Check out the site!!! What a beauty! and 70 storey to boot!:):

http://www.circleoncavill.com/main/home/index.htm

The tallest of the Circle towers will be the worlds 15th tallest in 2005. also Australia's 4th tallest!
pretty cool!
Sunland are a force to be reckoned with!!
:cool:

Another shot of this beauty, not a great render but it gives a bit more of an indication of it's size!

http://img.domain.com.au/img.aspx?src=3683/2003920546_S_1_1.jpg&size=640x640

that is another massive skyscraper commin to town:cool:

nice hey... gotta love that reflective stripped skin :)

Wow its gonna stand out pretty good.
jt

i like it
I LIKE IT ALOT !!!!!!

Hope this one gets up!

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I think they have sold most of the first tower, the second tower went on sale not long ago and is selling very well.

I think the development at ground level is pretty exciting for GC as well.
jt

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/8120/1698120al1051940506.jpg

WOW!
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/8120/1698120cl1051940518.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/9971/1679971ml1050374338.jpg

www.realestate.com.au

jt

:( the Chevron looks tiny!
but then the Circle looks massive!:guns1:

Would like to see the Chevron Towers included in the above pics, just to get an idea of the whole skyline, strange that the circle on Cavill towers are there even though they wont be finished until after the Chevron R ones, which arnt there...

gawd my sentences are shocking tonight, lol, its nearly 3am! please forgive me!!

Originally posted by Danubis
Would like to see the Chevron Towers included in the above pics, just to get an idea of the whole skyline, strange that the circle on Cavill towers are there even though they wont be finished until after the Chevron R ones, which arnt there...

gawd my sentences are shocking tonight, lol, its nearly 3am! please forgive me!!
the tallest chevron tower-SKYLINE NORTH will be 157m to LMR so its 1m lower then shortest Circle tower (158m). but skyline norths spire goes to 172m.this will also be the tallest on the coast for a short time, so it has a place in history as the tallest.
cheers

In the GC Bulletin today there is a fantasic article about the Circle on Cavill Project.
Its a big article with pictures and well worth a read.
They said that within 1 kilometre of the Project there is $3 Billion worth of infrastructure projects under construction or about to start and that within a few years Central Surfers Paradise will be totally transformed from what it is today.

The article also had a writeup about what is happening at the base of Circle. After reading the article I've come to the conclusion that this project is more exiting than Q1 IMO. OK Q1 is over 300m but this is just so much more in terms of ubanity - if thats a word.
jt

latest render from GC Bulliten. The sales are going so well! so far $160mil in sales over 300 units sold off plan. The first tower A /158m/50storeys will start in September! and taller tower B 219m/70storeys will start soon after.
The shorter tower has 272 units and taller 365 uits.

view from Cavill MAll

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/07/206937.jpg

went past yesterday and there was boarding up thew whole way around the site. um.. i was a bit overawed by everything so i might not get this right but i think they were doing the base of the development like excavations etc.. and i never realised how close this site was to cheveron, shit it literally is next door.. cavill ave eat your heart out once these beatuies are complete

its funny how all this major development is happening a behind the main beachline... its as if people dont want to live on the gold coast for the beach anymore... how fabulous hehehe

I think the Chevron and Circle sites are just about the best prime positions in Surfers. The sites have been waiting for many years to develope.Were lucky raptis and Sunland bought the sites to construct 5 wonderf ul skyscrapers on!
Chevron Renaissance site-
Skyline Tower 1)-40storeys/146m-2002
Skyline North 2)-50storeys/172m-2004
skyline Central 3)-40storeys/138m-2005

Circle on Cavill
South Tower-50storeys/154m-2005
North Tower-70storeys/219.5m-2006

Thats a pretty good list of bldgs!

not to forget the other two towers on the other corner which raptis has proposed. roughly 120m? each. thats 7 towers in the space of 3 blocks. AWSOME!

I am deeply deeply in love with the Gold Coast...

Even though i like the Q1 development alot, i have to say that CoC is the best of all at the Gold Coast projects... they are awesome looking towers with really good height.

id be lying if i said i wasnt, just a little, jealous.

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

perhaps the gc is compensating for something with all these phallic symbols poping up...tehehe... here's hoping!

when does construction start?

Originally posted by chrisaus
when does construction start?

According to the Courier Mail today, construction started last Friday. Start has been broght forward due to strong sales.

cheers duke and great news!! looking forward to this development!! I must get back to QLD!!

From todays CM;

49 storey South Tower - 80% sold.
69 storey North Tower - 55% sold.


Pretty respectable sales.

Originally posted by Mr MacPhisto
From todays CM;

49 storey South Tower - 80% sold.
69 storey North Tower - 55% sold.


Pretty respectable sales.

Do you have numbers for Q1 as well (these are all being built by the same developer, right?).

thats very solid sales for pre-construction!! things are looking great for surfers!!
has it been marketed much? in asia?
there were heaps of sales offices in the streets of surfers when I was there in jan 02.

yeah i think Q1 was around like 80% sold or something like that, proably more....

Originally posted by yob
Do you have numbers for Q1 as well (these are all being built by the same developer, right?). Good question, I posted figures for Q1 (with a breakdown of what kind of units had been sold) on this forum last summer. From memory sales were as strong as Circle's South Tower have been at the same marketing stage.
Q1 must surely be close to sold out, maybe a couple of the more expensive units still remain.
Most investors came from interstate and overseas. There is alot of Sydney money in that tower.

