The Official Q1 Construction Thread

Q1 when finished
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/7894/1477894al1033705302.jpg

Recent (partial) pic of Q1 Construction at lower right – yellow cranes.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/6443/1466443al1032844853.jpg
This pic is from realestate.com.au and is taken from peninsular apartments.

JayT

This time next year it will be one huge mofo.

When is it planned for completion?

I'm surprised it took so long to get an official Q1 thread.

that building looks better every time i see it

Originally posted by Gester
When is it planned for completion?

Due for completion in 2005.

interesting Facts

“This is the fastest selling project in Australia, averaging one sale per hour,” he said.
Sunland’s architect David Brown said that the site for the 298-metre building was only four blocks south of Cavill Avenue, and added that the single tower design was not part of the original design.
“We originally wanted to build two towers, but it created a problem with resales. We decided that putting one tower on top of the other instead was a better option,” he said.
“That was Soheil’s sight.”
He added that features of the tower would include:
• Fastest lift in the country.
• Glass casing for the entire building.
• An elliptical shape to disperse winds.
• Typical apartment size of 160 sqm.
• Extensive facilities, including a 10-storey atrium, which would be visible from the hinterland at night.
Mr Brown said that the design allowed for a possible light rail stop, and added that the actual tower would only occupy 11 per cent of the site.
However, both David Brown and Soheil Abedian were keen to
clarify rumours about the world’s tallest residential tower, following reports that Melbourne developers would beat Sunland to the punch with its Eureka
development, to be completed before around one year before Q1.
“The Eureka development in Melbourne will be 297 m when completed,” Mr Brown said. “Q1 will be 298 m. It will be the tallest residential tower in the world.”

It's really cool to see in that pic posted by JAYT that the tower is well underway!! A very beautiful building. :)

Anyone from the Gold Coast wanna give us an update? Is it far advanced with the piling/foundation/excavation stage?

I went and had a look at the site yesterday.

Quite a lot of groundwork done. It's an absolutely massive site, quite amazing.

Never fear Inzaghi is Here.... As promised Q1 construction pics as at 12:03pm on 25/10/02 taken from level 14 of the Aegean + 2 others

Q!...... Look at all that sand..... From 1pm to 1:30... 5 truck loads of sand were taken away
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/q1-1.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/q1-2.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/q13.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/q14.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/q15.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/chev%20ren%201.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/chev%20ren%202.jpg


Cheers :)

P.S.... Palazzo V Rocks

Fantastic Pictures! I had no idea that they had started actually constructing stuff. I only thought they were at the pile driving stage.

jt

my god there are houses over the road from a 275m tower :D :D :D :D
only in GC

Some of those houses are probably heratage listed - some might even be more than 30 years old!!!
(joke)

:)jt

I went to the GC today, and Chevron 1 is looking bloody massive. I can't believe there will be a building even taller right next to it.

And add to that the tallest 'The Circle' tower, Brizzy. Man, Surfers will be amazing in a few years time. It'll be actually worth visiting!

Thanks for the pics, Inzaghi! I'd love to spend a night in the Versace, it looks so opulent. How much is it costing you?

Crap, there are houses across the road from a 75 storey tower!

I'd like to live in that house:D

hey guys..... i will be going down every couple of months to get pics of the contruction.... so next installment in 2 months..... bullseye i didn't stay at Versace.... i did however have dinner at signatures..... $140 a head.... i did go for a walk through the place and you sure do pay for what you get :)

$140, holy crap.

I hope the food was good :)

JayT,

I compared the construction pics with Q1's plans and it looks like the concrete work on the left on the pic is part of the underground carpark and on ground level would be where the swimming lagoon is gonna be.

The big sand pit is where the tower is gonna be. =)

Everything looks great so far! :D

Q1 is sure a gem, I really like the resort style living:)

Does anyone know when the construction of the tower will commence? What would be the schedule/milestone from now onwards? Anyone know???

I am planning my vacation and thought it might be a good idea to coincide with looking at the tower. It would be great to see the core rising rather than a hole in the ground. :)

Cheers!

Originally posted by frasier
Does anyone know when the construction of the tower will commence? What would be the schedule/milestone from now onwards? Anyone know???

I am planning my vacation and thought it might be a good idea to coincide with looking at the tower. It would be great to see the core rising rather than a hole in the ground. :)

Cheers!

