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    Quote Originally Posted by metro View Post
    They are giving him popcorn and a handshake
    If I'm that lucky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OKCisOK4me View Post
    I think you're forgetting about Black Mesa in the panhandle which is +4,000 elevation...
    Didn't forget the panhandle. Just wasn't sure there were any tree tops at the Black Mesa...but I digress.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thundercitizen View Post
    Didn't forget the panhandle. Just wasn't sure there were any tree tops at the Black Mesa...but I digress.
    http://www.trishalexsage.com/2010/07...a-4973-ft.html


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    Yeah, a number of peaks in the Ouachitas (SE Oklahoma) are 2500+ and COVERED with trees. Mt. Scott down by Lawton is around 2600, I think. But the point is still a good one; the tree is dang high up there. No question the highest treetop within an hour's drive.

  5. #7780

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    Back to subject!!

  6. #7781

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    Quote Originally Posted by Urbanized View Post
    Yeah, a number of peaks in the Ouachitas (SE Oklahoma) are 2500+ and COVERED with trees. Mt. Scott down by Lawton is around 2600, I think. But the point is still a good one; the tree is dang high up there. No question the highest treetop within an hour's drive.
    Downtown's elevation is right around 1,260 ft. above sea level. Add 844 ft. to that and you're at 2,104 ft. above sea level at the top. FYI

  7. #7782

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    Is there still a chance the tower will be 850ft. or are we sure it is 844ft. and no more than that?

  8. #7783

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    it's 850

  9. #7784

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    also, I went to the 47th floor of that building and they told me we were at the highest point in Oklahoma.

  10. #7785

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    Quote Originally Posted by flippity View Post
    also, I went to the 47th floor of that building and they told me we were at the highest point in Oklahoma.
    Their math was a bit off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BG918 View Post
    Downtown's elevation is right around 1,260 ft. above sea level. Add 844 ft. to that and you're at 2,104 ft. above sea level at the top. FYI
    FYI actual elevation of Black Mesa...4,973. WAY HIGHER. Back to subject.

  12. #7787

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    Tower is looking great. Can't wait to see the cranes come down so we can see it by itself!

  13. #7788

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkyWestOKC View Post
    Tower is looking great. Can't wait to see the cranes come down so we can see it by itself!
    Speaking of which, I'm REAL curious to see how they dismantle those cranes.

  14. #7789

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB37 View Post
    Speaking of which, I'm REAL curious to see how they dismantle those cranes.
    Probably exact opposite of how they constructed them

  15. #7790

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    Maybe they'll treat Thunder to a surprise and do it like this:

  16. #7791

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB37 View Post
    Speaking of which, I'm REAL curious to see how they dismantle those cranes.



    And here is a video of how they are constructed.


  17. #7792

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkyWestOKC View Post
    Maybe they'll treat Thunder to a surprise and do it like this:
    Off topic (sorry), the caption indicates that was KAUT-43's tower here in OKC, and a new U/L to Youtube. Wonder why that wasn't publicized?

  18. #7793

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    I took this from the top of the Gaylord Stadium parking garage at OU, looking north toward downtown Oklahoma City.


  19. #7794

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB37 View Post
    Off topic (sorry), the caption indicates that was KAUT-43's tower here in OKC, and a new U/L to Youtube. Wonder why that wasn't publicized?
    There is another thread on this topic. Also it probably wasn't heavily publicized for safety reasons.

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    Does anyone notice that Devon is finishing at such a rapid pace than the new World Trade Center (minus one)?

  21. #7796

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    One World Trade Center is more than double the height of our tower. Of course it's going to take longer.

  22. #7797

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    It is also being built in OKC and not NYC, building anything in NYC takes longer and costs much more than building most anywhere else. There is just so much bureaucratic red tape and union challenges to deal with no matter how big or small the project is. Both the city gov't and unions seem to revel in creating new and interesting challenges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluedogok View Post
    It is also being built in OKC and not NYC, building anything in NYC takes longer and costs much more than building most anywhere else. There is just so much bureaucratic red tape and union challenges to deal with no matter how big or small the project is. Both the city gov't and unions seem to revel in creating new and interesting challenges.
    Are you the workers at the Devon site non-union, then?

  24. #7799

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    Quote Originally Posted by diggyba View Post
    One World Trade Center is more than double the height of our tower. Of course it's going to take longer.
    Also,

    1. People died at the wtc site so their was an abundance of caution when they were building the foundation to make sure any remains were recovered.

    2. 1 wtc partially sits on top of a subway so that took some time to build around.

    3. 1 wtc is built with a lot of reinforcements to remain safe from any possible terrorist attacks(concrete and steel podium, reinforced concrete core, etc.)

    4. A lot of coordination has to be done at the wtc site with several construction projects happening at once and all of them are interconnected somehow.

    5. They started building at the bottom of the "bathtub" which is like four or five stories below street level.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaurusNYC View Post
    Are you the workers at the Devon site non-union, then?
    I'm sure many of them are union but I doubt that every single trade on site is union, plus the OKC unions don't seem to try to throw up road blocks for no apparent reason every single chance they can like what I have found on some projects with NYC trade unions. They have it down to an art form. That doesn't include all the NYC city BS that makes the OKC permit people look downright complicit with the contractors.

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