I am a little unfamiliar with this stage of construction. Did they pour concrete into the lower section, or is that all rebar? And when should this begin to rise above the ground?

^^ That was not my question.. ;)

sorry, I read it bad, it's 15 000 m3 to be cooled for sure

^^ Great pics. I guess this is the upper layer? The speed is truly crazy here! :)

Bramble, a question for you: how will this much concrete be cooled during and after pouring such a massive amount in once?


Concrete is chilled with ice at source to prevent excessive temperatures :)

So what are the pipes for? The ones in the top left corner of the picture of the hole, there are like 6 of them running diagonally.

So what are the pipes for? The ones in the top left corner of the picture of the hole, there are like 6 of them running diagonally.

They make sure the constructionsite doesn't collapse because of the ground pressure. Rather important! ;)

^^ Thanks Bramble for the info. I guess without the ice it wouldn't be possible to pour 15000m3! :cheers:

Oh lol.


When does the work on the marina arcade start?

They make sure the constructionsite doesn't collapse because of the ground pressure. Rather important! ;)

^^ Thanks Bramble for the info. I guess without the ice it wouldn't be possible to pour 15000m3! :cheers:

Or they us Cryoment-in time.
If i look right, some thermo sensors will control the temperature.
In addition the rebar bleed off some the thermo tension.

So it's the same ice concrete like BD, right ?

25/December/2009

Pentominium

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^^ Wow, great update! Looking forward to the next year and the rise of this great building! :)

Looks like the rebar is almost ready for the great concretepoor. Maybe it will be end of this year as BRAMBLE said.

Looks like the rebar is almost ready for the great concretepoor. Maybe it will be end of this year as BRAMBLE said.

Exciting just to watch the progress of them weaving the rebar...

Random question: Don't those stairways get really crowded at the beginnings and ends of shifts?

^^ I don't see that many workers. (ok, it is 25 december, could be more of them next week)

Nice to see the outline of the core already. :)

^^ I don't see that many workers. (ok, it is 25 december, could be more of them next week)

That's right, but not for the reasons you think. It's not the date, it's the day. ;)

^^ I don't see that many workers. (ok, it is 25 december, could be more of them next week)

Nice to see the outline of the core already. :)

Merry christmas?
Feliz Navidad?
Chag Hamolad Sameach?

:rofl:

Maybe it just doesn't take that many people. Maybe they don't want too many people down there causing a hazard. Too many people in a workplace also invites tragedy...

...
Maybe they don't want too many people down there causing a hazard. Too many people in a workplace also invites tragedy...
I don't think this is the reason... a crowd of drunk people in a disco are way more in danger as a group than professionels at work outdoors, who are trained how to act in a case of emergency.

Last days and weeks we could hear a lot of about Dubai and crisis. I mean that Dubai has now problems to pay the loans. That's why I don't believe, this project is going to be built soon and easily. I hope, it is just my opinion/feeling, but Dubai had bigger plans that can afford.

Not again please ... the developer isn't even from Dubai (or U.A.E.) let alone related to the troublesome companies that were in the center of attention.

Looks like the rebar is almost ready for the great concretepoor. Maybe it will be end of this year as BRAMBLE said.



Pour started 22.00 hrs 30 December 2009:)

^^ Woohoo! :D

Looks like it's going to take to 2010 to finish the pour.:lol: Hopefully someone can provide us with some pictures?

Pour started 22.00 hrs 30 December 2009:)

:banana::banana: :cheers:

Pour started 22.00 hrs 30 December 2009:)

YAY!! :banana:

The pour should be completed sometime this weekend then, right BRAMBLE? :)

Would really love to see some pics of the pour..

Pour started 22.00 hrs 30 December 2009:)


I thought when I saw the traffic jam on the Sufouh Road yesterday night:)

I will check it later today.

01/January/2010

Pentominium , while I was taking these pics someone from the ACC came and said no pics from the bridge and even no look :)

This is a new rules in Dubai or I just met an idiot again?:)

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YAY!! :banana:

The pour should be completed sometime this weekend then, right BRAMBLE? :)

Would really love to see some pics of the pour..