Don't know how many levels below grond there wil be. If it's like a Sydney building, they'll go down 30m which will take ages. If no basement then I'm guessing the piling and earthworks should be done by end Jan and the core might be at Level 10 by April/May next year?

So Nuthin' to see for a while yet.

Hi MrTall,

Thanks for the info. :)

As far as I know, there's 2 levels of underground carpark. How much will it push the schedule back?

I am thinking of going over to GC sometime Feb/Mar next year. If the schedule is as you mentioned, hopefully I would see something above ground! :D and hopefully the temporary show centre will still be around.

Cheers!

Woooo! I thought the pic of chevron1 was q1 for a second there!
Will Q1 look like that as it's being constructed and when it's built then the glass will be put on? like on World tower?

i went to surfers today to get my cut, but i didnt recognise any construction there, its covered my a huge wall:D so not sure whats happeing right now..

I've just had a thought. Its called Q1 right. Is there any reason for this? Perhaps it could be because there may be another tower to come in the future called Q2 etc etc.... wat ya rekon?

mike

lol, no. I think it just stands for Queensland 1, or Queensland #1 of tallest in the world.

lol damn. worth a try i guess.

mike

hey wats goin on. that guy who got interveiwed said that q1 is going to be 298m! isnt it 275m to the roof. dunno wat he's on about.
:?

Will Q1 look like that as it's being constructed and when it's built then the glass will be put on? like on World tower?
no i doubt that it will be built that way at all. i think they will put the glass on as soon as they can to protect the insides of the buildings from the salty winds. and also they will at least have the bottom half of the building glassed before they do the top half, its in the diesign so they can stop building at half way.

It was 298m to the top of the spire until the spire got exteneded to 322.5m (Culwulla will scream if i don't put in the 0.5m :) ) I thin that was how it was anyway.

Q1 Today - life in the sandpit!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p4a8a44fb9a2c805295763041860817a4/fd144412.jpg


I don't know what those lumps are but they are made of concrete.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p3c3a350d015b7cb0f246a13c89fb53f6/fd14445e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p21aaca43cc94a63103b093aaa50f7a0d/fd14445f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid38/p38d20476c3334dfb9b5b2c7b7a72d27c/fd144460.jpg
jt

Urgh what a nightmare all that sand.

Seems like they are gonna be digging around in there for ages~

wow.... they really have moved some sand since indy...... do any of u guys know if they have to go any deeper?

Originally posted by Inzaghi
wow.... they really have moved some sand since indy...... do any of u guys know if they have to go any deeper?

well its only 2 floors below ground which consists of 700 carparks. the piling though go down to 40metres!:D

Originally posted by Dorgey

no i doubt that it will be built that way at all. i think they will put the glass on as soon as they can to protect the insides of the buildings from the salty winds. and also they will at least have the bottom half of the building glassed before they do the top half, its in the diesign so they can stop building at half way.

That isn't a good sign. At least it's not going to be left as an empty shell if they run out of money, though....:-)

That first pic makes Q! look really out of place, but this is a new precedent. Once Q1 is built, other taller buildings will be more accepted. I think they should start getting rid of the houses in Sufers (postcode 4217 east of the river) and making more parks amongst giant buildings. Anyone know if Q1 will be visible from the freeway when driving from Brisbane?

Originally posted by kaleb777
That first pic makes Q! look really out of place, but this is a new precedent. Once Q1 is built, other taller buildings will be more accepted. I think they should start getting rid of the houses in Sufers (postcode 4217 east of the river) and making more parks amongst giant buildings. Anyone know if Q1 will be visible from the freeway when driving from Brisbane?

It's probably going to be visible from Brisbane altogether.

yeah i wander what those cement things are.. i remember years ago when we stayed in a tower on the GCand they were doing the digging for a new tower.. when it had reached its full depth they let the public in.. and for us kids it was great fun cause of all the sand

that carpark is needed
there didn't seem to be much parking round surfers
and also if they get undergroud parking the ground parking sites might get sold off to developers for high-rise

Those concrete lumps look like piles from a former building. What was on the site before?