I actually chatted to Sunland today to enquire about how many units were in the 70floor north tower( for my diagram of OZ tallest 2005). She said-365. Its also UC along with the 50floor south tower.They are selling well and better hurry up if you want a unit!-she told me.lol
I was told also Q1 is sold out?
amazing shit!
Thats one thing with the GC. Units sell well and fast! and you always make money on them!heaps!

Originally posted by CULWULLA
I actually chatted to Sunland today to enquire about how many units were in the 70floor north tower( for my diagram of OZ tallest 2005). She said-365. Its also UC along with the 50floor south tower.They are selling well and better hurry up if you want a unit!-she told me.lol
I was told also Q1 is sold out?
amazing shit!
Thats one thing with the GC. Units sell well and fast! and you always make money on them!heaps!

That's great news. Isn't there another rumored 200m+ development for the GC aswell, surely this can only be good news for that.

how long do people think before they annouce that the massive plasma screen between the 2 buildings is scraped cause of budget restrictions? seems a tad unrealistic, although i really do like the idea

Originally posted by zztopless
That's great news. Isn't there another rumored 200m+ development for the GC aswell, surely this can only be good news for that.
Lend Lease have purchased 3 city blocks to erect as many as 10 new towers ranging from 30-75 storeys. These "blocks" are still being designed! The first DA should come in next year.

Originally posted by CULWULLA
Lend Lease have purchased 3 city blocks to erect as many as 10 new towers ranging from 30-75 storeys. These "blocks" are still being designed! The first DA should come in next year.

10 Towers! Geez...Hmmm I wonder how many will be 200m+ (if there any). All sounds very promising :D

Originally posted by zztopless
10 Towers! Geez...Hmmm I wonder how many will be 200m+ (if there any). All sounds very promising :D
]probably just one 200m+ landmark tower. the rest will range from 30-50storeys 100m-150m.

as of Oct 14-

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccircleb.jpg

Some photos of construction taken this week.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03circle1.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03circle2.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03circle3.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03circle4.JPG

Wow thanks for the update duke. Well done!

jt

I am not surprised at all that it’s been selling so fast.
I spent some time in G.C. IN March 2003 and had a chance of comparing Circle on Cavill project and Chevron Renaissance Towers (UC and completed). There are some interesting facts:
1. Chevron’s two bedroom apartments has the same size (almost) as CC one bedroom ones. However, as to the CC’s one beddies – almost all of them have studies.
2. As to the price, the Chevron’s apartments are far more expensive. It becomes obvious if you take into account the fact that one bedrooms in CC is, in fact have the same number of rooms and the same footage as two bedrooms in Chevron’s Towers. In addition both the 1 bedrooms in CC and two bedrooms in CRT have one parking space.
3. Moreover, if you compare “strata payments” and quality of finishes, design and etc. you’ll perfectly understand why the project has been selling so rapidly.

Hey Guys can any one please tell me who the developer is here and who is doing the plumbing thanks.

The developer is Sunland Group www.sunlandgroup.com.au

How is construction going for these towers..are both UC or is it just the big one atm??? any pics??

i know that sales were going really well.. this is easily the best development in Qld atm.. just beautiful

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Originally posted by Dean
How is construction going for these towers..are both UC or is it just the big one atm??? any pics??

i know that sales were going really well.. this is easily the best development in Qld atm.. just beautiful

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne
Culwulla just recently posted this, he says both towers are U/C

"I actually chatted to Sunland today to enquire about how many units were in the 70floor north tower( for my diagram of OZ tallest 2005). She said-365. Its also UC along with the 50floor south tower.They are selling well and better hurry up if you want a unit!-she told me.lol"

Where can we expect The taller of the two Cavill Towers to be by this time next year?

When should it top out?

20/11/03

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccirclec.jpg

Thanks for the update.

Todays CM stated this is the fastest selling development on the coast.

Originally posted by zztopless
Where can we expect The taller of the two Cavill Towers to be by this time next year?

When should it top out?
the 50storey/158m south tower is the one that has commenced. This will be completed early 2005. The big fella-219m/70storey nrth tower will start late 2004 and be completed early 2006.-this is what Sunland have told me.
:cool:

there is no way they will build a 70 storey concrete tower in 18 months or so, as u have stated there Culwulla.

even at 1 floor rise per week thats 70 weeks plus 4-6 months for founding(shoring and piling etc) the building and 4-6 for the fitouts/finishes. maybe more for these.

Sunland is dreaming if it thinks they'll start in late 2004 and finish it in early 2006 :bash:

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Originally posted by CULWULLA
the 50storey/158m south tower is the one that has commenced. This will be completed early 2005. The big fella-219m/70storey nrth tower will start late 2004 and be completed early 2006.-this is what Sunland have told me.
:cool:

Ah ok cool. I guess patience is a virtue...

Originally posted by Dean
there is no way they will build a 70 storey concrete tower in 18 months or so, as u have stated there Culwulla.

even at 1 floor rise per week thats 70 weeks plus 4-6 months for founding(shoring and piling etc) the building and 4-6 for the fitouts/finishes. maybe more for these.

Sunland is dreaming if it thinks they'll start in late 2004 and finish it in early 2006 :bash:

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Have you seen how fast buildings rise on the Gold Coast?