Should take 60/70 hrs :)



Happy New Year :)

A herd of elephants drinking from a small lake.

wooow so many concrete mixers and croncrete pump at the same time, thx bramble for all this informations and thx imre for the updates :)

12 concrete pump at the same time

The most common truck capacity is 6 m3 of concrete

So 1 truck for 1 concrete pump. 5-10min is needed to empty the 6m3 of concrete.

12 * 6 = 72m3 / 10minutes

since Bramble said it will take 60-70 hours :

72 * 6 * 60 = 25 920 m3 of concrete is needed ...

Maybe its all wrong :D

The number is 15000m³, has been mentioned in this thread quite recently.

The number is 15000m³, has been mentioned in this thread quite recently.

my mistake, so yes 15 000 m3

that means pooring 3.6 - 4.2 m3 of concrete/minute

which means 17 to 20min for a concrete mixer to unload the concrete

Makes sense with your previous calculation, after all, it's gonna take some extra time for empty trucks to leave and full trucks to come to the hole, it's not like they're getting a magical instant refill. ;)

Makes sense with your previous calculation, after all, it's gonna take some extra time for empty trucks to leave and full trucks to come to the hole, it's not like they're getting a magical instant refill. ;)

Actually when i wrote 17 to 20min that meant 17 to 20minutes to come, empty the concrete, leave :) i should have written it

Actually when i wrote 17 to 20min that meant 17 to 20minutes to come, empty the concrete, leave :) i should have written it



Pour completed yesterday evening at approx 20.00hrs....46 hrs duration!:)

Pour completed yesterday evening at approx 20.00hrs....46 hrs duration!:)

faster than expected :) great news thx bramble

wooow so many concrete mixers and croncrete pump at the same time, thx bramble for all this informations and thx imre for the updates :)

12 concrete pump at the same time

The most common truck capacity is 6 m3 of concrete

So 1 truck for 1 concrete pump. 5-10min is needed to empty the 6m3 of concrete.

12 * 6 = 72m3 / 10minutes

since Bramble said it will take 60-70 hours :

72 * 6 * 60 = 25 920 m3 of concrete is needed ...

Maybe its all wrong :D

Pours are dictated by pump capacity not truck capacity. these Putzmiester or Schwing Truck pumps are generally at a 300 cube per hour capacity

Should take 60/70 hrs :)



Happy New Year :)

Happy New Year :)

Pour completed yesterday evening at approx 20.00hrs....46 hrs duration!

Great news! :banana:

It's fantastic that they have reached this stage of the build already. :)

Happy New Year :)



Great news! :banana:

It's fantastic that they have reached this stage of the build already. :)


....onwards and upwards! :)

....onwards and upwards! :)

Yes indeed! :) Now that the Burj has been completed (on the outside anyway) a lot more attention may be focused on Pentominium, especially once its above ground.

BRAMBLE, what exactly will be the next step in the construction/build now that the pour has been completed?

Yes indeed! :) Now that the Burj has been completed (on the outside anyway) a lot more attention may be focused on Pentominium, especially once its above ground.

BRAMBLE, what exactly will be the next step in the construction/build now that the pour has been completed?


Retaining walls against the existing diaphragm walls, shear walls and the central core for the lifts.....rising to form a number of levels of underground parking incorperating a car lift:)

Retaining walls against the existing diaphragm walls, shear walls and the central core for the lifts.....rising to form a number of levels of underground parking incorperating a car lift:)

Gotcha! Thanks for all the info :)

Dying to see this tower above ground level! That will be a great day!

Next step will be paying the HUUUGE bill of the concrete supplier! :lol:

^^ The biggest concrete supplier in town is a subsidiary of ACC :tongue2:

jesus! it is still below ground and yet they are panicking to get a cladding consultant on board.... hmnn, hyder must have the memoirs of burj dubai...

^^ Hardly surprising ... they were doing the same for steel suppliers when the piling had just started.

^^ Isn't that a good action then? Instead of seeing some sort of Marina101 kind of Pentominium in the future...

^^ Of course it's good

Any pictures of the finished pour?

^^
99% tomorrow by Imre :)

^^
99% tomorrow by Imre :)

You were right, I hope it will be rising soon, after will be easy to take pics:)


08/January/2010

Pentominium

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Amazing speed .

Are those parts for a new tower crane or did they take down the original one?

Funny, I never see anyone doing actual work, yet the progress is amazing. Most of these pictures just show a couple guys standing around.

