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MJPhilly · #**4921** Posted **Nov 25, 2016, 7:28 PM**

MJPhilly · #**4922** Posted **Nov 26, 2016, 2:59 AM**

SJBadger · #**4923** Posted **Nov 26, 2016, 5:16 AM**

nice set MJ....you haven't lost your touch...

MJPhilly · #**4924** Posted **Nov 27, 2016, 2:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by SJBadger

nice set MJ....you haven't lost your touch...

Thanks! Just posted this in the FMC thread, but it also shows the progress of CTC pretty well. From this morning in Cherry Hill.

summersm343 · #**4925** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 1:51 AM**

Philadelphia '16 by R24KBerg Photos, on Flickr

summersm343 · #**4926** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 1:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by MJPhilly

Thanks! Just posted this in the FMC thread, but it also shows the progress of CTC pretty well. From this morning in Cherry Hill.

Superb shot! Make it larger!! haha

jsbrook · #**4927** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 9:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Here's hoping that the FMC Tower ups the game for the other towers:

and that the Mormon Temple does the same for up-lighting closer to street level:

It's about time that a city that aspires to be a world-class cultural and tourist destination, lit itself properly.

Yes, Philly really needs to step up its game for buildings that are not skyscrapers too. Maybe not a fair comparison, since it's our nation's capital and a lot of the buildings may bengibernment buildings, but DC does a tremendous job.

Lit Brothers building is an exception in Philly and lit stunningly. Of course the Morman Temple you note. The buildings in the South Broad blocks and AKA at Rittenhouse are other good examples, but we need to do better overall.

Comcast is looking good! First vertical pieces that take the steel over the core have been placed! These floors should be up in their entirety soon.

Marcos · #**4928** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 12:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Comcast is looking good! First vertical pieces that take the steel over the core have been placed! These floors should be up in their entirety soon.

Is the final floor of the hotel up? I'm not sure where it is in relation to the core?

gw04 · #**4929** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 12:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Marcos

Is the final floor of the hotel up? I'm not sure where it is in relation to the core?

They're just under the atrium level right now.

jsbrook · #**4930** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 2:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by gw04

They're just under the atrium level right now.

Right. And the atrium part of the hotel is above the core, I believe. Two floors without any core. So, the steel is not quite there yet. But soon. (The most recently placed vertical piece of steel ends at the top of or just slightly above the core)

TK2001 · #**4931** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 8:16 PM**

RED: Core
GREEN: Steel

summersm343 · #**4932** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 8:41 PM**

Great job! I think at the bottom you meant to say GREEN: Steel

summersm343 · #**4933** Posted **Nov 28, 2016, 11:36 PM**

Update from Building Philly

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

gw04 · #**4934** Posted **Nov 29, 2016, 11:26 AM**

Noticed this today on philly.com: http://www.philly.com/philly/brand/3...www.philly.com

General Building Contractors Association award for Excellence in Technological Advancement

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AmQuip

Contracted to furnish the tower crane on the concrete core of the new Comcast building, AmQuip provided a unique solution, which involved engineering and fabricating an outrigger system that supports the crane and which attaches to the outside of the concrete core. Additionally, AmQuip designed and fabricated support bracing inside the core to carry the loads. There were two outrigger support systems attaching the crane to the core. Prior to each climb, a third outrigger support bracing was attached to the core. The crane was climbed to 87 feet, and the bottom support bracing was then removed. This process continued throughout the job until the crane reached a final height of 1,100 feet above street level.

TK2001 · #**4935** Posted **Nov 29, 2016, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Great job! I think at the bottom you meant to say GREEN: Steel

LOL, just changed it, thanks!

TechTalkGuy · #**4936** Posted **Nov 29, 2016, 8:45 PM**

I hope they can get this topped off by the end of the year.

iheartphilly · #**4937** Posted **Nov 29, 2016, 8:48 PM**

Does anyone know if CITC will need a mass damper (i.e., counterbalance) near the top of the bldg?

skyscraper · #**4938** Posted **Nov 29, 2016, 9:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

Does anyone know if CITC will need a mass damper (i.e., counterbalance) near the top of the bldg?

Without knowing what has been designed already, the answer is that they will need some kind of damping. I hope they go with some kind of distributed system rather than taking up valuable space with a tuned mass damper or slosh tank. Distributed systems are more reactive and don't take up whole floors; basically shock absorbers placed in strategic locations throughout the building.

Human Scale · #**4939** Posted **Nov 30, 2016, 6:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

Does anyone know if CITC will need a mass damper (i.e., counterbalance) near the top of the bldg?

Well they're working on the spa level now. And there'll be a pool up there.

TK2001 · #**4940** Posted **Nov 30, 2016, 12:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Human Scale

Well they're working on the spa level now. And there'll be a pool up there.

They're already done that floor (57). They're working on a mechanical floor (58)