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How will they keep it from sinking? I have no idea how deep bedrock is in that area.
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Mass dampers are common in high rise buildings. They counteract sway.
If you’re surprised by a moving mass at the top of high rises, you should check out the methods used to keep high rises from collapsing in earthquakes. |
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While I’m not a big fan of that design, I’m always excited to see new skyscrapers being built. Louisville was slated to get a new one until the 2008 financial fiasco.
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Quoted: The developers say the Waldorf building is so heavy and large that the 150-200-knot hurricane strength winds that tend to arrive with the wet season will not affect it. It’s not THAT the wind is blowing, it’s WHAT the wind is blowing… Ron White |
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I like it. It's just that it's the only modern thing in the entire skyline so it doesn't really blend in with anything. Whether or not you like the artistic direction of the building itself, the fact that it's a contemporary monolith, only highlights how dated almost everything around it is. You could swap it out for any other modern design, and it would still look jarring compared to its surroundings. The only way it's getting better, aesthetically, would be for more development to occur around it, so that it's not so isolated design wise, in the context of the full viewscape.
Quoted: Mass dampers are common in high rise buildings. They counteract sway. If you're surprised by a moving mass at the top of high rises, you should check out the methods used to keep high rises from collapsing in earthquakes. |
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I just hope they have a very diverse engineering and construction team, for equality.
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Quoted: How will they keep it from sinking? I have no idea how deep bedrock is in that area. View Quote Well the limestone is usually considered the bedrock. So that's 10-20 feet in most places. If you want something with a chance of hitting dolomite, you're looking at 600-1200 feet, depending on the composition and stability you are looking for. |
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I'd hate be a firefighter if one lit off in the upper floors.
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I'm sure it has already been mentioned in this thread but the Taipei Tower has something similar.
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Quoted: A tuned mass damper in the Taipei building. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259519/8E36F8AA-32B3-41D9-849D-73CB1262600C_jpe-2585143.JPG View Quote |
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View Quote Damn, beat to it Resistance is futile |
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Quoted: Maybe this group will drill down to the bedrock. View Quote It’s only a few feet down, How deep is the sand in southeast Florida, when there is sand? According to the Florida soil survey, the sand is not as deep as you might think. It is only about 3 to 4 feet. Below the sand (or organic material) is limestone. The survey refers to the limestone as part of the Biscayne aquifer, and it specifies the limestone as “Miami Limestone.” |
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"Revolutionary pendulum device", the same way Internet is revolutionary in 2022.
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Is this going in the same place as the condo building that collapsed a while back? Color me skeptical.
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Quoted: It’s only a few feet down, How deep is the sand in southeast Florida, when there is sand? According to the Florida soil survey, the sand is not as deep as you might think. It is only about 3 to 4 feet. Below the sand (or organic material) is limestone. The survey refers to the limestone as part of the Biscayne aquifer, and it specifies the limestone as “Miami Limestone.” View Quote But how thick is the limestone layer? Which is saturated with water and the cause of the sinkholes that plague Florida so about as stable as a wet sponge. Article says they will dig down below the limestone to place the foundations and it will take 12 months instead of the typical 4 months for other buildings that just drill for piers to go through the limestone layer. |
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When I see buildings that tall, I always wonder, How Deep below ground level does it or shit that supports it go?
Also, I see their Earthquake plan in the Pendulum, but what about when a 87' Wall of water sweeps in from a Tsunami, hurricane or tidal wave??? Those things pretty much destroy anything in their paths, maybe not completely gone, but enough to make it fail structurally. |
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Thanks for being the only one who got it. |
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Quoted: A tuned mass damper in the Taipei building. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259519/8E36F8AA-32B3-41D9-849D-73CB1262600C_jpe-2585143.JPG View Quote Are those “active”? Meaning are there servos to wiggle it to offset the shake, or is it just a pendulum that acts as a shock absorber? |
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The Waldorf Astoria residential tower will test a number of new building and safety techniques View Quote LOL, fuck that. Also, the exterior of that building is ugly AF. Miami has really changed since the 80’s. My uncle used to keep his boat at that marine, it wasn’t nice back then lol. |
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