Devon Energy Center

[bombermwc]

It is quite amazing to look and think....this thing is going to be like 2 of Cotter Ranch!

[CaseyCornett]

No kidding...Cotter Ranch: 500 ft and Devon Tower 850 ft.

Devon Tower is already taller than the Colcord (OKC's tallest building from 1909-1923)

[Dustin]

The cam caught a balloon floating above the tower!

[johnnyz]

Growing up in Chicago I have rode 100's of elevators .... there's no
13th FLOOR ????

Is there goin to be a 13th floor ? A .. `M` Desigination ... A.. super secret floor .. a mechanical level ? a stash the cash floor? WATS the deal?

Is the 13th really gonna be the 12th or the 14th or what ? And what about the 1st floor, it's up two levels plus !!!!!

I heard in Chicago it's gonna go 60 plus floors!!!! out doing Dallas and possibly a few other cities. 1156`feet.. will do it I suppose.

BIG JOHN from CHICAGO !!!!!!!!

[dmoor82]

^^Huh?

[jmarkross]

Growing up in Chicago I have rode 100's of elevators .... there's no
13th FLOOR ????

Is there goin to be a 13th floor ? A .. `M` Desigination ... A.. super secret floor .. a mechanical level ? a stash the cash floor? WATS the deal?

Is the 13th really gonna be the 12th or the 14th or what ? And what about the 1st floor, it's up two levels plus !!!!!

I heard in Chicago it's gonna go 60 plus floors!!!! out doing Dallas and possibly a few other cities. 1156`feet.. will do it I suppose.

BIG JOHN from CHICAGO !!!!!!!!

Be careful about mentioning things you hear out in the world of business and among your friends in the oil industry...they are not welcome here...keep a tight lid on conversations you overhear at the Petroleum Clubs around the nation...speculation is verboten.

[Kerry]

I for one hate the no 13th floor thing also

[ljbab728]

I for one hate the no 13th floor thing also

I agree entirely. It's sort of like when some airlines haven't had a row 13 on their planes. It's totally ridiculous.

[Platemaker]

In Japan, the fourth floor is avoided. Let's just remove all cultures' unlucky numbers so that we can tell other cities that we have building with a 100th floor.

[jmarkross]

I agree entirely. It's sort of like when some airlines haven't had a row 13 on their planes. It's totally ridiculous.

Simple business decisions--NO ONE wants/will rent the 13th floor in a building (though arguably the 14th IS the 13th and so one...) and the same on everything else...must accommodate the superstitious and the voodoo crowd as well...small compromise, I suppose...and who cares? Knock on wood...

[jmarkross]

In Japan, the fourth floor is avoided. Let's just remove all cultures' unlucky numbers so that we can tell other cities that we have building with a 100th floor.

Year ago, I opened a checking account...the officer asked me what number I wanted my checks to start with...I said "well--how about 001?"...he went on to advise me most people start at some arbitrary number like 350 so that any potential check-taker would not think it was a freshly opened (and thus suspect--I suppose) account...I declined, saying I did not write checks at liquor stores or marginal places of business...seemed most odd to me at the time...

[Kerry]

Year ago, I opened a checking account...the officer asked me what number I wanted my checks to start with...I said "well--how about 001?"...he went on to advise me most people start at some arbitrary number like 350 so that any potential check-taker would not think it was a freshly opened (and thus suspect--I suppose) account...I declined, saying I did not write checks at liquor stores or marginal places of business...seemed most odd to me at the time...

Are you suggesting that the Devon Tower start with 50 as being the first floor. You might have a point. In London the first floor is actully the the second floor. What we commonly call the first floor is to them the ground floor. Of course, why stop at starting with 50. We could also number the floors by 5 (just in case they want to go back later and add floors in the middle).

[OKCisOK4me]

From what I can tell, judging from the still cam, they've laid the ground floor around the NE corner of the building...

I'm sure it's been done for a few days but the noon light catches it just right for the best viewing.

[PLM]

I caught up with my Holder insider again today and he provided the following info:

-Crane #1 will raise this weekend
-There will be 1300 workers on site at any given time after Thanksgiving
-Their plans are to hang glass to the 8th floor, build a "temporary roof" (his words) and then begin framing and drywall starting within the 3rd floor.
-Interior desings were finalized last week, all of the way down to the detail of where pictures/art will hang.

I'll continue to post any other info I receive.

[soonerwilliam]

I caught up with my Holder insider again today and he provided the following info:

-Crane #1 will raise this weekend
-There will be 1300 workers on site at any given time after Thanksgiving
-Their plans are to hang glass to the 8th floor, build a "temporary roof" (his words) and then begin framing and drywall starting within the 3rd floor.
-Interior desings were finalized last week, all of the way down to the detail of where pictures/art will hang.

I'll continue to post any other info I receive.

Thanks for the info! Keep it coming.

[OKC@heart]

I caught up with my Holder insider again today and he provided the following info:

-Crane #1 will raise this weekend
-There will be 1300 workers on site at any given time after Thanksgiving
-Their plans are to hang glass to the 8th floor, build a "temporary roof" (his words) and then begin framing and drywall starting within the 3rd floor.
-Interior desings were finalized last week, all of the way down to the detail of where pictures/art will hang.