They put them up so bloody fast its increadable - just look at Chevron.

jt

Originally posted by JayT
Have you seen how fast buildings rise on the Gold Coast?
They put them up so bloody fast its increadable - just look at Chevron.
jt

You're an idiot and a dickhead. did u even read a single word i wrote???

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne - a JayT free zone

Originally posted by Dean
You're an idiot and a dickhead. did u even read a single word i wrote???

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne - a JayT free zone

Yes I did - what's the problem?

jt

Originally posted by JayT
Yes I did - what's the problem?
jt

ok listen up numbnuts... A conctrete building cannot rise faster than a floor a week because of something called conrete curing. ie concrete dries and gains strength at the same speed in Melbourne as it does in Qld.

a concrete core of a building cannot be subject to dead and live loading for a minmum of 28 days =(f'c) as it is designed at its 28 day strength..(90% of full strength)

therefore the floors take a minmum of 70 weeks to rise plus 10% time for delays and variations then 6 months to pile and shore the building and 6 months to finish a fitout a building this size, about 140-150 weeks which is about 3 years...

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne - a JayT free zone

blah blah blah another victorian and another stuffed thread:baaa:

Originally posted by Dean
ok listen up numbnuts... A conctrete building cannot rise faster than a floor a week because of something called conrete curing. ie concrete dries and gains strength at the same speed in Melbourne as it does in Qld.

a concrete core of a building cannot be subject to dead and live loading for a minmum of 28 days =(f'c) as it is designed at its 28 day strength..(90% of full strength)

therefore the floors take a minmum of 70 weeks to rise plus 10% time for delays and variations then 6 months to pile and shore the building and 6 months to finish a fitout a building this size, about 140-150 weeks which is about 3 years...

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne - a JayT free zone

Well Gee, there's no need to be rude about it.

jt

Originally posted by chrisaus
blah blah blah another victorian and another stuffed thread:baaa:

ru back again. i thought smelt something. loser

Originally posted by Dean
ru back again. i thought smelt something. loser

LOL - Gosh Dean, have a bad day did we?

Please lighten up a bit, your comments are bordering on hysterical (from our point of view.)

Cheers - JT;)

Originally posted by JayT
Have you seen how fast buildings rise on the Gold Coast?
jt

everyone expects some credibility in these threads and with comments like the one above it shows u know very little about anything.:bash:

Originally posted by Dean
everyone expects some credibility in these threads and with comments like the one above it shows u know very little about anything.:bash:

I'm just going by what I have seen. Buildings seem to just fly up down there.

Chevron is a prime example of this. Also many people on the forum including Cul often comment on the speed at which towers rise up on the Gold Coast.

Now I know nothing about concrete and how fast it sets I just know that towers rise up much faster down there than they do in Brisbane.

I bet many other forummers would back me up on this.


jt

anyway... i

it's a shame that only the small tower is starting up, i was kind of hoping they could rise togheter, but it's still certainly the best development going around in Qld atm.

Cheers.

Dean - Melbourne

Here is a very high resolution picture of the site (it's on webshots though) so you might have to cut and paste the link.

Link to the image below:
http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/0/59/35/98105935dutkwe_fs.jpg

Originally posted by Dean
there is no way they will build a 70 storey concrete tower in 18 months or so, as u have stated there Culwulla.

even at 1 floor rise per week thats 70 weeks plus 4-6 months for founding(shoring and piling etc) the building and 4-6 for the fitouts/finishes. maybe more for these.

Sunland is dreaming if it thinks they'll start in late 2004 and finish it in early 2006 :bash:

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne
im only going on what developers have indicated. maybe there just wishful thinking. i always thought 2 years for the north tower.thus late 2006?.
But as Jayt said also, they really 'throw" them up on the coast.
before you know it, there up!

Both towers are already finished, and they only started Friday morning. :D ;)

Hey Culwulla, are you going to build a 'Circle' model for the display? I think now that's it's started it's a dead cert, would be good to see this monster next to some of Australia's tallest.

Originally posted by CaptainJackSparrow
Hey Culwulla, are you going to build a 'Circle' model for the display? I think now that's it's started it's a dead cert, would be good to see this monster next to some of Australia's tallest.
YEAH I MIGHT have to. ive got plan from Sunland so i should be able to construct the weird floor plates.Its not often a 720ft and 520ft scraper goes up at once in a city!
ill let ya know when i do the models,:)

Sounds awesome, can't wait to see them!:) The floor plates are a bit funny, not the widest buildings in the world from memory.

Check out the size of the big Circle tower there next to little ol Chevron on the left! 220m would be a very respectable tallest tower for the Gold Coast but the Circle ain't even tallest!:)

Great looking design this one:
http://www.k26.com/buildings/b1.jpg

Check out these bad boys!

bad boys bad boys, what ya gonna do...;)

http://www.k26.com/buildings/b2.jpg

Render of the shorter tower, taller one is faded behind it:

http://www.k26.com/buildings/b4.jpg

Another view, Whoop there it is!

http://www.k26.com/b6.jpg

Some mouth-watering pictures there.

Saw the site today but it's just a wide dirt patch and fancy billboards. I'll get some photos another time.

