^^Hard to imagine that The Burj Dubai is over 3 times as tall as The Devon tower will be!!!In 50 years or less there will be 3-4 taller towers in The World!

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/burjkhalifafreedomtowerdevonchase.png

Was excited to notice Monday that the crane had bumped over the weekend and was way over the OK Tower. Then this morning, driving from Edmond, I was finally able to see a pillar peeking up above the Oklahoma Tower - so the Devon Tower has nearly cleared the other towers in town from every viewpoint (Unless you happen to be sitting right behind the chase tower I guess).

UnFrSaKN, could you post your comparative diagram on the Skyscrapercity.com site under the Oklahoma City thread? Might raise (or lower) some eyebrows!

UnFrSaKN, could you post your comparative diagram on the Skyscrapercity.com site under the Oklahoma City thread? Might raise (or lower) some eyebrows!

Feel free.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/burjkhalifafreedomtowerdevonchase.png

Was excited to notice Monday that the crane had bumped over the weekend and was way over the OK Tower. Then this morning, driving from Edmond, I was finally able to see a pillar peeking up above the Oklahoma Tower - so the Devon Tower has nearly cleared the other towers in town from every viewpoint (Unless you happen to be sitting right behind the chase tower I guess).

I'm sooo happy for you. I noticed this today. What will be awesome is driving south on BWE at night and seeing the construction lights over the OkTower. They're actually on the 22nd floor so it will be a few weeks before lights will beam over the top of the tower! But I can't wait!!

Agree. This is getting boring. How about some fresh shots of the lower sections of the building for those of us that don't live in OKC.

David... I just took some fresh pictures of the tower today. One is a close up of the interior construction on the first floor.

http://devontower.blogspot.com/

Overall it looks like the tower is close to 450 feet right now.

David... I just took some fresh pictures of the tower today. One is a close up of the interior construction on the first floor.

http://devontower.blogspot.com/

Overall it looks like the tower is close to 450 feet right now.

Great pics B Mac. One question I have: you stated "You can see the progress of the data center on the left hand side of the picture below." This is a picture from Hudson looking east at the tower and the "Podium" on the left hand side of the screen. Isn't the podium for meeting/conference rooms and gathering spaces? I believe the data center was moved offsite and that is why they lowered the height of the tower from 925 to 850 feet. Please correct me if I am wrong.

David... I just took some fresh pictures of the tower today. One is a close up of the interior construction on the first floor.

http://devontower.blogspot.com/

Overall it looks like the tower is close to 450 feet right now.
B Mac, those are wonderful pictures (not just the current, but all). Would it be OK with you if I'd put a link in the left sidebar of my blog to your blog? Anyway, it's just great.

you can see 2 emergency vehicles on the okc skyline cam

you can see 2 emergency vehicles on the okc skyline cam

It looks like they've cleared for whatever reason they were there for...

Hard to believe 15 months ago this area was a parking deck.

Construction progess: 12-11-09 to 1-6-11

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/devontowerprogresssmall.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/devontowerprogress.jpg

From page 5 via MadMonk

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Mad_Monk/DevonTower/IMG00065.jpg

664662665664663662Some pics I took Yesterday and a pic of Russian Sam's scale model from The Creativity forum a while back!

I have more pics and will have them on later!

The Tower's structural engineer confirmed the tower is only going to be 850'. They started out working on the 900+ version, then Devon reworked some things (moving the data center I assume) and asked for it to be lower. Final design was never even finished for 900+ feet. The Architect begged them to keep it that way, but Devon insisted on lowering it. The Architect really wanted his name tagged to the tallest tower in a 500 mile radius apparently hehe.

Other than that, I really only found out a bunch of technical facts and numbers about the tower. Exceptional effort was put into the basement because of the high water table and it had to be completely waterproof. Gave us details on the absolute absurdness of the mat and the HUGE forces on the tower from wind. I believe it has an overturning moment of about 4,300,000 kip-ft.

