Devon Energy Center

[SkyWestOKC]

About the speed of the cores and the overall progress. I'm no engineer or anything related to the construction process of buildings, but: I would imagine they will get 'teams' together all working on one aspect of the building, where it will be clockwork getting the floors done. I.E. to meet the 1 floor every 6 days, they will have a crew constantly working on the cores, and crews constantly working on the floors. Where by the time the cores have moved up a level, the floor will be done and ready to begin on the level that the cores just rose to. Then the process will start again of working on the cores as the floors are being set.

That's at least how I see it. Not sure if that's what they will be doing or not, but I have seen this on TV documentaries of skyscrapers being built.

[metro]

Yes, they will call it Core to Floor

[OKC@heart]

Well done Metro!!! Ha!Ha!...groan!

[SkyWestOKC]

yes, they will call it core to floor

lmao!!!!

[jn1780]

I believe we've discussed the question of whether or not all the elevator cores are going to the top floor and I just have to say I hope not. Those things take forever to create!

The floor slab seems to be taking the longest at this point. Each section is taking them about a week. I'm guessing Saturday is when the next floor section will be poured.

I think the taller columns require more steel reinforcing in the floor.

[HOT ROD]

I know this has been asked many many times, but I still have not seen nor heard a definitive answer; so I'll ask it again:

does anybody know what the nighttime lighting will be like for this skyscraper? is there any rendering?


I would LOVE for the three 'faces' of the building to be outlined in LED - would be a HUGE iconic statement for the building and OKC. ... The skyscraper itself would be iconic and have two personalities - daytime it would be bold, beautiful, and reflective while nighttime it would be somewhat futuristic, trendy, and attractive.

Assuming the building will indeed be LEED, you would imagine that the lights inside would be off or a minimum would be on (intelligent lighting). going with that assumption, LED along the sides would work WONDERS.

I also like LED at the top triangles. Heck, even just the red aviation beacons on top also works , but I hope Devon does something more impressive than that with the building so it will be visible at night.

On a side note - does anyone remember when FNC used to have a rotating floodlight in it's beacon? Is there any chance of that coming back? They could black out the rotating portion that would shine into other skyscrapers, but I thought the rotating beacon was even more impressive than the wall lighting at top.

[jmarkross]

I know this has been asked many many times, but I still have not seen nor heard a definitive answer; so I'll ask it again:

does anybody know what the nighttime lighting will be like for this skyscraper? is there any rendering?


I would LOVE for the three 'faces' of the building to be outlined in LED - would be a HUGE iconic statement for the building and OKC. ... The skyscraper itself would be iconic and have two personalities - daytime it would be bold, beautiful, and reflective while nighttime it would be somewhat futuristic, trendy, and attractive.

Assuming the building will indeed be LEED, you would imagine that the lights inside would be off or a minimum would be on (intelligent lighting). going with that assumption, LED along the sides would work WONDERS.

I also like LED at the top triangles. Heck, even just the red aviation beacons on top also works , but I hope Devon does something more impressive than that with the building so it will be visible at night.

On a side note - does anyone remember when FNC used to have a rotating floodlight in it's beacon? Is there any chance of that coming back? They could black out the rotating portion that would shine into other skyscrapers, but I thought the rotating beacon was even more impressive than the wall lighting at top.

I would think some sort of subdued lighting designed into the three "grooves" that delineate the three slabs of glass would be most attractive--especially if they were a nice blue color--like that of the blue-flame of natural gas. It would be attractive--not garish and "shouting" like some in DFW, and tasteful instead of bright white or red "holiday" lighting. The top of this structure offers all sorts of possibilities...I suppose they will slowly leak out details--but--it will be a long time. An icon like this is the quintessence of advertising opportunity and visibility...I am sure that facet has not been overlooked. The apex also seems to lend itself to some sort of spire, utilitarian or decorative.

[OKCisOK4me]

The floor slab seems to be taking the longest at this point. Each section is taking them about a week. I'm guessing Saturday is when the next floor section will be poured.

I think the taller columns require more steel reinforcing in the floor.