I was at the site today, piling appears to be underway on the footprints of BOTH towers. Lots of small cranes and machines on site, plenty of Sunland Constructions banners as well.

cool models! cant wait for these "brothers" to join the "king"-Q1 in the warm skies over surfers!
how good are these going to look in 2005/6 from levl78 in Q1!:cool:

latest construction pic jan14-

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccircled.jpg

21/03/04
http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle01_small.jpg (http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle01.jpg)
click for bigger version
Took this yesterday....didn't get any photos looking down the big hole but there was nothing much to see except dirt.

wow, great pic there defec! the site is huge!

will circle podium be built right up against the chevron ren podium? or did they paint the wall like that with the intention of keeping it there longterm? lol

COC is ridiculously good looking!

http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/bradford__district/leisure/cinema/jpg/zoolander.jpg

(now that i think about it COC is not a good anagram for this development. I think ill stick to the long version- Circle on Cavill ;))

Another great pic defec8R. Imagine how it would look with Q1 rising to the top of the image at right there.

Cranes on site now, otherwise just a big sandpit really. Taken yestarday:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/p17e8fb339b9b0b8b6eb1d5ffe3ee67da/f8ce7c0f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/p763d85d00eaa2b7b8cd80f1578f2e0fb/f8ce7bfc.jpg

Cranes on site now, otherwise just a big sandpit really. Taken yestarday

Wow, it doesn't seem that long ago I was saying the same thing about Q1.

jt

sandpit!! wow i love sandpits!! yeah wont be long before we see cores.

So what's the "storey" with this one? Are they getting built simultaneously or one at a time?

So what's the "storey" with this one? Are they getting built simultaneously or one at a time?

Simultaneously. The shopping centre part at the base is being built first (which should be finished next year) along with the 50 "storey" tower which should start rising above it.
At the moment there digging a very big hole in the ground, I think it will go down about 6 storeys.

Thanks for the info. So only early days yet. Sheesh, a 6 storey hole that big will take a while to dig, and then fill with a car park. I'm guessing the shorter tower should be finished at the start of 2006 in that case, with the biggie topping out a year or so later.

Wow a 6 storey deep basement? How very Sydney! Unfortunately holes take a while to dig! The ten storey deep hole for Meriton Tower here in Sydney has taken over a year to dig and they're still at it..

I guess with that amazing public plaza that is at the base of this development they can't really put an above ground car park. I am really lookin forward to this one!

Yes but you're digging into solid rock and crap. We're digging into sand. Also the council is making all new towers in surfers have an inaccessible car park level for a proposed tunnel under Surfers.And by the way, Q1 is going up at a storey ever 3 or 4 days and Sunland is a really fast builder and, the tall tower won't be finished as late as said earlier in this forum as everything underground will be done by the time construction of the big tower starts. Also, it has a couple of storey headstart.

Yes but you're digging into solid rock and crap. We're digging into sand. Also the council is making all new towers in surfers have an inaccessible car park level for a proposed tunnel under Surfers.And by the way, Q1 is going up at a storey ever 3 or 4 days and Sunland is a really fast builder and, the tall tower won't be finished as late as said earlier in this forum as everything underground will be done by the time construction of the big tower starts. Also, it has a couple of storey headstart.

That tunnel stuff is rubbish, There was a tunnel proposed around 10 to 20 years ago but it wasn't feasible and nowadays the tunnel could never be built because of how far Q1's foundations go down beneath ground level, and it is right in the pathway of where the tunnel route could be built. The new mayor Ron Clarke was talking about it during his election campaign but now the council have already taked him out of it because its just a too stupid idea, and impossible. What needs to be done to improve traffic is to finish the roadworks and invest in public transport. A tunnel or a freeway is the wrong option for surfers as it would just become a victom of its own success.

"invest in public transport "
Be a real city a ingorne this problem !

June 20!

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccirclee.jpg

Thanks Cul. I see the PRD website have updated their construction photo's.
Looks like this one's going to get out off the ground soon, if that is formwork I see in the pic. I take it that the 6-storey basement does not cover the whole site otherwise they wouldn't have cranes up already (let alone putting up formwork at ground level).

The tunnel wouldn't go beneath Q1. It would go down the middle from where the Gold Coast Highway splits into Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Ferny Avenue until the junction of Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Rememberance Drive. Q1 is on the beach side of Surfers Paradise Boulevard. It would go beneath the Watermark.

Wow, so C on C is starting to take off. Seems like yesterday NOT it was a hole in the ground.

it is still a hole isn't it?

Could be, but the latest pics seem to suggest that the hole doesn't take up the whole of the site, and that thay have started putting up formwork...which means something is coming out of the ground. I could be wrong though.

thats waht i tlooks like to me now

Pictures taken this morning. Just starting to appear above street level now, but otherwise, it's still a big hole in the ground

http://img63.photobucket.com/albums/v192/chrisso/Gold%20Coast/Cir_170704_1.jpg

Q1 making an appearance in the background
http://img63.photobucket.com/albums/v192/chrisso/Gold%20Coast/Cir_170704_2.jpg

Couple more from the other day (16/07/04). North tower (left) is taking shape, south tower (right) still a hole...

http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle02.jpg


http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle03.jpg

I wouldn't be able to drive through Surfers. I'd get too distracted.

glad to see this one coming along now

great thanks defec. coming along fine! 219m here we come!

hhmm. Will be good to see it rise..

hhmm. Will be good to see it rise..

It - you mean Them

They are rising together aren't they?

jt

No. The 50 storey tower will rise first, then the 70.

yeah the southern tower (158m/50storey) will be completed 2005 while 2nd tower (north tower-219m/70st) will soon follow in 2006. but taller tower will start soon.

Any more pics guys??

