Ya know, if the wind is gonna delay construction, then guess what? This thing isn't going up a floor a week. Expect this thing to be finished in 2015 if that's the case. It's always windy here....

High winds are always a factor for any highrise building construction. Try going outside about 40 floors up and see what the wind is like on almost any day anywhere.

They got the toppled crane uprighted. Hopefully we will see marked progress begin again now on the base shear walls.

So maybe we can rename Pete's camera FAILCAM!

I think we've established it wasn't "Pete's" or the OKC Talk cam.


Chicago got the name "Windy City" because - and the details escape me, but something about how Chicago journalist were blabber mouths. You know, hot air. Thus Windy City was coined.

Has nothing to do with wind gusts in Chicago.


Technically it looks like there are 3 reasons why it's been coined the "windy city" one of them being the winds off Lake Michigan. I also know most modern Chicagoans refer to it as that because of the brutal winds going through the urban canyons at times. Look at the quotes of the reporters you mention from the 1840's-1860's or so, no one talks like that anymore or thinks like that.

Origin of the name "Windy City" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_name_%22Windy_City%22)

I think we've established it wasn't "Pete's" or the OKC Talk cam.


Actually, I was referring to Pete's cam as the FailCam..because it stays on during the accidents, not because the camera failed.

High winds are always a factor for any highrise building construction. Try going outside about 40 floors up and see what the wind is like on almost any day anywhere.

I was being totally facetious..

As a tall guy people always ask how the weather is up there. As you know, it's a bit windier, lol.

Anyone know when we might see work resume on the basement walls?

If you look close they have already finished some of the rebar work on the forms they placed prior to the accident. They have been doing what they can while the cranes were down. Accidents happen. Its a dangerous job. Be thankful no one was hurt. Hopefully they will start again soon.

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Nice pics, King!

It looks like they started placing forms up again.

Gober would you have any issue with me saving some of these pics and putting them on FB and perhaps another message board? These pictures are awesome and since I can't be there I'd like to put them up.

FYI, the Oklahoman's live cam is back online and on the site again. Sorry for the wait.

Gober would you have any issue with me saving some of these pics and putting them on FB and perhaps another message board? These pictures are awesome and since I can't be there I'd like to put them up.

You're welcome to use them and thanks for the complement

The site was completely dead today. Hmm. Maybe they got the Easter weekend off?

Everybody here knows that the pour is over but does anybody remeber that box in the fondation? What was the point of that box being there?

Best guess is the pit for the freight elevator. The box kept it from filling with concrete.

Over the weekend and currently they are putting glass in on the Northeast elevator/stairwell area of the garage. I must say, it looks very nice.

Look at the formwork going up for the 1st floor slab.......cool!

I'm pretty sure that the glass they are using for the garage stairwells is the same that will be used on the tower.

If you notice, it is reflective but also somewhat translucent.

Pete, I don't think it is, at least I hope not. It's not really translucent up close, it looks like the glass on Leadership Square, maybe not quite as glossy, but definitely a strong mirror finish.

I'm not loving the glass corners on the garage. I think the blue glass and style it had before was far more attractive. It's very boxy looking.

But of course the tower itself won't be boxy, even if that's the exact glass they're using.

I think everyone will have to see the entire project before judging a single design feature of a single structure. The architects take the entire project into accout and how one structure, element, etc. works with the rest.

With the work on the 1st floor started, I find myself hitting the refresh button every 5-10 minutes and there is always something new completed. Moving along nicely.

I'm not loving the glass corners on the garage. I think the blue glass and style it had before was far more attractive. It's very boxy looking.

But of course the tower itself won't be boxy, even if that's the exact glass they're using.

I have to say my initial thoughts would agree with yours. I thought the blue glass was far more attractive than the current reflective smoke glass. However, I could see how on a clear blue day that the more reflective nature of the new glass would reflect the sky better. Of course it is nice and clean now. And from what I can tell this is the same glass that the tower will have.