Funny, I never see anyone doing actual work, yet the progress is amazing. Most of these pictures just show a couple guys standing around.
Imre's last two major updates (today and christmas day) were both on fridays.

Friday is ok because less workers there , I think weekdays all ACC staff watching the bridge and warning people do not take photos from there :)

Yeah ! It already started to grow up, nice pics. Will be possible to appreciate it above streel level starting February.

Friday is ok because less workers there , I think weekdays all ACC staff watching the bridge and warning people do not take photos from there :)

I don't know why the hell they don't allow to take pics there...I mean, people can take pics on the fridays anyway...

I don't know why the hell they don't allow to take pics there...I mean, people can take pics on the fridays anyway...

They may just be trying to discourage photo taking as a way of providing privacy/security for the construction workers.

Would you want people taking photographs of you at your workplace and posting them all over the internet?

nice updates

wow! fast updates!

They may just be trying to discourage photo taking as a way of providing privacy/security for the construction workers.

Would you want people taking photographs of you at your workplace and posting them all over the internet?

Of course...Free commercial for the company...:nuts:

Looks fantastic! Thanks for the updates, Imre :cheers:

Brilliant! The tallest in the tallest block is almost ready to rise. I can't wait!

They should make Marina 106 nine-hundred meters tall, just for the heck of it. Why stop at 516m in a development called "tallest"? :D

thanks IMRE, your pics are the best Dubai ones :okay:

lovely to see the progress has running...

thanks IMRE, your pics are the best Dubai ones :okay:


Thanks:)

:cheers:

13/January/2010

Pentominium

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^^ A big crane there, they're still working at full speed! :)

So Nice. I like This Thread.

Nice photos ; I wonder how everything goes in the hole. I hope that future updates can come from that spot after it starts rising! Thanks for the update Imre! Your pictures are as always ,wonderful.:master:

Yep for Dubai nothing is bigger!!

How deep is the hole? im assuming its for parking, is that correct?

15/January/2010

Pentominium, new crane installation

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^^ Fantastic! Looks like there gonna need some concrete again soon! :D
:cheers:

I am looking forward to watching this one grow. ;) Go! Go! Go!......

we totally deserve a tower like this one :)

With this pace we are looking mid 2010 for the foundation completion?

Foundation is already completed ;) But I guess you mean by mid 2010 it will reach ground level?!

over ground in 2 months :D ..and level 4-5 middle of the year

Foundation is already completed ;) But I guess you mean by mid 2010 it will reach ground level?!

Yeah I meant ground level. I just hope they don't reach ground level and stop construction like has happened to many buildings. With the current pace everything should be on schedule.

It progress so fast
I'm sure that this topic would supercede the kalifa subject.

another tower more then 500m will raise at Dubai...
so many city in the world = tower height 500/600m its icon city...
but in Dubai height 400/500/600m towers its just ordinary tower..

And now imagine without the financial crisis :nuts:

The design is indeed unique. I like the terrace features. I have a question though. Some renders show a double spire on top. Have plans changed or is it still a part of the design?

There hasn't been any official announcement if I recall correctly, but it seems pretty certain that the spires were cancelled.

... but it seems pretty certain that the spires were cancelled.

It might very well be so for both of them ... half-way across the World distant from each other.

And now imagine without the financial crisis :nuts:

Leider :ohno:

On which side of the building do they plan to put the big balconies which characterize the building? On the metro side? Sea side (but sea side is not really interesting because of other supertalls)?

On which side of the building do they plan to put the big balconies which characterize the building? On the metro side? Sea side (but sea side is not really interesting because of other supertalls)?

Take a look at the fist post of the tread, there you can find it.

From the renders I suppose North East.

That's a lot of steel!
it could almost be 'concrete reinforced steel' instead of 'steel reinforced concrete'!
the shape of the core is certainly interesting, and looks surprisingly small considering it will have half a km of building above it.:)

Wow this is moving really fast:) any chance of the spire being added after economic conditions get better?

Wow this is moving really fast:) any chance of the spire being added after economic conditions get better?

In Dubai things change all the time. They could very well add the spire in the middle of construction just as Burj Dubai changed height during construction. For me it doesn't make a difference. The building is beautiful either way!