I'm guessing last night was when section 3/3 was poured

[kinggober]

South core going up

[jn1780]

South core going up

The south core has been ready to go up for a few days now. I think they had to pour the rest of the floor first, otherwise, the concrete boom would not be long enough.

[architect5311]

I would think some sort of subdued lighting designed into the three "grooves" that delineate the three slabs of glass would be most attractive--especially if they were a nice blue color--like that of the blue-flame of natural gas. It would be attractive--not garish and "shouting" like some in DFW, and tasteful instead of bright white or red "holiday" lighting. The top of this structure offers all sorts of possibilities...I suppose they will slowly leak out details--but--it will be a long time. An icon like this is the quintessence of advertising opportunity and visibility...I am sure that facet has not been overlooked. The apex also seems to lend itself to some sort of spire, utilitarian or decorative.

I bet it's going to look something like this............

[jmarkross]

Thanks for the photo Architect5311...you are most likely right. Most of us are impractical folks who want things a certain way, not having to deal with the realities involved. I still have a suspicion the triangular shape and "pointy" apex is, in fact, some sort of reference to a gas flame...the odd inset at the base with the exposed columns does resemble the base of a gas burner...but I may be just looking for things that are not there--though the triangular shape does beg the question--why? The top does resemble a flame--to me anyway. We all have a mystery to look forward to...anticipation--a strong lead-up to exposition and fruition...great!

[OKCisOK4me]

South core going up

Unless you're there and seeing it with your own eyes, I can't agree with you. It's still the same height as the other two. There's a slight deviation between the cores and the floors if you look closely on the cam. Plus, the south core is farther from the cam and at that angle it looks taller.

[jn1780]

Unless you're there and seeing it with your own eyes, I can't agree with you. It's still the same height as the other two. There's a slight deviation between the cores and the floors if you look closely on the cam. Plus, the south core is farther from the cam and at that angle it looks taller.

Looks like they moved it up a few feet to me. The exposed rebar is now level with the form. I guess we'll know by the end of the day.

[OKC@heart]

I concur prior to the third level last third pour last evening you could see the forms at the furthest southern end of the 4th level and now the view of it is obstructed by the climbing southern core.

[SkyWestOKC]

I will go and take pics in about 1-2 hrs. So, maybe someone will be able to tell from the pics.

[kinggober]

Unless you're there and seeing it with your own eyes, I can't agree with you. It's still the same height as the other two. There's a slight deviation between the cores and the floors if you look closely on the cam. Plus, the south core is farther from the cam and at that angle it looks taller.

I'm not there seeing it with my eyes. Maybe these web cam shots will help you!

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[Dustin]

This thing is going to be breathtaking when its finished!

[jn1780]

There's probably workers in the core right now installing mounting brackets for the form support structure. Once their done they will lift the form the rest of the way.

[kinggober]

I forgot to upload this one the other day. Sorry for the blurriness. It appears they've started the columns on the west end of the site.

[Troypin]

I forgot to upload this one the other day. Sorry for the blurriness. It appears they've started the columns on the west end of the site.

Why is the tower going up faster than the podium?

[ronronnie1]

I noticed that the western most crane is smack dab in the middle of the group of podium columns? Odd.

[OKCisOK4me]

I'm not there seeing it with my eyes. Maybe these web cam shots will help you!

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Yes, in a matter of 25 minutes from my post to yours, things are bound to change. And now, obviously, 3 1/2 hours later, the thing has gone Viagra on us. MY BADD YA'LL. Thanks for future pics King (bowing like Obama)...

[OKCisOK4me]

Looks like they moved it up a few feet to me. The exposed rebar is now level with the form. I guess we'll know by the end of the day.

I have nearly perfect vision. If you can see two feet from a shotty cam that is inside of a building on a floor that's 150 feet above ground level looking at a structure that's half a block away then I say sign up for the marine core and be a sniper by God! Cause that's some skill...

[warreng88]

Why is the tower going up faster than the podium?

I would guess because the tower is going to be 850 feet tall and the podium is going to be about as tall as the Colcord (145 feet.)