 ft.
4-35: 32x9 = 288ft
36-40: 5x15 = 75ft
Actual floors: 39x2 = 78ft

That totals for 501 ft. Extend the top of the building 20% higher than it is with just the floors (+ 100ft), is a Grand Total of 601ft.

That seems to be fairly conservative...That's an average of 15ft/floor. Devon is an average of 17ft/floor

I suppose I could have said give or take a foot or two. LOL Devon has an odd floor plan but it's what makes it taller I guess. LOL

Oh, and thank you for doing the math for us. =)

The average floor on the Devon Tower is just under 15 feet -- not even counting the six lower and five upper, which are closer to 20 feet.

These taller floor heights are common in new office structures to make it easier to route ductwork and cabling. Devon features raised flooring and also dropped ceilings.

And almost all building have some lower level floors that are taller plus some sort of ornamentation on top.


I would estimate a new 40-story building to be between 600 and 700 feet tall (Devon is 850 and Chase is 500).

http://i.imgur.com/tDFog.jpgVery nice. It's probably untouched. It was at least that bright.

nm

The average floor on the Devon Tower is just under 15 feet -- not even counting the six lower and five upper, which are closer to 20 feet.

These taller floor heights are common in new office structures to make it easier to route ductwork and cabling. Devon features raised flooring and also dropped ceilings.

And almost all building have some lower level floors that are taller plus some sort of ornamentation on top.


I would estimate a new 40-story building to be between 600 and 700 feet tall (Devon is 850 and Chase is 500).

The new skyscraper, if 40 stories will be probably at least 650ft, but I am hoping it will be closer to 700ft, it will balance out the skyline, especially if located on the Preftakes block. Also, lets say Devon is building this mystery tower, more than likely it will be designed by Pickard Chilton, and it seems most of their skyscrapers have some of the same features. However, BG Group Place, which is a recent skyscraper designed by Chilton in downtown Houston, is 46 stories, but is only 630ft tall. So it really depends on the blueprint. You can have a 40 story building and it can be only 500ft tall, or you can have a 40 story building and it can be 700ft tall. It really depends on the footprint of the building.

In contrast another skyscraper by Chilton, 1180 Peachtree in Atlanta, is 41 stories, but is 657ft tall, so it has less floors than BG Group Place, but is taller in height.

Eighth Avenue Place in Calgary, also designed by Chilton is listed has 49 stories, but is only 689 ft tall.

Isn't the BOK tower in Tulsa 53 stories and only 660 ft? While Devon is 50 stories and almost 200 feet taller.

The BOK in Tulsa was built in an entirely different era. New construction tends to favor much taller floors.

The BOK in Tulsa was built in an entirely different era. New construction tends to favor much taller floors.

Yes I know it's much older I was just trying to make a comparison.

And this would a building having to do with Ches. As in offices, or a corporate tower?

[IMG]http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/9238/72017633.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/72017633.jpg/)

^^^ Wow. Yooz a baaaaaaaad dude bro!

Cooper_GOIVM should join forces with William Hider to form some sort of super photography club,Lol!We have some great contributors to this site,keep it up guys!

Via Metro...
They're working on the cladding on the columns.

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae288/snewlon/025.jpg

Wow,how tall are those columns?20-25ft maybe?

When we were doing the suburban tilt-up low rise office buildings in Austin, San Antonio and Houston we never went below a 14'-0" floor-to-floor height and these were only 3-6 story buildings with two story atriums. The retail/office mix at the building that I worked in at The Domain is around 16'-0" from retail floor to the second floor and about 14'-0" for the rest of the office floors. One interiors project in Yokohama that I worked on (1996) had about a 3.5 meter floor-to-floor, the ceiling grid was attached to the bottom of the structure and the ductwork was run in the web of the wide flange beams of the structure. They not only conserve floor space, they conserve vertical space....or at least they did 15 years ago.

[IMG]http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/9238/72017633.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/72017633.jpg/)

This view will look even better if and when the Cox Convention Center and The Sheraton garage are redeveloped.

Cooper_GOIVM should join forces with William Hider to form some sort of super photography club,Lol!We have some great contributors to this site,keep it up guys!

I would get behind this.

Cooper_GOIVM should join forces with William Hider to form some sort of super photography club,Lol!We have some great contributors to this site,keep it up guys!

Hey I wanna join! I've been pulling the gear out again lately!

Wow,how tall are those columns?20-25ft maybe?

Yes

You photographers should team up with the OKC Chamber to make an OKC Branded theme for Windows 7.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/personalize/themes?ocid=W7_personalizeCPL

No, the OKC Chamber likes using outdated footage

No, the OKC Chamber likes using outdated footage

I kind of meant that you should approach them with the idea and see if they will fund it. Of course, they will want copyrights to pictures used and might want an OKCChamber watermark in the corner of each picture. I do lots of presentation for various companies and I use a picture of OKC as my desktop image. People ask me all the time what City is pictured and they are stunned to learn it is OKC.

I kind of meant that you should approach them with the idea and see if they will fund it. Of course, they will want copyrights to pictures used and might want an OKCChamber watermark in the corner of each picture. I do lots of presentation for various companies and I use a picture of OKC as my desktop image. People ask me all the time what City is pictured and they are stunned to learn it is OKC.

This is probably the most irrelevant question I will ever ask but what picture of OKC do you use?

We need a straight down hi-res view on the tower so we can see the roof. hint hint