15/January/2010

Pentominium, new crane installation

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Incredible to see how they can arrange the steel with such pace. :)

The site looks awesome and just about ready to move upwards! :D

In Dubai things change all the time. They could very well add the spire in the middle of construction just as Burj Dubai changed height during construction. For me it doesn't make a difference. The building is beautiful either way!

so wait they cut the burj short? i didnt know that :nuts:

so wait they cut the burj short? i didnt know that :nuts:

No, they made it taller.

22/January/2010

Pentominium

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So what is going on now? Are they pouring the core, or still assembling steel?

I'm no construction expert, but it looks like they are compressing all that material (that's pouring out of that large container) to the floor. That guy with the pink thing over his left shoulder, with the small yellow machine, is doing all the compressing, I guess. The others are just spreading it all around. :D

^^ Looks to me that it is a little thicker, more dry concrete to pour a skewed floor (don't know the exact english word for it) over which cars can drive down the basement. As you can see in the first pic they already poured some small walls or something, they're working with an incredible speed! :)

I wouldn't be surprised to see some formwork for the core within a few weeks!

:cheers:

^^ Is 'ramp' the English word you are looking for?

^^ Is 'ramp' the English word you are looking for?
Almost the same word in Dutch, ironically.

^^ Yup ramp it is!.. Should have known that!

But 'ramp' doesn't match with or sounds like 'hellingsbaan' droneriot! :lol: ;)

29/January/2010

Pentominium

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Look at all that steel! :nuts:The core looks like it is begining to form! With this speed it will probably be 5 floors or more above the ground by the end of this year.:cheers: When you look at the site from this time last year, there has really been a lot of progress.

Look at all that steel! :nuts:The core looks like it is begining to form! With this speed it will probably be 5 floors or more above the ground by the end of this year.:cheers: When you look at the site from this time last year, there has really been a lot of progress.

I think it'll be much higher than just a mere 5 floors at the end of the year. Should be street level by spring. If they can go a floor every 1-2 weeks, that would mean at least ~20 floors by the end of the year. Maybe more.

am a little confused about the height is it going to be 516 or 600 meters?

am a little confused about the height is it going to be 516 or 600 meters?

Take a look at the fist post of the tread, there you can find it.

And the answer is also in the title... So 516 it is!

Good enough. The height makes it a little bit taller than Taipei 101. :)

Look at all that steel! :nuts:The core looks like it is begining to form! With this speed it will probably be 5 floors or more above the ground by the end of this year.:cheers: When you look at the site from this time last year, there has really been a lot of progress.

I think you are confusing it with some other building of similar height from a different continent ;)

And the answer is also in the title... So 516 it is!

arn't you funny:? I was asking why on some renders its said to be 600 meters tall

^^ For some time they added a spire in the design which increased the total height of the building to 600+ meters ... or taller then Chicago Spire

arn't you funny:? I was asking why on some renders its said to be 600 meters tall

That's a different question. ;)

Hi all.

Good stuff.
The floorplan is really taking shape - I was wondering what side the shots are from compared to the floorplan - it can be clearly made out now.
Thanks for the updates Imre.

:cheers:

^^ For some time they added a spire in the design which increased the total height of the building to 600+ meters ... or taller then Chicago Spire

:cheers:

I am recently in the forum and the render is amazing

Can't wait for new updates !!! :) :cheers:

I'm impressed by the tons of steel that is used.

Ok, now I'm starting to belief it's actually going to be build.

^^ It is going to be built. They are working on the building now with some speed.

It is going to???? ... it is BEING build as we speak kids.

Nice Tower.

^^ Speaking of which, I'm really looking forward to today's update by IMRE! :)

05/February/2010

Pentominium

This guy said that not allowed to take pics there so maybe he is the owner of the brigde? :)

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^^Great picture, Imre.:)
Is that the same guy who told you not to take pics last time?
Maybe they don't wanna their construction process to be known by public...:lol:

This one is different, another one came later with ACC dress and flip-flop :)

Maybe they have a team for it ?

This is not just my proble, just see another forumer comment:

Did they try to stop you from snapping photos from the flyover, Imre? They tried to stop me about a week ago. I ignored them--they don't own the flyover. It's a public area and besides there are towers all around from which anyone can point a camera.