24TH JULY
http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccirclee.jpg

22nd of August...

http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle04.jpg

This is two photos stitched together:

http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle05.jpg

http://www.australiaforyou.com.au/properties_for_sale/img/1001%20Circle%20on%20Cavill/1.jpg

Seemed to be a little bigger than the render on the official site... lol

where is that one from
i cant grasp the shape from that render

http://www.australiaforyou.com.au

it looks to be the smaller tower in the foreground and the large one behind it

These ones (from the same site) give a better indication. Ouch, skyline towers.

http://www.australiaforyou.com.au/properties_for_sale/img/1001%20Circle%20on%20Cavill/3.jpg

http://www.australiaforyou.com.au/properties_for_sale/img/1001%20Circle%20on%20Cavill/2.jpg

does anyone else think those things look shockingly ugly from front on, but turn em on the side and they look stunningly georgeous?

the side confused me
this i can take

http://www.australiaforyou.com.au/properties_for_sale/img/1001%20Circle%20on%20Cavill/2.jpg

cause im disorientated..
can someone tell me, is this photo taken from the hard rock cafe corner?

ive only been to qld twice so trying to picture where this buildings going to be

@Duff

yes that is the hard rock cafe' corner (if i remember correctly)

Yeah it is. And the Hard Rock Cafe has the Courtyard Marriott(Ex-RAMADA) on top of it.

On that corner that Circle on Cavill is on, there used to be a German Restaurant. I love it.

for schoolies in 2000 i stayed just behind the office block in the right of this photo
http://www.australiaforyou.com.au/properties_for_sale/img/1001%20Circle%20on%20Cavill/3.jpg
what sort of retail will be at the base

18/09/04... Both towers now have 2 cranes each and are well above ground level, with the north (219m) tower currently leading the race by a nose...

http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle06.jpg

http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle07.jpg

http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle08.jpg

Those buildings currently under construction are actually just the base (shopping centre). The towers will be set back from the road a bit (thank god...). Great work you do there defec8r btw, you must get around abit! :)

great photos there
and qith Q1 in back ground as well

any recent pix guys?
are cores visable yet?

PRD has updated pics from 4 Nov and it doesn't seem to have progressed to much. No cores yet. Guess they're sorting out the podium first which we know wil take a fair while.

4th November

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccirclee.jpg

Source: PDR Nationwide

what a massive site!

Another perspective - level 23 Chevron Rennaisance

http://pic10.picturetrail.com:80/VOL343/2004633/3879099/73256930.jpg

Wow!~! Excellent photo pike-ster. :eek: Good one!

Stunning, havent seen it from such a angle yet. Good on yah!

oh yer great angle

where are the coreboxes?

nice angle, never seen it from this view before!

i imagine it should start rising alot faster now that all the complicated ground work is complete...

imagine the sand castle you could build in that site!

The gold coast is insane - amazing photo pikey!

jt

Jeez, thanks guys!

So, this gorgeous will have this sort of square just as in the rendering? I love that TV screen!!!

http://www.circleoncavill.com/images/apartments/image1.jpg

http://www.circleoncavill.com/images/apartments/images2.jpg

where are the coreboxes?

Nice observation!! Is the building being made from concrete panels??? Looks like it from Pikey's tidy photo. If this is the case, the structural requirements differ as the panel has already (supposedly) cured before being delivered/erected. Therefore the reo for each floor level can be incorporated into the top 6 inches of the panel and when the next floor "jumps" up, the panels that may form the liftshaft (core) just sit on top of the panel directly below. There is also a pretty above average chance that the cranes are sitting in the liftshafts anyway.

The difference being compared with a building with a poured core, the concrete has to cook enough for the strength to be there when the floor slab is poured and released from the props.

Hmmm...precast cores sound unlikely for a 69-level tower. I'm betting that we'll see some coreboxes in the next photo updates.

The other option they may be going for is to pour the core together with the slab, which means none of the formwork for the core protrudes above the slab at any stage. Unlikely though.

Hmmm...precast cores sound unlikely for a 69-level tower. I'm betting that we'll see some coreboxes in the next photo updates.

The other option they may be going for is to pour the core together with the slab, which means none of the formwork for the core protrudes above the slab at any stage. Unlikely though.
I'm going with your second option same as Aurora in Brissy.Precast cores no way.

Hmmm...precast cores sound unlikely for a 69-level tower. I'm betting that we'll see some coreboxes in the next photo updates.

The other option they may be going for is to pour the core together with the slab, which means none of the formwork for the core protrudes above the slab at any stage. Unlikely though.

I agree that historically pre-cast has not been widely used in core construction, but it is possible and I have seen it, but as you mention, not on 69 floors. But there is no reason why not, because if it can be applied to a 8 story building, why not 68. There are obvious engineering concepts that need to be taken into account, but I can not see the reason why not. At the end of the day, the same result is achieved. The lift still runs independant of the core, it is only the rails that are attached to the inside of the core so any discrepencies can be shimmed or packed out, same with a cast in-situ core.

The obvious points that need to strengthened can be achieved by using either method. Panel technology has advanced since the 70's when their use became prolific, and the rate of application surely holds appeal to builders. It is only a matter of time before this technique is adapted into cores, because it has taken over ever other aspect of construction by concrete. There are few multi stories in Victoria that do not employ majority of panels. I can recall the last time I witnessed in-situ walls was UQ/CSIRO. Now I see precast columns, walls, floors, cores in fact every concrete element I have ever seen can be panels. I haven't seen a kibble for 6 months, and that was pouring footpaths and small retaining walls.

