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  1. #4776

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike63 View Post
    The bottom photo of Kinggober's pictures (thanks by the way) shows framing being built in front of the vents (top of podium biulding). That is not shown in renderings of this area. Could this be a temporary in nature to work on something?
    I suppose it is possible, however I doubt it is, because the tube steel framing (very substantial in size) and the bracing tied back to the roof suggest to me an outdoor mechanical enclosure that will likely be left open to the sky for ventilation I would expect to see a screening material to clad the exterior facing sides in the not too distant future.

  2. #4777

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    12-6-10 first day of raised floor installation

  3. #4778

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    There is one part of JOHNINSOKC's post that I also wonder about. It has been mentioned that the current height is 340 feet with 23 floors. Even if you didn't allow for the extra height in the first couple of floors that would mean the 46th floor would be at 680 feet. That would leave 170 feet for the next 4 floors. Does the rising area above the top floor account for that much difference?

  4. #4779

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    Only 21 levels have been completed from floor to ceiling, and they're part way around on the 22nd level (I'm avoiding using the term "floors" to hopefully avoid confusion in terminology--a problem that has surfaced from time to time on this thread). By the time they've completed 23 levels, we'll have gained quite a bit of height.

  5. #4780

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    Quote Originally Posted by maestro6 View Post
    Only 21 levels have been completed from floor to ceiling, and they're part way around on the 22nd level (I'm avoiding using the term "floors" to hopefully avoid confusion in terminology--a problem that has surfaced from time to time on this thread). By the time they've completed 23 levels, we'll have gained quite a bit of height.
    From everything I've seen and heard they are currently building the floor for the 23rd level. If you look at pictures and count the floors, that is accurate. The pictures in post number 175 make that very plain. That won't make up the additional height by very much and leaves my last question unanswered.

  6. #4781

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    Quote Originally Posted by ljbab728 View Post
    From everything I've seen and heard they are currently building the floor for the 23rd level. If you look at pictures and count the floors, that is accurate. The pictures in post number 175 make that very plain. That won't make up the additional height by very much and leaves my last question unanswered.
    I don't have the answer, but it's possible maybe some of the top floors (executive floors?), may have taller floor to ceiling ratio's as well as don't forget about the flanges or whatever you call them that stick above the last floor a good 75 feet or so.

  7. #4782

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    Ljbab728, Metro is right. The section drawings that are earlier in the thread show the upper floors being much higher than the standard floors that we are seeing currently being poured. There are not a ton of them but if you do some digging you will answer the question.

  8. #4783

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    Can someone please explain how a raised floor will effect the structure. Will there be an increase in height per floor, I noticed someone stated that 1st raised floor started 2 days ago.

  9. #4784

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    Quote Originally Posted by geterdone View Post
    Can someone please explain how a raised floor will effect the structure. Will there be an increase in height per floor, I noticed someone stated that 1st raised floor started 2 days ago.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_floor

  10. #4785

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    Quote Originally Posted by geterdone View Post
    Can someone please explain how a raised floor will effect the structure. Will there be an increase in height per floor, I noticed someone stated that 1st raised floor started 2 days ago.
    It won't. No.

  11. #4786

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    Quote Originally Posted by OKC@heart View Post
    Ljbab728, Metro is right. The section drawings that are earlier in the thread show the upper floors being much higher than the standard floors that we are seeing currently being poured. There are not a ton of them but if you do some digging you will answer the question.
    It does appear in the diagram that when the upper floors start tapering inward the height of the floors goes up. I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the height, I was just wondering where the extra height was going to come from based on what has been built to date.

  12. #4787

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    Quote Originally Posted by ljbab728 View Post
    It does appear in the diagram that when the upper floors start tapering inward the height of the floors goes up. I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the height, I was just wondering where the extra height was going to come from based on what has been built to date.
    Of course this is only my speculation based on the designs I've seen, but I'd venture to guess that the extra height comes from the 3 glass like extensions that pierce the sky above the roof. Looks to be roughly 75 feet.

  13. #4788

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    There was a schematic included in the original press kit that showed breakdown by level:

    1-6: 20 feet
    7-45: 15.1 feet
    46-49: 20 feet (level 49 is mechanical)
    50: 60 feet (the unoccupied "crown")

    Total: 849 feet

  14. #4789

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki View Post
    There was a schematic included in the original press kit that showed breakdown by level:

    1-6: 20 feet
    7-45: 15.1 feet
    46-49: 20 feet (level 49 is mechanical)
    50: 60 feet (the unoccupied "crown")

    Total: 849 feet
    You hit the nail on the head there Pete. I was gonna do that but figured someone would already. It'd be cool if the top of the roof was 849 and the crown took it to 909. So technically speaking, the roof will be at 790 then (even though all the national websites are counting the crown as the top height (which I guess it doesn't really matter since spires are counted as actual building heights, as well)).

  15. #4790

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    I don't understand how the height can only be at 362 ft (If you add 1-6 at 120ft and 7-22 at 242ft). Isn't the Oklahoma Tower 435Ft? Devon has to be right c.a. 400ft. Devon is not 75ft shorter than Oklahoma Tower at this time!! Oh, and at what floor does the tapering start?

  16. #4791

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    I agree that Devon looks taller than that when looking at other buildings on the skyline.

    By in Steve's article just 4 days ago, he reported the current height at 340 feet.

  17. #4792

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    Quote Originally Posted by holm1231 View Post
    Oh, and at what floor does the tapering start?
    From looking at the renderings, it appears the taper starts around the 36th floor. I would guess by February it would start to taper.

  18. #4793

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    In the original schematic -- before they chopped out 5 of the middle floors -- they showed the taper starting at the 37th floor.

    Not sure how that was affected by the reduction in height.

  19. #4794

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    Looks like there's some sort of light testing going on in the bottom left corner of the cam. Anyone else see that?

  20. #4795

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    Yes! Check this out:






  21. #4796

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki View Post
    Yes! Check this out:





    Holy #&!% No way!

  22. #4797

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    You can see a couple of things here:

    1. The are clearly testing the primary colors that seem to be able to fill all of any glass panel. No doubt, with computer controls they can generate thousands of colors.

    2. There seems to be blue LED lighting running along the channel of the indented part of that building. In a previous interview, someone at Devon mentioned there would be LED lighting there. But they are clearly holding back on talking about item #1.

  23. #4798

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    Was walking by and saw the lights on the side of the building too, here are some closer pics:





  24. #4799

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    Awesome MacGruber! The mind boggles with what could be done with this capability... I wonder if there is another building with it? Could this be completely unique to OKC?


    BTW, how awesome is it that this only went on for a few minutes and on the backside of the building. Yet, we not only got the screen captures from the construction cam, we had a poster in a position to snap pictures at just the right time.

    Nothing escapes the eyes and ears of OKCTalk!

  25. #4800

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    My wife just does not understand my excitement! I'm grinning like a cheshire cat!

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