^^I don't understand why they stopped you from taking pics, but I guess you won't give up that position, right?:lol:

^^I don't understand why they stopped you from taking pics, but I guess you won't give up that position, right?:lol:

Dont worry, if they close or block the bridge I can go to another place :)

05/February/2010

Pentominium

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^^ Thanks Imre! Two cranes added and already pouring the first parts of the core! :banana:

Yes final stage of ground work going on !

I expect this one is going to go very quick. Thanks for the pictures Imre.

i want to own a pentominum. :)

i want to own a pentominum. :)

the whole tower?? :nuts:
or just one apartment? :lol:

The cranes have been erected and it is ready to rise. :) I hope it retains this pace.

that area its full of many towers....cant imagine whats kind of panorama when this tower its finish...

The cranes have been erected and it is ready to rise. :) I hope it retains this pace.

I'll second that, Guest! :cheers: If they can maintain this kind of progress/pace it will be shooting out of the ground before we even know it! :D

Thats some tower. Not the most safe construction site i've seen ?.

I'll second that, Guest! :cheers: If they can maintain this kind of progress/pace it will be shooting out of the ground before we even know it! :D

Naughty! :lol:

I agree with you though.

:cheers:


(PS: Your smilie made it sound like it :D)

the whole tower?? :nuts:
or just one apartment? :lol:
I wouldn't mind owning the whole tower...

Thank you very much
this a beutiful bilding!

sorry if answered, but has spire been removed from design? just updating diagrams.
thanks

sorry if answered, but has spire been removed from design? just updating diagrams.
thanks

Because the Chicago Spire project is taking too long to restart, the spire was ditched.

I don't know why they cancel the spire because of the chicago building is delayed?!
There are several projects taller than both in japan, saudi arabia and maybe in qatar too! I think its just normal
cut cost issue.

^^Costs could be another probability if you say so

So lazy this construction...

imo it looks much better and cleaner without the spire, it is just a thing of pure beauty without any ugly white pole muddying it up!

imo it looks much better and cleaner without the spire, it is just a thing of pure beauty without any ugly white pole muddying it up!
Yes, completely agree.

with or without spire, still stunning
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^^ I agree. Either way, this will look unbelievable! Those open terraces/balconies will look fascinating too I think.

It is a beautiful design, however it is shown in that picture almost alone while in reality it is surrounded by other very tall buildings. This one should have been on the water front, not row 2 or 3!

It is a beautiful design, however it is shown in that picture almost alone while in reality it is surrounded by other very tall buildings. This one should have been on the water front, not row 2!

Shorter buildings should be on the water front. Taller buildings can overlook the shorter ones. They can't vice versa.

But the whole superblock zoning is screwed up anyways. Very few people in these buildings will have any view other than their neighbors living rooms. :ohno:

12/February/2010

Pentominium

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Wow, now there's alot of steel. It looks like it's almost ready to peak out of the ground. With a project as large as this, I hope to see another update soon. :)

well we're making progress ..but I say one month at the minimum until a peak over ground level

^^ If they keep this pace, I say less than a month. So far so good. Keep it up guys! :)

Everything here looks just about ready for take off guys! :D

It's gonna be so cool watching this rise over the next few years! :tongue2:

Great pics, Imre :cheers:

19/February/2010

Pentominium

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^^ Nice progress! A bunch of walls and colums poured, and the core almost ready for the next pour :)

Is it planned to remove the big pipes which are in the angle before climbing or not?

I guess they will pour one or maybe two more floors before removing them, because then the structure has to hold the groundpressure.

very nice looking

Is it planned to remove the big pipes which are in the angle before climbing or not?


One set closest to the road have already been removed :)

Bramble, once this is out of the ground do you know how fast you will expect to complete each floor (once it gets going)?
Marina 101 is doing something like a floor every 3 or 4 days!

Also would you be able to tell us when you expect to reach some milestones such as podium complete, when you expect to start cladding, etc.

One more thing. Once you reach the higher floors those cantilever pods will have to be built. Will the those be built out of steel while the rest of the tower is made from concrete?

If you can't answer all of this it's OK. :)

The job looks like it is being executed very well.

One of my favorite projects :)

23/February/2010

Pentominium

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23/February/2010

Pentominium

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Great looking building - definitely an exciting project! Will be watching this one for the next few months...

anyone notice they are filling in the foundation excavation for the site next door the 106f resi tower

anyone notice they are filling in the foundation excavation for the site next door the 106f resi tower

I think they are just preparing the new access road , if the Marina Arcade piling done they cant use that site any more.Will be the same problem for the Pentominium as well.

