Pictures from April 30, 2010:

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Fantastic Photos! Thanks Del Camino!

GREAT PICS!!! Thanks so much.

You're welcome. It's cool to see the progress.

The construction site looks small until you see the people(ants) walking around near it then you kinda get how big this thing actually is!Great pics Delcamino!

Excellent photos DelCamino! The one with all four cranes showing is a remarkable shot! So very nice to get to see all this via internet...just could never get there myself to see it all--thanks to all of you who take the effort to bring it all to us. The documentation on this building as it is constructed will become legendary...at least for me! A nice thing to do for an old geezer like myself...:bow:

Yay! Finally they're back on track as I see the NW elevator core has progressed! Wish them luck.

great pics.

I have a technical question. They use a lot of wood to build skyscrapers. Do they recycle the wood or at least, do they reuse the forms? What about the floors, do they build, then tear it down and rebuild?

Keep the pics comin', we expats greatly appreciate :)

great pics.

I have a technical question. They use a lot of wood to build skyscrapers. Do they recycle the wood or at least, do they reuse the forms? What about the floors, do they build, then tear it down and rebuild?

Keep the pics comin', we expats greatly appreciate :)

The forms are typically reused when at all possible, some are not simply because of unique cuts that are not replicated elsewhere. The first couple of floors are like that but once they get to the repeating floors, usually they will build 2-3 complete floor plates of form work, and then as the first used concrete reaches strength they will take off the forms from underneath and replace the shoring. (all of the supports you see underneath) This process is called re-shoring. They then will re assemble the form work on the the next highest floor lay the post tension cables while the columns are poured and moved up, and then pour that floor, and repeat the process all the way up until they reach a unique floor as it tapers to the top. Even then the old form work can be reused only trimmed down so long as it is still in good enough shape.

It is common to see 3-4 floors with shoring before to give enough time for the concrete to reach sufficient strength, to have the shoring removed. A lot depends on the pace they are keeping.

thanks for that EXCELLENT explanation OKC@heart!

Im glad to hear that skyscraper builders aren't just wasting a lot of wood building the concrete structure. :)

That first pic DelCamino, is awesome!

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Sorry if this has already been answered before but does anyone know what this will look like after dark? How will they light it up, do they know yet? What would be the possibilities? Would be awesome if something like the vertical lit green building in Dallas?

Del - super pictures!

And thank you, OKC@heart and all the others on this thread who post explanations.
Having a front row seat to the construction is exciting but the explanations of why they are doing what they are doing makes it much more interesting.

My co-workers are also impressed with my "knowledge" - I have told them, of course, to come to OKCTalk for the scoop!

Never a problem, and thanks to all who provide the great images and thoughts and insights through those who you may know who all play various roles in the process. What a fantastic time for this great city!

I will be in Okc this weekend and the first part of the week so will try to get by the site and snap a few pictures myself. I am going to be there for an interview...it would be great to come back home! We will see how it plays out!

Never a problem, and thanks to all who provide the great images and thoughts and incites through those who you may know who all play various roles in the process. What a fantastic time for this great city!

I will be in Okc this weekend and the first part of the week so will try to get by the site and snap a few pictures myself. I am going to be there for an interview...it would be great to come back home! We will see how it plays out!

Best of luck!

In todays edition of the Oklahoman (real estate section) there was a listing of a building permit issued to Flintco Inc. for 333 W. Sherian (Devon tower) for $380,743,000.
Does anyone know anything about this?

yes, best of luck OKC@heart

In todays edition of the Oklahoman (real estate section) there was a listing of a building permit issued to Flintco Inc. for 333 W. Sherian (Devon tower) for $380,743,000.
Does anyone know anything about this?

That's just over half of the originally estimated total cost of the building. It means they're either finally paying up to Flintco or we're about to see some big time changes...

In todays edition of the Oklahoman (real estate section) there was a listing of a building permit issued to Flintco Inc. for 333 W. Sherian (Devon tower) for $380,743,000.
Does anyone know anything about this?

That's for my retirement home at Gaillardia :-)

Here are a few from this evening. There are more here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53062852@N00/).

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Great shots King, looks like it is sure coming along!

Great shots King, looks like it is sure coming along! Agreed..

Wow, It looks like the floor will be done by the end of the week. The shoring system on the northern side went up fast once that column was completed.

Wow! Keep the pictures coming!

Looks great, King - thanks for posting!

I'll try and get some later this week. Too much to carry in this morning.

That's just over half of the originally estimated total cost of the building. It means they're either finally paying up to Flintco or we're about to see some big time changes...

I wonder if that is just material cost, or material cost for first year of construction? Maybe they will file many permits in different stages. Many times the county assessor value is way less than the market value of a property.

permits fees are based on square footage for new buildings, $0.25 per square foot


In todays edition of the Oklahoman (real estate section) there was a listing of a building permit issued to Flintco Inc. for 333 W. Sherian (Devon tower) for $380,743,000.
Does anyone know anything about this?

kinggober...do you have that 3rd pic when the trees were in full bloom from that same location?

