Ben was close to bang on with the 120m estimate. Going by the plans the height to roof is around 119m then the lift core/plant takes it to 134m. It's uncommon for lift/plant to be included in overall building height unless it has bulk or is architectural feature so here's hoping it gets some good t...

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The Indaily article mentioned that Council would vote to begin the process to make Travistock Lane a public road. I doubt the Developer would scrap a 250M project if the hotel drop off couldn't be accommodated within the lane. The Developer would simply revert to providing drop off on Frome Street o...

And from another rate payer, perhaps the ACC is using the money to offest the rise from what they collect in council rates when you DO NOT receive a rebate when you are are denied ACC bins and made to use the strata group bins for even a block of 25 apartments (even thought Halifax St is littered wi...

The crane at Franklin Street is still half complete. Mast is assembled but no A-frame, jibs, cab or boom to be seen yet. You cant install the jib, cabin and counter jib during the week, you need a complete street closure... however you can lift the tower sections during the day within the site, fai...

Great use of steel.... looking good!!!

Much needed facelift of a street with so much appeal yet always underdone...

8-10 Union Street Refused, is this another opportunity missed?

Well, hang on guys. Is this a case of you're only seeing what you expect to see? Will wrote two statements: 1. Unfortunately one of the reasons cited is that the building is too tall and will clash with the majestic pyrammid concept for the skyline. 2. Furthermore, the vast expanses of plain glass ...

ACC will replace the trees with semi matures... at the developers cost as usual... they just dont replace them in summer due to the heat, even though these tree are super hard wearing, they dont like being transfered from the plantations during the hotter months.

VERY promising. With an awning (hinted at before) even more impressive. I agree that the rivets could enhance the appearance rather than just be a distractive attachment. ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE The tower glass component is a ICU spider fixed blue glass with a 100mm patch fitting....

This method of positioning a crane in the centre of a building is quite a common one. Very common in high density areas where there is minimal room around a site to place a tower crane. Once the crane is no longer required for use they remove it from the top with use of a mobile crane or a second t...

I would say a sling... type used for precast and steel

Professor wrote:It's a bit of an embarrasing project to watch. Goodness knows what the funding people or the arcihitects must think or do, but I would not be putting up with the lack of energy and progress.

Today is Monday... and an RDO... generally most construction workers dont work on their specific RDO's

Looks more like a crane pad than the lift core... think this site will get a tower crane (hammerhead) instead of a Favco... to service both sites

They would have been designed to stand in that way... I would assume a N1 wind classification for this area... a quick check, structures 101 assumes a 1 in 25/50 yr wind load worst case would be more than sufficent