Admittedly the scope of work I now undertake is mainly removed from High-rise, but we still do plenty of multi-storey with the wonders on wheels and it's all pre-cast, pre-cast and more pre-cast.

Go to the desk of the skyline tower (chevron) and ask to see the display apartment on level 37. Good views over the circle site

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/kwigibo/circle-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/kwigibo/circle-1.jpg

Looks like things are starting to pick up quicker now.

Yeah, but I've been waiting for a corebox for ages! C'mon!

Yeah, but I've been waiting for a corebox for ages! C'mon!

But, 4 cranes! c'mon, that's just as good ;)

Still one slow construction site on the base on the Ferny Avenue side:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pbe7e9c36d563271c301b77c92485d0bc/f5e20a3e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pd4233619d5eb4c0c664773fab2789222/f5e2086a.jpg

BTW pikey, did you take that pic from Skyline Tower or Skyline Central?

Still one slow construction site on the base on the Ferny Avenue side:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pbe7e9c36d563271c301b77c92485d0bc/f5e20a3e.jpg

Keep in mind this is the biggest high-rise development, on the biggest site on the Gold Coast. It's podium, around 'The Circle' is massive.

Another view from Skyline Tower:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pac03ecf10d7c4442cd7b6391c83b6035/f5e16774.jpg

It's gonna be so beautiful:cry:

i know this has been asked about a million times....but which tower are they building first, or are they building them simutaniously (lol sorry about my spelling im tired)

they're building them together. That's the reason the southern tower will finish first. It's 20 storeys shorter.

It's official! CoC is the most popular thread in the Gold Coast sub-forum

As of 11th January 2005
http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccirclee.jpg

Source: PRDnationwide

is that part the shopping mall??

Yeah, they're building the podium to the two towers at the moment, which will become a shopping centre and 'The Circle.'

There are some good pics of circle on cavill at the sunland group site.

There are some good pics of Circle on Cavill at the Sunland Group site.

Go to Multi-storey projects after flash loading: Sunland Group (http://www.sunlandgroup.com.au)

Also pics @ Tower A (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=132945) & Tower B (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=132944)

BTW here is a pic I scanned from a colour photocopy I had from The Courier Mail property pages last year:

________________http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/379circoncavrender1.JPG

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23/01/05
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle09.jpg

wow what a pic! cranes cranes cranes.
thanks for updates. some are 50m high, while others are 250m high!

23/01/05
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle09.jpg
Just getting my bearings.

Will the higher North Tower in defec8R's pic above be on the left-hand side or to the other side toward Q1?

Just getting my bearings.

Will the higher North Tower in defec8R's pic above be on the left-hand side or to the other side toward Q1?

Taller tower would be on the left side in that image Muse.

you can see from this pic ,
virtually same angle but higher.

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/8120/1698120cl1051940518.jpg

I must be the only one who cant see Defec8r's pics, I dont even get little red x's.

you can see from this pic ,
virtually same angle but higher.

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/8120/1698120cl1051940518.jpg

I guess it's indicative of the pace of construction that renders of the 'future' are hopelessly out of date ;)

^lol. I suppose there's Chevron, Soul, Dolphin, Avalon, and that's just in central Surfers.

Thanks AG and to CULWULLA for posting the render. How cool is that!?! Now I get it. :okay:

...and so, so true kwigibo http://www.sayhey.co.uk/invboard/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

whats the large site to right ?

The hole next to circle

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0445.jpg

it just gets better ey ;)

As of 16/2/05

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/uccirclee.jpg

Source: PRDnationwide

pic + article from todays bulletin, showing a corebox for the north tower.

http://img210.exs.cx/img210/9997/article9wq.th.jpg (http://img210.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img210&image=article9wq.jpg)

that picture also shows Q1's corebox being dismantled :(

thanks for scan radula. sounds promising. pic is great.
syd dude- it had to happen sooner or later.i look at it this way. now the best bit of Q1 is coming. still another 35m of building and then the spire.

A pic I took today from the south walkway of the Chevron Island bridge, with Q1 in the background:
http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/coc-overwater.jpg

YAY a new gold coast forumer!!!! welcome mr fireflymairi!!

Mister? Nooo... you have the wrong idea mate... miss! or ms... whatever.

Anyways thanks and glad to be a part of the forums! I have posted some pics previously on different threads I guess you must have missed them! Oh well.

Mister? Nooo... you have the wrong idea mate... miss! or ms... whatever.

Anyways thanks and glad to be a part of the forums! I have posted some pics previously on different threads I guess you must have missed them! Oh well.

Wow - its kind of wierd having a girl/woman in here. The Australian section has been such a male domain for such a long time - its become like some male only club.

If I did not say it before - welcome.

jt

fireflymairi, that view looks awefully similar to the pic in 'boom times in the sky' article

anyways, nice pic;)

wow! nice photo there flyfire! the core looks like it will be similar to Aurora in Brisbane. no real central core. the corebox is actually the floor plate!
jeez, Q1 looks so graceful there.the huge fin will no doubt commence soon.
cheers

Hey guys and thanks for the welcome!

Sunni I'm sorry I didn't realise that there was a very similar pic in the thread taken not very long ago of the same thing.. I didn't mean to double up.. whoops! Will have to be careful about that in future. Maybe I was just practicing for photos of CoC and Q1 when they are all finally finished, that location should definitely provide the perfect view of those buildings at night over the water with lights etc! I can't wait!

