Devon Energy Center

[BB37]

I had lunch downtown yesterday at Coney Island, and had a chance to talk to some of the construction workers from the Devon site (drywall workers, not steel/concrete). They told us the building was up to floor # 50.

[dmoor82]

The Oklahoma City Fire Department began training for high-rise building fires in 2009. With the completion of the Devon tower getting near, fire officials say they are well equipped to handle high-rise fires, regardless of the tower's height.



Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-fire...#ixzz1QzqNf4Li

[UnFrSaKn]

A while ago, I just did a search for anything new and this didn't pop up. I don't know how some folks find things. If it's not right smack at the top of the page, I don't tend to see it unless I'm lucky.

By the way, I finally contacted someone at Devon to get an opinion on the stuff I've been working on for the past year. Will be interesting to see what they say...

[Snowman]

The Oklahoma City Fire Department began training for high-rise building fires in 2009. With the completion of the Devon tower getting near, fire officials say they are well equipped to handle high-rise fires, regardless of the tower's height.



Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-fire...#ixzz1QzqNf4Li

It seems like this should have come up in the 70's

[jmarkross]

It seems like this should have come up in the 70's

First Interstate Bank, May, 1988
858-foot Tower


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6eGh3jnmvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-TtE...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmQT...eature=related

[SSEiYah]

So the current level (as of 7-3-11) is floor 48, 49 or 50? It seems everyone has a different idea.

[Pete]

49 is finished and they are working on 50.

[SSEiYah]

49 is finished and they are working on 50.

So if that is 49, that would mean it is going to be 51 floors? These last 2 are mechanical?

(see graphic)

[Pete]

Yes, I believe it will be 51 or 52 levels but the bottom line is the building is still going to be 850 feet tall.

On that graphic, the floor labeled 50 is actually 49 -- the one that is complete as of now.

[UnFrSaKn]

Sid, I had been using that rendering as a reference too.

Fireworks...

Anyone know when and where these are planned on going off? I could probably just find it myself but...

[UnFrSaKn]

Wasn't planning on going downtown, but this should settle it. 3pm today.



Here are views all the way around. According to the bucket hoist numbered floor, the Y shaped columns for the crown are on floor 48.

[UnFrSaKn]

Anyone notice over at the Skyscraperpage.com forum, they've added all these new forum rules? It's this update section that now takes up the whole bottom of the page. I sure hope we never get this picky on this forum.

[UnFrSaKn]

I didn't think to do this earlier and get a better comparison, but here's a crude mockup.

[UnFrSaKn]

Here's what a self-proclaimed critic of our city and skyline has to say on another forum -

It is because a small city skyline that hasn't even broken 200' in 25 years is suddenly building an 850' tower. It is probably the most extreme swing any of us has ever witnessed.

Seriously, look at this diagram of all construction in OKC in the past 25 years.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=51296536

This is not an indictment of your city in general, but again... LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM. The "prosecution's" case begins and ends with it. You have been sentenced to... deal with it. As in, deal with criticism from people like me until your city builds some more (even relatively) tall buildings!

This would be like the equivalent of somebody waking up from a multi-year coma and immediately running their first marathon.

[dmoor82]

^^look at the tower building boom OKC had from 1980-1984,Six towers over 200'ft tall and One over 400'ft tall,then OKC went dead!I see OKC having an even better building boom than then!

[bluedogok]

I just had to reply to that and I haven't even signed in there in many, many months.

[Dustin]

Here's what a self-proclaimed critic of our city and skyline has to say on another forum -

Haters gon' hate.

[dmoor82]

Here's what a self-proclaimed critic of our city and skyline has to say on another forum -

^^This same poster is posting the same thing on SSC and SSP,so evidently he has some beef with OKC!I say he/she is envious of the Devon Tower!

[geterdone]

Sadly it is kinda true, except for the horrible Metaphor at the end.

[mrktguy29]

Not stepping on toes but wanted to refine the graphic a bit.

[mcca7596]

Nice job mrktguy29!

[dmoor82]

^^Sweet!Nice job!

[metro]

Awesome

[UnFrSaKn]

Anyone know what the top of the tower is supposed to look like? Imagine if that top floor restaurant had a glass roof or a view of the sky.

[dmoor82]

Anyone know what the top of the tower is supposed to look like? Imagine if that top floor restaurant had a glass roof or a view of the sky.

^^I never even thought of that,thats a good question!I would think it would be all glass but who knows,that would be an awesome view!