- I believe that includes mechanical.
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Lol well thatâs a bummer, especially since the proposal originally used to be 560â.
The nice thing that phase 2 will be a little over 800 ft. Hopefully that wonât change. 
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Well the general perspective of the image would prevent that comparison from being that accurate (since 100 Flatbrush is further behind One Hanson Place) so I think it would actually appear the slightest shorter.
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Pretty sure itâs around 840 ft last I checked
From this morning. Handheld at 1/80th w/stabilization turned off. IOW, warm but fuzzy.
EDIT: actually this was on a tripod now that I think about it. New tripod hasnât arrived yet
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Great pics
Are you already working on your book?
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This tower has such a presence. It just pops from so many points of view.
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Thanks 007 - Lots of words but still working on the novel.
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At a novel very interesting. I thought of an architecture book.
This photos offers an unusually clear look at the concrete formwork. There is a particularly clean, crisp, smooth and level look to the concrete formwork on this building. In recent years I have notice the uses of a new formwork scaffolding system: it usually has the name âhighburyâ on various sections.
The older system was made entirely out of 2by4 lumber, and plywood platforms. This new âhighbury?â system has metal vertical bar members that can be adjusted up/down with a crank handle, ant the platform seem to be loosly placed on top of what look like large carpenter levels serving as temporary support beams.
This system is clearly an improvement over the previous âall woodâ formwork system - probably much faster to assemble as well.
I digress into this overly detailed look at the construction technology: but thought some industry insiders, or construction buffs, would enjoy my laymanâs casual observation.
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Sorry, what I meant was⌠I have a LOT of pictures but have yet to assemble that into a coherent theme or structure.
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Sounds goodâŚ
I found this on Facebook. I am not sure this is the concrete system used here: but look like it to me - quality concrete formwork either way. Thanks to 5F films for the super sharp photos of the surper structure core.
Referring to your previous post, what you see in 5Bfilmsâ image isnât the concrete formwork, the yellow encasement is just the safety cocoon. The formwork being employed here and a number of other projects around NY arenât as elaborate as you think. Theyâre just singular reusable molds that have to be manually disassembled and raised by a crane in a process that just repeats itself over and over.
Climbing framework, which sounds more like something you are talking about, isnât really used in applications where the concrete is not just a shear wall or continues straight up from the ground floor to the top without interruption. Itâs mostly used in the application of core construction where the core is built much further ahead than the floors are, like with 1 Manhattan West, 50 Hudson Yards, 3 WTC etc. Otherwise you donât see it used for all components of a building often.
I also just want to note that the safety cocoon isnât itself by/from Highbury, yellow and red safety cocoons are almost always used in concrete construction in contrast to the blue, black, and gray cocoons used in steel construction, but they arenât selectively from a particular concrete company, the cocoons come from the construction contractors like AECOM, etc.
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Yeah itâs the other half of the school building! You mentioned it in your Sep 20th update. I love your updates of this project.
I had seen a test of the school cladding somewhere but dont remember where i saw it before being able to share it here, it looked really nice though.
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