I'll continue to post any other info I receive.

Thanks for the update PLM! To do that will require them to be able to condition the spaces so essentially once they complete that portion of the work they could seek for an occupancy certificate for the portion of the building that is complete. So long as they have an exterior entrance that is protected for the occupants to come in and out of the building and pressurized and egress stairs in case of fire etc... For that matter they could do that all the way up the tower if they brake up the building according to the elevator banks and finished them out in the same manner. It will be fun to see.

I'm not surprised that the tower crane #2 will make its jump this weekend, If anything I would have expected it last weekend. Since the southernmost core just elevated to the 13th floor level, I noticed that they had to lower the concrete placing boom arm in the downward position to keep it from being in the way of the tower crane. I am most excited about the 13th floor going in as that will be what I am using as my milestone for the building breaking the hoizon line as seen from the web cam! None of this claiming the rebar stuff! lol!

[OKCisOK4me]

I completely agree with you, OKC@heart (on the claiming the rebar stuff)!

So if they're pouring the concrete for the 12th floor they're forming now before they raise the crane, then they'll probably not swing crane #2 so that they can move the concrete placing boom arm around, I'm guessing? At the speed they're gaining, I can easily see them pouring before they raise #2 up. I guess it'll be going taller than crane #1, huh? New lightning rod downtown!

[OKC@heart]

Yeah, Crane #2 will go higher than #1 and it will be a game of leapfrog from here on out to the top, as the tower grows! If they are pouring they will just have to limit the cranes movements to areas away from the Concrete placing boom arm, while in operation until the jump is made this weekend.

[OKC@heart]

Growing up in Chicago I have rode 100's of elevators .... there's no
13th FLOOR ????

Is there goin to be a 13th floor ? A .. `M` Desigination ... A.. super secret floor .. a mechanical level ? a stash the cash floor? WATS the deal?

Is the 13th really gonna be the 12th or the 14th or what ? And what about the 1st floor, it's up two levels plus !!!!!

I heard in Chicago it's gonna go 60 plus floors!!!! out doing Dallas and possibly a few other cities. 1156`feet.. will do it I suppose.

BIG JOHN from CHICAGO !!!!!!!!

Well Big John from Chicago, I would for one (and think most on here would agree) would love it if what you heard was correct. I would be interested to know who you heard it from and how credible the source is. How do they know that and what has changed to make this possible? I know that There are several reasons a company might add more floors to the building but that would mean that they would have had to engineer the structure to have been capable to carry the loads, as well as the tremendous lateral loads created by the wind over the surface area of the building. Of course it is possible; however it would have had to have been permitted as such and received approval for the additional height.

Would be interested to know if the company was acquiring another smaller company or anticipating more growth or what the supposed reasons are for such a dramatic increase. I think it would be huge for OKC and Devon, as a statement, but will reserve any excitement or hope for something more concrete, and or verifiable. Baring that I guess we would just have to wait and see if they stop at the level of the taper or if they continue with the standard floors for additional height. Would love it to be true though!

[PLM]

Yeah, Crane #2 will go higher than #1 and it will be a game of leapfrog from here on out to the top, as the tower grows! If they are pouring they will just have to limit the cranes movements to areas away from the Concrete placing boom arm, while in operation until the jump is made this weekend.

My apologies, crane #2 will be going higher this weekend, not crane #1. Typo

[jmarkross]

Well Big John from Chicago, I would for one (and think most on here would agree) would love it if what you heard was correct. I would be interested to know who you heard it from and how credible the source is. How do they know that and what has changed to make this possible? I know that There are several reasons a company might add more floors to the building but that would mean that they would have had to engineer the structure to have been capable to carry the loads, as well as the tremendous lateral loads created by the wind over the surface area of the building. Of course it is possible; however it would have had to have been permitted as such and received approval for the additional height.

Would be interested to know if the company was acquiring another smaller company or anticipating more growth or what the supposed reasons are for such a dramatic increase. I think it would be huge for OKC and Devon, as a statement, but will reserve any excitement or hope for something more concrete, and or verifiable. Baring that I guess we would just have to wait and see if they stop at the level of the taper or if they continue with the standard floors for additional height. Would love it to be true though!

STOP IT!! STOP IT!! All this damn speculation! I can't take it. No more of these silly ideas, please...

[GoThunder]

Does anyone know if they have finished the glass on the first floor yet?

[Watson410]

Does anyone know if they have finished the glass on the first floor yet?

They have all of the 1st floor done on the tower except for the construction elevator area.

[okcmomentum]

This may have been mentioned before but in the lobby of the current Devon headquarters at Main and Broadway they have a TV setup next to the model displaying pictures and updates from the construction site. I saw today actual pictures from inside the tower looking out through the glass that has been installed. It was really cool to see what it will look like from inside. It also showed updated plans that now call the long building west of the rotunda the "garden wing" and the building on the north side of the tower is actually called the "podium". As far as I know that area of the ground floor of the current HQ is open to the public so anyone can walk in and watch the slideshow. No one ran me off.

[OKC@heart]

Very cool, thanks for the info on the nomenclature of the base buildings okcmomentum!