It will be a nightmare for them because there is just a small service road, see here:

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God, this thing is going to be really close to 23 Marina.

nice update picture....

Great overhead shots, Imre! :cheers:

Talk about being boxed in! But even so, this will be a very fascinating build I think.

God, this thing is going to be really close to 23 Marina.

yes you right :shocked:

The really big minus for this is that many apartments would see nothing but buildings on almost all sides.

As mentioned before, great architecture and height. :)

05/March/2010

Pentominium

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Almost at street level... AT LAST :) .

:banana:


:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Yep, it looks like some rebar is finally lurking out of the hole!:cheers:

Not much room for the construction team to manoeuvre in or around this site, that's for sure, but they're still doing an excellent job here. Onwards and upwards now. :cheers:

Are they still going with the Spire? If not the height has to be changed.
:cheers:

^^ The height in the title is already without spire :)

It will be 6.8 meters taller than Taipei 101. :)

Almost at street level... AT LAST :) .

:banana:


:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Nice, can't wait to see this one rise. :cheers:

With this rising now, it shouldn't be too long more before they will begin to remove those large braces in the corners. :)

another supertall in Dubai...

ye we noticed... 97 pages ago... :P

12/March/2010

Pentominium

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Yes! It looks like the preliminary works for the core are being built now. :)

Very impressive amount of work being done.

History The Pentominium Rising :banana:

Man, it is an artificial jungle in there. So much material!

amazing architecture ;)

18/March/2010

Pentominium

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19/March/2010

Pentominium, one crane removed any idea why?

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19/March/2010

Pentominium

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^^ Constructing the formwork for the core! Great update Imre, thanks.

Wasn't TC-3 located outside of the hole? Then normally that it was a temporary one.

Wasn't TC-3 located outside of the hole? Then normally that it was a temporary one.

They removed the TC-1 now.

I'm sure they will reposition it somewhere else in the plot.

I heard some of the steel colums they will use to reincorce the load-bearing pillars will be 18 meters long.

nice up date picture...

Finally, it is out of the ground! From the pictures you can see that the new formwork is above the hole!:cheers:

The progress here is still so fast! Incredible amount of work going on down there in that hole! :cheers:

Remember Bramble said one crane was temporary only.

What's going to happen to the wall struts?

How are they going to work around them?

Same way they did in the Infinity tower's case.

Remember Bramble said one crane was temporary only.

The crane at the side of the excavation is temporary.

The other crane is being dismantled for maintenance. Two internal cranes will rise with the core.:)

What's going to happen to the wall struts?

How are they going to work around them?


They are being removed as the works progress and slabs cure to near full strength.:)

I'm sure they will reposition it somewhere else in the plot.

I heard some of the steel colums they will use to reincorce the load-bearing pillars will be 18 meters long.


Wait until you see the beams!:)

we are waiting now ! :)

I cant wait. ;)

You have to wait for some time. They have just left a certain European port on a cargo ship ... and I think they managed to stuck them without the need to cut them in half. :D

BTW, I think I saw all the three cranes operating on the plot again which, if my eyes didn't played a trick, will mean they were just repositioned as I said earlier.

How do you know that of the cargo ship? Sometimes Altin I am really stunned about what you all know, you must have alot of connections :P.

Nah, way way less then you may imagine ... I'm not related to the industry at all. :)

BTW, I think I saw all the three cranes operating on the plot again which, if my eyes didn't played a trick, will mean they were just repositioned as I said earlier.


All three are operating but in the same positions. Internal ones will remain and climb, external one is temporary.:)

Nah, way way less then you may imagine ... I'm not related to the industry at all. :)


Then you must have friends that are connected to the project!

First steel deliveries are next month.:)

First steel deliveries are next month.:)

Thanks for keeping us up to date BRAMBLE. :)

Thanks for keeping us up to date BRAMBLE. :)



:)

But why only 1300 tones? :D

^^ Well, after all its not a Shanghai Tower ;)

^^ Nah, not that ;) ... is not that only 1300 tons of steel will be used in total, just this specific type.

where is foto?

where is foto?

Imre is on holiday for two weeks again so there won't be photographs before two weeks.