Hey don't worry about it fireflymairi, in your pic construction has progressed and you can see the whole core/floorplate box for one of the towers. We don't get enough update pics of the Gold Coast compared to other cities (we get new pics of Eureka in Melbourne posted nearly every day!!!) post away!

Hey guys and thanks for the welcome!

Sunni I'm sorry I didn't realise that there was a very similar pic in the thread taken not very long ago of the same thing.. I didn't mean to double up.. whoops! Will have to be careful about that in future. Maybe I was just practicing for photos of CoC and Q1 when they are all finally finished, that location should definitely provide the perfect view of those buildings at night over the water with lights etc! I can't wait! why do u say sorry? :sleepy: your probably the most helpful GC forumer here :D

Hi,
If somone has taken recently photos of circle on Cavill on Surfers Paradise, and informations about this magnificient high rise residential development ?
Best regards
Guyl

Here ya go. Again, sorry about the size, my broadband connection was capped to tediously low speeds.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/kwigibo/circle2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/kwigibo/circle1.jpg

As Grollo touched on, it's great to see the shape of the taller northern tower starting to take shape atop the podium. Let's see how quickly it rises from here on in. I'd say construction of it ATM is in the reconfiguration stage.

As Grollo touched on, it's great to see the shape of the taller northern tower starting to take shape atop the podium. Let's see how quickly it rises from here on in. I'd say construction of it ATM is in the reconfiguration stage.

Yeah, its good to see it going up, as I always thought the south tower was supposed to go up first, not that I am complarining.

http://i139.exs.cx/img139/7210/circle39wh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

jt

Yeah, its good to see it going up, as I always thought the south tower was supposed to go up first, not that I am complarining.

The original plan was for the south tower to be built before the north but seeing the apartments sold out so quickly they will build both towers right away. Gotta love the gc.

how is the apartments selling so quickly, but the prices are getting cheaper...:?

thats heaps good that they sold out real quick, it basically means they'll be up sooner which is better :banana:

i sometimes wish the floor plates for most highrise apartment towers in Australia were boring and simplistic like ones in Hong Kong, china ect(same floor plate whole height of tower) but there not. there quite intricate, so we have to be patient with towers such as ConC ect.

i sometimes wish the floor plates for most highrise apartment towers in Australia were boring and simplistic like ones in Hong Kong, china ect(same floor plate whole height of tower) but there not. there quite intricate, so we have to be patient with towers such as ConC ect. Q1 is sorta like that aint it? (exept for the fin and spire)

i sometimes wish the floor plates for most highrise apartment towers in Australia were boring and simplistic like ones in Hong Kong, china ect(same floor plate whole height of tower) but there not. there quite intricate, so we have to be patient with towers such as ConC ect.

Is Aurora (Brisbane version) like that? Becuase it seems to be rising very fast.

Q1 is sorta like that aint it? (exept for the fin and spire)

Well the first 50 stories or so were, but then we had the wing type things on the sides.

http://i139.exs.cx/img139/7210/circle39wh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

jt

I love.... and you ? What do you thing about our Surfers ? Will be a litlle New York soonly (sorry for my bad language, smile only about it)
A friend from Noumea, next door, looking to move Australia soon, because an heart reason... the heart as is reasons that the reason ignores).
Guylhaine :o))))) :) :)

I love.... and you ? What do you thing about our Surfers ? Will be a litlle New York soonly (sorry for my bad language, smile only about it)
A friend from Noumea, next door, looking to move Australia soon, because an heart reason... the heart as is reasons that the reason ignores).
Guylhaine :o))))) :) :)

I don't understand. :( But I think you like the Gold Coast so that's ok! :colgate:

Here's some update pics from this morning...

North Tower
http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/coc-northtower-060405.jpg

South Tower
http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/coc-southtower-060405.jpg

This is the retail side of the site, behind the towers. The photos don't really do justice to just how massive the site is! It's really quite over-awing - the workers look so small - and the scale of the whole thing is just amazing...

http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/coc-site-060405.jpg

http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/coc-retailside-060405.jpg

^^^
Did you notice the smell? It seems every time I go to the Circle site there is a very bad smell coming from somewhere around - could be the earth works. It is like rotten eggs or something.
Has anyone else noticed this?
jt

amazing pix there firefly!
looks like north tower is aprox 6 levels?
look at that angled column! cool

JayT it smelled fine to me this morning, and I walked all around the site - maybe there was a busted gas line when you have been there in the past?

And thanks Cul. :)

I don't understand. :( But I think you like the Gold Coast so that's ok! :colgate:

Here's some update pics from this morning...

North Tower
http://www.info-link.com.au/coc-northtower-060405.jpg

South Tower
http://www.info-link.com.au/coc-southtower-060405.jpg

This is the retail side of the site, behind the towers. The photos don't really do justice to just how massive the site is! It's really quite over-awing - the workers look so small - and the scale of the whole thing is just amazing...

http://www.info-link.com.au/coc-site-060405.jpg

http://www.info-link.com.au/coc-retailside-060405.jpg

Many thanks... for the picgtures ! marvelous ! for my language, I know that need to improuve, I am on the way for that (I speak like a spanish cow, do you know this expression ?). Nobody spoken french, just a little bit ? ;o)))) friendly
Gigi

It didn't smell when I walked past on Monday.