What I really don't like is that grey mesh they used to cover the eastern side of the new levels of the garage. Horrible. A better choice would have been to use the concrete facade like the lower levels and east garage have. Or, at least do it all the same; I hate the split design even worse than the mesh.

What I really don't like is that grey mesh they used to cover the eastern side of the new levels of the garage. Horrible.

Also, I've wondered just how safe that mesh is. It looks like a vehicle could punch right through that thing at 3-5mph easily. I've hit icy patches in our garage before and slid to the curb stop which our garage has on the upper floors. This one looks like one mistake with the brake and throttle and off you go. Crash and burn.

Or, if they have the urban cowboys and their duallies backing in to the spots like in our garage and I could see them hanging 10 right through that mesh as well.

Also, I've wondered just how safe that mesh is. It looks like a vehicle could punch right through that thing at 3-5mph easily. I've hit icy patches in our garage before and slid to the curb stop which our garage has on the upper floors. This one looks like one mistake with the brake and throttle and off you go. Crash and burn.

Or, if they have the urban cowboys and their duallies backing in to the spots like in our garage and I could see them hanging 10 right through that mesh as well.

Regardless of what you think of the aesthetics of the garage and its exterior finishes, code requires that structured parking facilities have vehicle restraints. The perforated steel mesh is not intended to provide that function, it is rather purely aesthetic and allows for the exchange of fresh air. The vehicle restraints were clearly evident prior and during the installation of the panels. They have steel tensioned cables that can resist a vehicle impact within a specific guideline as set by the building code. So at least on that one you can put off any plans of hoping to be the one to catch photos of several dualies projecting out of the garage on the first day it is open all the way up.

Also with respect to your previous post, remember that there will be a sizable building on the south side of the parking structure that will prevent the view of the old versus the new garage issue you were having, and the West sidewill be completely new when completed so the only place it will really be visible would be the north side facing the alley, and the access road between the two garages but that will be the mesh panel so it will simply look like one of the material combinations and not out of place especially once the rest of the buildings are on site.

They have steel tensioned cables that can resist a vehicle impact within a specific guideline as set by the building code. So at least on that one you can put off any plans of hoping to be the one to catch photos of several dualies projecting out of the garage on the first day it is open all the way up.

Now that you mention that, I think I recall seeing some cables up prior to the mesh being installed. At the time, I just thought those were solely fall protection devices for the work crews.

Well, it's just a garage I realize, but still not a fan of the mesh. I wouldn't go as far as saying that design element is "fugly", but it's not what I would call attractive. When viewing that corridor from the north, the two garages lack any symmetry at all, which probably would have been nice to have. A matching facade would have aided that, given the different heights. And I've seen where concrete facades offer some interesting design elements and that mesh just seems like a cost compromise.

To each their own as they say I guess.

If you look at the rendered schemes of the West side of the garage, I believe it depicts the same mesh material on the upper floors.

And, I wonder why they decided to go with the precast punched window panels on the South side of the garage when it will be obstructed by the Podium building. From the sections I've seen it appears there is a 15-20 foot gap between the two.

Ahh... Come on folks! Pictures! Bloody pictures! Withdrawals are beginning to kick in. Don't make me have to drive 540 miles north so I can grab some images! I can't do that until May 15!

I may go snap some tonight, but depends on a few things. I'll get some within the next few days for sure.

Construction crews are absolutely killing it today, making head-way.

Good, they will probably need to to make up for lost time from the construction accident as well as the potential rain we'll have this week.

If you look on the construction cam you will also notice a crane that is in operation on the far side of the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Is this the beginings of the renovations and updates to the gardens? or something else entirely? Anyone in the know's imput would be greatly appreciated.

I wonder what kind of contract incentive the construction crews have to finish ahead of schedule.