Should construction go faster after they finish with this floor on the tower? Also have they even started building up on the podium?

kinggober...do you have that 3rd pic when the trees were in full bloom from that same location?

I noticed that too. But I'm too lazy to look back.

try page 35 for the pear treess blooming

oops ...correction "trees"

Thanks clz46...I thought those were Dogwoods???

It's maybe a Bradford pear or one of the other ornamental pears. A dogwood is kinda a layered looking smaller tree. It's hard to grow in Oklahoma without being sheltered under a bigger tree. Probably more than you wanted to know.

Yes. Bradford Pears. We have two in my yard as well. They're my favorite tree.

I hate those trees. They smell like ass when they bloom.

Architect... if you're going to go into design you better dump your love for Bradford pears... they are terrible landscape choices.

Architect... if you're going to go into design you better dump your love for Bradford pears... they are terrible landscape choices.

They've got a real bad habit of splitting down the middle after their full grown and can do damage.

They've got a real bad habit of splitting down the middle after their full grown and can do damage.

That is true...they fell apart in the ice storm here in Purcell...but they were a beautiful entrance into town--the long row of them on North Green Avenue...they are fine in yards here and there...and need to be trimmed a lot. Redbuds are similar...they fall apart alot--but they will return from the roots for many decades.

Me thinks they're putting up scaffolding for the second story--Jar Jar Binx

I was thinking that all that is being built now will be underground when it's completed. Is that right or not? The drawings look as if the building is at street level.

I was thinking that all that is being built now will be underground when it's completed. Is that right or not? The drawings look as if the building is at street level.

Your correct. The shoring system being installed now is for the first floor above street level.

Thanks, jn1780. Now here's another question I've been wondering about.. do they wait until the floors are lifted to fill in the dirt or wait until all the floors are in? That is going to be a bunch of dirt!

Me thinks they're putting up scaffolding for the second story--Jar Jar Binx

Me sa thinks you right!

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Thanks, jn1780. Now here's another question I've been wondering about.. do they wait until the floors are lifted to fill in the dirt or wait until all the floors are in? That is going to be a bunch of dirt!

I would think they would go ahead in fill the area with dirt and gravel so they have a staging area for construction materials. They will have to remove the two ramps they have been using to access the basement floor eventually so they can finish that area of the basement and also start on the podium building. Of course they can't fill in around the tower cranes so they will just build around them and patch the holes later.


I'm sure there is someone on this board who knows exactly whats going on.

Not that I am the 'person who knows exactly what is going on' but the entire excavated area will be a basement level... There will be heated parking for executives and special visitors and a loading dock for deliveries.

Not that I am the 'person who knows exactly what is going on' but the entire excavated area will be a basement level... There will be heated parking for executives and special visitors and a loading dock for deliveries.


Yes, but there is a small layer of dirt and landscaping directly above that east, south, and west of the tower with a water basin surrounding the tower.

Yes, but there is a small layer of dirt and landscaping directly above that east, south, and west of the tower with a water basin surrounding the tower.

Correct, and all of that will be on top of the basement level. If you were originally asking when they will fill this in with dirt, my guess will not be until much later in the construction process (and by much later I mean towards the end of this year when the tower is being topped out). But again, just a guess on this topic...

Just curious...How is the safety record up to this point?

Platemaker: Architect... if you're going to go into design you better dump your love for Bradford pears... they are terrible landscape choices.

They've got a real bad habit of splitting down the middle after their full grown and can do damage.

I'm actually majoring in Graphic Design, architecture was a childhood dream of mine that I realized was really just had to do with my love for Urban Planning. I do know Bradfords are not suited well for Oklahoma's weather. I learned this after that major ice storm a couple of years ago. It seemed almost every Bradford in the city was damaged badly, but I still think they're beautiful.

I think Bradford Pears are incredibly beautiful about three weeks out of the year:1-1/2 weeks when they bloom in the spring, and 1-1/2 weeks when they turn in the fall. Other than that, I think they're sorry, PITA little lollipop trees that obscure building facades, attract too many birds, and tend to be uprooted in windstorms (due to density) and split/deformed mercilessly in ice storms (density, fragility).

NOT a fan.

Also, PITA means pain-in-the-a**.

How much longer do you thank it will be until we see it from the highway?

How much longer do you thank it will be until we see it from the highway?

Think? lol. Prolly a few more weeks.. That's just a guess tho.

I hate those trees. They smell like ass when they bloom.

They smell just like cement... no idea why people like them so much.

I found this website...are these pictures the same as ones on this forum--or different ones? Here is the link... Devon Tower Construction Stock Photography - Images | Alonzo Adams Photography (http://www.photoshelter.com/c/alonzoadamsphoto/gallery/Devon-Tower-Construction-Stock-Photography/G0000omGSMWGhqKM/)

He did post a link to those on the site, but they are just a few of the many pictures posted here.

I wonder what's up at the Devon site this morning. I went by there a little after 10am and I didn't see one single worker out there. It's eerily quiet.

Demo begins behind the Colcord:
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I wonder what's up at the Devon site this morning. I went by there a little after 10am and I didn't see one single worker out there. It's eerily quiet.

Um...It's Cinco De Mayo!