Did you guys notice.... There's a fifth crane on site.

Very nice pics firefly :yes: A 5th crane on the site? Geez i thought 4 was heaps, it really must be a massive project. 4 probs wasnt enough eh?

The latest one seems to be located around the retail area on the east side of the towers, rather than the towers themselves. Five is definitely heaps!!

The latest one seems to be located around the retail area on the east side of the towers, rather than the towers themselves. Five is definitely heaps!!
great !!!! Wonderful

As for ffm's pics....yeah, great stuff!! You go girl :rock:

As for the 5th crane, shit-a-brick!! This *is* a big project. :nuts:

As for Guylhaine's english, no worries - you're doing fine!! :okay:

:)

As for the 5th crane, shit-a-brick!! This *is* a big project. :nuts:

Hell yeah. The site is about 200m x 200m.

Pretty big.

hell yeh thats big, i went past it a few days ago and pictures really dont show how big the site is. You really have to check it out for yourself aye

Wow, nice pics ffm!! :) I really love the one with Q1 in the background.

There must be alot of shops, or some sort of features around the buildings if the site is 200 by 200 - that is massive

^There will be an open circular plaza at ground level. It will be a major shopping/dining/entertainment precinct when finished, just the thing surfers needs.

^yeh thats why this is one of my favourite projects. ConC will actually have all those entertainment things which will look awesome. I cant wait till these entertainment areas are open cause im gonna check them out :cucumber:

will it be like the Chevron towers? like the whole bas area be shopping/eating etc?? so just around the "circle"?

Guys, you gotta get over to Chevron, ask to go up to their display apartment, and take update pics like this!

http://pic10.picturetrail.com:80/VOL343/2004633/3879099/73256930.jpg

I took this last november.

well maybe i should hire an apartment there with some friends and at the same time take some pics too:D thanks for the pic pikey :)

Awww my post got deleted. :(

Here we go again:

Just wondering pikey - is the display apartment for buyers or holiday people... just wondering if they check your income and stuff like they do with the display apartment at Q1.. cos I don't look very legitimate and certainly wouldn't pass an income test lol

Guys, you gotta get over to Chevron, ask to go up to their display apartment, and take update pics like this!

I took this last november. soon, you will be looking up from there :D

lol sunni, i hope it really does get built that fast:D

Hey I can see the club I work at in that pic.

You work at Melba's?

^Or the RSL? lol.

25/04/05

North tower still leading by a nose - looks 8 storeys above the street.
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle10.jpg

gosh!,, look at these structural beams :eek:

great pic ;)

yes the bases are enormous, very powerful! those V beams look cool.
cant believe these will rise over 500 and 700ft high!
again , appreciate pix.

Fantastic photo!

thanks heaps for the pic defec, can someone plz explain to me how to upload pics on to a post cause when CoC gets taller im gonna have some great pics for you guys;)

goto www.imageshack.us < for free image hosing

and put _______

gosh, those beams are phat as

great pic!

Eeepy-kajeepy! They are going to make fantastic architectural features.

25/04/05

North tower still leading by a nose - looks 8 storeys above the street.
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/circle10.jpg

fantastic ! sublim ! a dream... and juste the best !
and from it, the mainriver view... ! splendid !
CoC is tryly my favourite, not yours ;o)))

^
ok....

LOL :lol:

ok indeed! Meanwhile, I just wanted to say how this is a really cool project. That's all.. oh and those beams are incredible! When I was up in GC last year I managed to check out the sales office for COC and I was truly impressed at the architectural style for these two towers!

It's impressive aye:D I really cant wait till this project builds up then ill be posting some good shots, hopefully;)

Wow that photo has shocked me, I knew the design was very good but I didnt realise it would be this good. I am looking forward to watching the progress over the next few months.

Wow that photo has shocked me, I knew the design was very good but I didnt realise it would be this good. I am looking forward to watching the progress over the next few months.

As averyone here, I'm in a hurry too ! Some new pictures of the site available. would be very welcomed.. many thanks
Cheers ;o)))

Hey Cul do you have any idea who has the plumbing contract on this site :cheers:

do love those supports

damnnnnn cool looking supports!

u guys really love suport beams :lol:

u guys really love suport beams :lol:
i really is quiet impressive :D

^ I tend to agree! Nice pics by the way defec8R.

http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/coc-13may.jpg

wow, nice pic. they seem to be progressing well.there so large for apartment towers. im pretty sure the floors measure approx 50mx30m. just lookig at plans, the tallest tower is up to 3rd apartment levl or 28m high.
thanks

What level is in the corebox Cul -- 7, 8, 9?

I'm hoping they paint some large friendly numbers like on Aurora in Brisbane.

cheers for the pic, progress is looking very nice

Defec, do you have a polarizer filter on your camera?

Yeah Chris but it's an el cheapo POS and I've hardly ever fitted it. Makes the pictures come out a bit blurred every time -- not noticeable reduced to 1024 pixels but not good enough all the same. Why?

defec- hard to decifer plans but looks like 5 level podium then the resi starts ,so lev8 in box?

Yeah Chris but it's an el cheapo POS and I've hardly ever fitted it. Makes the pictures come out a bit blurred every time -- not noticeable reduced to 1024 pixels but not good enough all the same. Why?
Just because your skies always look so crisp and blue.

i went past the CoC yesterday and its looking good, the site is HUGE!