If you look on the construction cam you will also notice a crane that is in operation on the far side of the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Is this the beginings of the renovations and updates to the gardens? or something else entirely? Anyone in the know's imput would be greatly appreciated.

No, they aren't starting on Project 180 until after the arts festival.

Could it be the replacement panes for the tube being delivered early?

Six floors by June (approx 100 feet tall) and glass on the exterior by July.

If you look on the construction cam you will also notice a crane that is in operation on the far side of the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Is this the beginings of the renovations and updates to the gardens? or something else entirely? Anyone in the know's imput would be greatly appreciated.

I believe metro is right that they aren't starting construction until after the arts festival but they are most definitely staging construction material in the small parking lot directly south of the tube. I drive by it every morning and have noticed it piling up. However, I don't know exactly what the huge crane was unloading. Things are going to start to get really interesting in the gardens as well. Should be a welcome change!

With Devon, Project 180, Myriad Gardens and the expansion of the Ford Center (and perhaps the SandRidge campus), that's going to be lots of massive projects all being done simultaneously in the CBD.

Pretty impressive given the lack of much happening in most other U.S. cities.

Yeah!!!...

It's awesome to see how much progress has been made in the last 3 months! Just think how the site will look 3 months from now!

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Nice illustration kinggober!

Goob,..You are a true OKC fan!!..

And the VAN made all 4 shots!

Here's a few pictures I took today at lunch.

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Great shots Okcmomentum! Thanks as always for the great photos!

Six floors by June (approx 100 feet tall) and glass on the exterior by July.

How tall is the renovated 10 story parking garage? 100 ft?

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Great pics thanks!

NDmoore Thanks for those fantastic images! That first one had an almost etherial quality about it! I am not sure if it was due to the focus lengths and the various distances from the foreground to the garage and the bazillion things going on between them, and the scale of everything; but it almost seemed as if it were a insanely complex model with the workers in the foreground almost appearing as figurines in the model....or maybe I just need a nap...either is just as likely! I really appreciate your taking these shots! This gives so much more detail and truly what you miss from the web cam. The depth of what is goin on even with the formwork and how there are different levels to the slab they will be pouring, some areas thickened for additional reinforcing and some with turned down beams. There is a lot going on! Also it was cool to see the progress of the basement wall just under the East garage on the South side of it.

Looks like they stoped on the tower for today.

Will the workers who are currently working on the parking garage start helping with the tower once that is completed?

Very Cool kinggober...the month by month. And I swear, I have seen THAT van move!

Will the workers who are currently working on the parking garage start helping with the tower once that is completed?

Probably not, considering different aspects of large jobs are subcontracted out. (i.e. plumbers aren't going to do electrical, dirt workers might not do garage).

Will the workers who are currently working on the parking garage start helping with the tower once that is completed?

The garages are precast concrete. The tower will be steel. They are different animals each requiring a specialized crew.

The garages are precast concrete. The tower will be steel. They are different animals each requiring a specialized crew.

I believe the tower is actually reinforced concrete not steel

Heard some discussion on the fittness center. It will occupy the 3rd floor only (approximatly 9000 sq. ft.) with a 4000 sq.ft. mechanical mezzanine above. The remainder of the area will be high ceilings with a very unusual drop structure that will obscure the view of the ceiling. I have never seen a structure like that before but it is very different allmost like an arbor or pergola hanging from the ceiling.

As I understand the fitness center will be the 3rd floor of the parking garage face west on Hudson.

Heard some discussion on the fittness center. It will occupy the 3rd floor only (approximatly 9000 sq. ft.) with a 4000 sq.ft. mechanical mezzanine above. The remainder of the area will be high ceilings with a very unusual drop structure that will obscure the view of the ceiling. I have never seen a structure like that before but it is very different allmost like an arbor or pergola hanging from the ceiling.

That's actually pretty common.

Six floors by June (approx 100 feet tall) and glass on the exterior by July.

I'm starting to think this might be pushing it.