These pictures are from September 20. I thought I'd go to the Black Forest overpass and take some shots of this brief moment in South Road's life - after the land has been cleared but before the tunnels are built and it's still just a 'normal' road. VideoCapture_20240924-194534.jpg 20240920_121742.j...

From this afternoon:

This arvo, alongside the Central Market development:

What will be the twin towers, going up together, captured on 11 August:

I don't have a photo, but the 'M' in the Mariott logo lights up in red at night now.

The post-drill email mentioned this being Adelaide's largest office building in terms of employee numbers, and that they'll learn from the experience. I don't think the idea of evacuating one floor at a time is realistic in a real fire when people are in mortal danger. If I'm not wrong, modern fire ...

I thought people would be interested to read that we had our first fire drill a couple of weeks back. I was pretty disappointed with the evacuation time - it took a good 7 to 10 minutes to get from my desk to the street. The fire stairs didn't seem to be wide enough for the number of people present,...

A shot from 15 May showing how prominent it is as you look north towards St Peter's Cathedral:

It will sound like an each-way cop-out, but my opinion is this: Do I think it's appropriate to stick another office tower in a public square, partially blocking the view of the heritage Parliament House? Is this the right location? No. Since the decision has been made, do I think it can look really ...

To the building managers' credit and Schindler's credit, the issues have been pretty much resolved. They set up a TV screen near the lifts, playing a tutorial on loop about how to use smart lifts (sounds ridiculous, I know. It says things like make sure every passenger requests a lift, but only one ...

Giving the benefit of the doubt, I guess modelling the people movements before the tenants actually move in is an inexact science. It's much better than what it was a few weeks ago. It's just a very annoying thing to deal with day in, day out. Getting to work and getting home to your family are very...

For what it's worth, I think fellow Sensational Adelaide members would want to know what happens when energy efficiency is done poorly. When you request a lift, the wait for one to even arrive can be a minute or more. The afternoon is the worst, when it stops at every floor on the way down, includin...

Shots from today, with the crane removed and the signage on:

Adelaide looks great. Whoever lives in the above building will get an excellent view of the construction and the precinct once it's complete.