Concrete used in the first 16 floors of the building utilize 12ksi concrete. This is the first time 12 ksi concrete has been poured in Oklahoma ever. Dolese actually agreed to release their mix design. 10 and 12 ksi concrete are 50% portland cement (rofl crazy), 30% slag, 20% fly ash. The mat concrete, which was 7 ksi, was 50% portland cement and 50% fly ash with TONS of chemical admixtures to get it as workable as it was.

The Tower's period is 6.4 seconds with a total drift of 18". Overall, it's a pretty stiff tower. It had to be because of the curtain wall design. (kind of interesting)

I think that's probably all that is interesting to you guys. The rest was just a lot of info on the columns, beams and walls.

He did mention that the crown was going to be lit up someway, but he didn't know anything about that.

18"! That is barely moving. Did they say what kind of wind it would take to snap it in half? :)

18"! That is barely moving. Did they say what kind of wind it would take to snap it in half? :)

I'm sure Thunder could tell us :-P

China announced it is build a Dubai replica.

An update on my distant observation spot by Quail Springs Mall. It has passed OK Tower and at night just glows from the lights inside. The crane to the west seems to have gone up, the east crane will need pushed up soon. From my view it looks like the west crane is about the height of the Chase tower. Caught an image just now from the cam of a window pane being installed on the north side, I'll post it below.

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l527/mrktguy29/NewPanels.jpg

My friend working with the Devon Tower (Flintco side) just posted this photo from about the 20 floor looking out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30796964@N02/5333503857/

^^Nice pic!I wish we had pics from The crane operators pov,now that would be an awesome angle!

Wow, the vertical fins are alot more pronounced from that view. Wish we could get more like that but dont want anybody to get in trouble though.


My friend working with the Devon Tower (Flintco side) just posted this photo from about the 20 floor looking out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30796964@N02/5333503857/

My friend working with the Devon Tower (Flintco side) just posted this photo from about the 20 floor looking out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30796964@N02/5333503857/

It looks like they're powerwashing the crap outta the Oklahoma Tower! Can't wait til your friend can snap a pic from the 40+ floor. The view will be outstanding!

whatever happened to the link for the state cams on ksbi tv's website? it used to be in the top right corner of the homepage, but it's no longer there and i can't find a link to the northwest expressway cam anywhere on the site.

18"! That is barely moving. Did they say what kind of wind it would take to snap it in half? :)

"4,300,000 kip-ft" to tip it over. It wouldn't ever snap in half. I have no desire to do the math right now to find out what wind speed that would resist. I don't have the dimensions to the building to even do just a simple estimate. Also, that number is from the wind tunnel test. So it's actually designed to resist more than that.

I think we can all agree the building isn't going anywhere.

whatever happened to the link for the state cams on ksbi tv's website? it used to be in the top right corner of the homepage, but it's no longer there and i can't find a link to the northwest expressway cam anywhere on the site.

http://ksbi.bimedia.net/nwokc2.htm

What is kip-ft?

thanks pete! is the link now in a different spot on the homepage?

I don't if they moved the link because I just had it saved directly.

Here's another webcam from the Bricktown area:

http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=201373#okc-bricktown

East Tower Crane going up right now.

What is kip-ft?

The unit Kip refers to a 1000 pounds of a force acting on an object. In this case the tower. These Kips (Loads) acting on the tower both vertically (Gravity type loads) and laterally (horizontally). Kip-ft is typically used as a measure of moment on an object. (kind of as an example the force acting on a brick standing on end that results in its tipping over). Hope this helps somewhat.

East Tower Crane going up right now.

The 24 hour time lapse shows the east crane climbing, very cool.

Thanks for sharing that.

About time to zoom out on the webcam.

There are about 20 more photos here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53062852@N00/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5340928254_5c86e3074e_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5340924472_9be5098d24_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5340312615_17b986b3c9_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/5340318897_1e477421b8_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5340933886_58eb38a9ae_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/5340938710_92f1368e13_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5340940406_9c1a44dcb7_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5340942420_f065cd0f39_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5340329333_d36e6d205f_b.jpg

^^Great pics kinggober!The rotunda is coming along nicely!

Thanks so much for these amazing pictures!