^^ mmmh... that sounds as if Imre got exclusive rights for Pentominium photos on SSC. Maybe another Dubai forumer can visit the site!? :)

No he hasn't but ask to the others, they won't put photographs on Dubai's supertalls' pages !

^^ mostly true for this thread: if I haven't overlooked something, the last pictures by a different photographer than Imre (scoot68) were put here by malec (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=35243670&postcount=1026) almost a year ago!

^^ Dubai Marina isn't the favourite place for most of Dubai forum photographers for a number of reasons.

Why Altin, is it to far. I know Imre lives on the other site of the highway at Marina. He said once in the appartment buildings which he lives in is a pool on the top. And he makes photo's from there, you can see the Marina very well.

^^ The distance is one of the reasons, the UAE forum conflict of 2006 is another.

Basically, the Marina is a freehold area and the UAE forum became full of investors who bought on those towers and they weren't really appreciative of the time and efforts of the enthusiast photographers ... in the sense they were practically demanding photos instead of thanking us for taking those. Abusing of our pictures for commercial gains by real-estate agents and companies is another.

Another reason is that the threads turned from enthusiast hang-outs as those in this section still are, to investors discussing their curtain choices and later on everything related to money matters. We enthusiasts have been often ridiculed by them, so slowly we lost interest even in visiting those threads.

^^ You should tell all of this to Imre :gossip:

^^ Imre is a REAL gentlemen, he lives in the area, he LOVES taking pictures and he is a investor himself ... but don't expect from him what he had been delivering in the past.

Altin are you saying he has stopped or will stop very soon with taking pictures of the projects and posting them here?

We didn't have an update for Pentominium for two weeks now but...

Let me place a bet: Pentominium will be handed over to residents BEFORE Wind Towers!

I know it's a 500 meter supertall now barely at ground level but I think interior works are the key factor. Wind Towers will be a nightmare like Dubai Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=216671&page=10) on SZR so Pentominium will top out later but handed over earlier.

I have no idea how this came to my mind but it's a funny thought and would be a slap in the face of these Wind Towers blockheads.... :lol:

Altin are you saying he has stopped or will stop very soon with taking pictures of the projects and posting them here?

He has expressed his intentions of cutting down the amount of time he spends on taking pictures, even to me personally.

Is Imre already back? :shifty: I'm hoping for some nice Marina updates before the weekend starts here! :)

:cheers:

Is Imre already back? :shifty: I'm hoping for some nice Marina updates before the weekend starts here! :)

:cheers:

He'll be back next week.... (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=54654601#post54654601):cheers:

Let me place a bet: Pentominium will be handed over to residents BEFORE Wind Towers!

There's no challenge! You could have said before Marina Pinnacle or the DAMAC's Park Towers, then there'd have been a small chance you actually loose your bet and it would have been more interesting :-p

wow 1 month without update? :ohno:

wow 1 month without update? :ohno:

Imre will be back next week !

I am back :)

16/April/2010

Pentominium

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Very nice to finally see it above ground :cheers:

it will take all focus of Dubai Marina by coming years ! :)

I am back :)

:)

I'm very happy :cheers: .

We have missed the updates of a true forummer!

:banana: :banana: :banana:

Dubia is the amazing city which is for billionaires, rich man, business man and the high class person.

Dubia is the amazing city which is for billionaires, rich man, business man and the high class person.

^^

Genius Quote of the Year.

I am back :)


welcome back Imre! great day for SSC!!
:dance:
and incredible pics btw :cheers:

Great progress! Wall struts are gone and soon we can look up instead of down :)

Basically, the Marina is a freehold area and the UAE forum became full of investors who bought on those towers and they weren't really appreciative of the time and efforts of the enthusiast photographers ... in the sense they were practically demanding photos instead of thanking us for taking those. Abusing of our pictures for commercial gains by real-estate agents and companies is another.

Another reason is that the threads turned from enthusiast hang-outs as those in this section still are, to investors discussing their curtain choices and later on everything related to money matters. We enthusiasts have been often ridiculed by them, so slowly we lost interest even in visiting those threads.



huhuhu..also, sometimes our pictures suddenly appear on commercial magazines

I've been here today, to do some offers and quotes..pictures..not allowed inside..photos not allowed..only way is from the top

They´re working very hard on foundations, nice pics ! Huge slabs !