Two photos taken last Monday at 10 a.m. going west on I-40

http://i56.tinypic.com/2n08qc8.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/51u9v6.jpg

About time to zoom out on the webcam.
Geez people, Pete knows that, why dont people respect that Pete has generously paid for this site, a host computer, and the webcam in addition to the monthly maintenance fees. He'll zoom it out when ready.

Geez Metro. How does saying that the webcam needs to be zoomed out equate disrespect towards Pete exactly? Looked like a harmless comment taken out of context to me.

Geez people, Pete knows that, why dont people respect that Pete has generously paid for this site, a host computer, and the webcam in addition to the monthly maintenance fees. He'll zoom it out when ready.

Metro, I don't think anyone is disrespecting, Pete. We are just anxious for better views as the construction progresses higher.

Geez people, Pete knows that, why dont people respect that Pete has generously paid for this site, a host computer, and the webcam in addition to the monthly maintenance fees. He'll zoom it out when ready.

Geez people, remind me to just shut up and do nothing but shoot high definition video every month on my own time so everyone can see the progress of the construction.

Maybe I missed it, but have there been any renderings of the auditorium posted? I see that it is now well on its way as well. In the original renderings there is just a bandshell in front of the lower section of the complex. Would be grateful if someone could post images of the auditorium rendering.

Maybe I missed it, but have there been any renderings of the auditorium posted? I see that it is now well on its way as well. In the original renderings there is just a bandshell in front of the lower section of the complex. Would be grateful if someone could post images of the auditorium rendering.

It was announced around May of 2010. Check out page 61 of this thread which has all the specifics and renderings.

These are the only two that was posted.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/newsok-photos/954056/medium.jpg

http://photos.newsok.com/2/showimage/954057/gallery_photo

If I remembered correctly, someone posted about preferring the view to be more upward to see the tower. I don't know if that was changed or not, but for now, people inside get the water or lawn view.

Wow! Really beautiful! Thanks Thunder.
This is a truly elegant building and I think it will complement the tower just fine. I used to work for ING here in Amsterdam and we also had a glass wall in our auditorium. The solution there were shades and curtains, but given current technology, I would not be surprised if there was a liquid crystal film that went opaque on que. Very exciting.

I believe that will be a feature with these glass, because the glass will do the same on the tower.

The webcam is zoomed out as far as it will go, but we are going to try and tilt a bit more skyward.

The webcam is zoomed out as far as it will go, but we are going to try and tilt a bit more skyward.

It's a shame you can't zoom out anymore. Losing the ground as a reference point will make it difficult to track the progress. But, I know you're doing the best you can with the equipment you have, Pete. It's greatly appreciated. It's a testament to the enormity of this building and even more impressive, to say the least.

I was able to finally see the building in person this past weekend. It's going to be incredible when it's finished.

I took a few pics with my camera phone, which is HD capable. The quality didn't turn out quite like I hoped, but gave a good idea of how tall the tower is getting in relation to the surrounding buildings.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/natureboy66/Miscellaneous/2011-01-09110633.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/natureboy66/Miscellaneous/2011-01-09095455.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/natureboy66/Miscellaneous/2011-01-09110657.jpg

To whomever has done it, THANK YOU for the upward tilt on the construction cam! (big smile)

View from the Petroleum Club this afternoon via a friend.

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2966/img0101vc.jpg

Why isn't there a camera in that position??!

Why isn't there a camera in that position??! Wiah there was.

Nice pic. SkyWest.

Tell your friend thanks. And thanks for posting it! I noticed that the floor heights and the segments for the crane are roughly the same height. Looks to me like the operating booth of Crane 1 is sitting at the height of the 39th floor (big smile)!!

Just making note of it, but every time I open up the Skyline Cam page it loads with the camera equal in height to the construction of the tower, but as soon as it plays live, it angles downward... Kinda sucky. What up with that Steve?

That is an awesome view! On another note, did they pour concrete on top of the mechanical structure above the podium buiding? It looks smooth and gray now. I am probably in a minority but I liked the camera view on the lower part because the tower floors are repetitive.

Awesome pic! Looks like the Myriad glass is complete?