If they are from a previous building, they are not piles. Piles aren't used in every foundation of a building. If the building is not big enough, it would just be a normal footing. A lot of the times, the footing would be a mass of concrete, which is big enough to keep the building ON the ground. A lot of the times, ultimate windload causes the building to lift off the ground, and thus the weight of these footings plus the weight of the building would keep it to the ground. for very large skyscrapers this is not a problem as the skyscraper is so massive.

i thought id put the pic i scanned on this thread also. I had to go back 4 pages???
looks like Australia's tallest building doesnt create much interest compared to the "other Australia's tallest building thread" which has over 9000 views already!?

piling complete Dec ,2002.

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no i doubt that it will be built that way at all. i think they will put the glass on as soon as they can to protect the insides of the buildings from the salty winds. and also they will at least have the bottom half of the building glassed before they do the top half, its in the diesign so they can stop building at half way.</td></tr>
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That sux. So it won't continue being built to the top like World Tower has ?

no it will be built like eureka, you wont even be able to tell where the halfway mark is..

What do you mean you won't be able to tell where the half way mark is ?

well 275 \2 is 137.5 m, so I guess they have the floor heights and floors so it would figure out...

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What??

yeah, I'm a bit lost too, please explain a little better.

Merry Christmas.
Thanx guys,
Matt:grouphug:

you should both read back a bit...

the building is designed so that it can stop construction at half way if it is needed like bankruptsy or some bullshit like that.. and steve world tower thought they were going to completely finish the bottom half then start the top half. anyway this building needs to get a move along

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>i thought id put the pic i scanned on this thread also. I had to go back 4 pages???
looks like Australia's tallest building doesnt create much interest compared to the "other Australia's tallest building thread" which has over 9000 views already!?

piling complete Dec ,2002.

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Yeah, you said it Culwulla. We need the GC reporters to help boost this thread by pumping the latest updates regularly.

Another thing is that Q1 somehow always have its threads "splintered" into several others. If we could concentrate all the Q1 related threads together, we should have a more coherent tracking of Q1's progress.

Speaking of which, could any of the GC reporters post more Q1 progress pics!!!!! =)

Frasier

Here's two pictures I took from 2-3 weeks ago:
http://www.k26.com/buildings/Q02.jpg

The 40 metre foundations and 26 piles are complete and Q1 is starting to rise!!!!!
http://www.k26.com/buildings/Q03.jpg

For more pictures click here
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17393[/url]

I wish the damn thing was finished already!

I mean how huge is this thing!! Check out the skygarden there and the pools, very cool. Out of interest Sunland bought all the land infront of Q1 and are selling the lots as ultraexpensive beachsides houses - the aim, so no builder blocks out Q1's views as well as the view of Q1 from the beach.

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

yay! build it up, build it up, build it high up!

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the pics but did you already posted this previously too? I thought they look familiar. =)

Are you staying on GC? If so, would it be too much of a trouble to take pics like once a week and post it here? I'm dying to get the latest pics and development of this project and it doesn't help being physically outside GC. Thanks a mil in advance!

Frasier

Thats great news about Q1 going up! No Really!

Hopefully next time I'm up at the folks holiday place I'll get some nice pics myself (its just down the road) ..

The core does look a little small.. but then they don't need that much I guess..

thats great...

It'll be all up from here. I can't wait to see this monster rise!!
YEah, the core is rather small, but in the end it doesn't matter, you won't be able to see it!

Also, I just read that Q1 was a result of deciding to build one HUGE tower instead of 2 smaller ones. This is exactly the same as Eureka: 3 smaller towers replaced with one mamoth one. COOL.

Thanx guys,
Matt:)

How shit would it be if q1 and eureka where two or three small lil f**ks!! :bash:

Damn this building is awesome. I didnt like it the first time I saw it, but now, I drool everytime I see a photo of it.

Does anyone know what the Q1 website is ??

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http://www.qtallesttower.com/

3 Lift cores in an 80 story tower?!! Does anyone think there will be much waiting for elevators?

jt

its not set out like you thinik it is chris.

its hard to explain but its like the same the WTC centre had.
its somethine like this. theres 9 lifts for 3 cores by the way

lift core 1 takes you to floor 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90(lift 1)

lift core 2 takes you to, 20-29(lift 2) 10-19(lift 3),20-29(lift 4), 30-39(lift 5)

lift core 3 takes you to, 40-49(lift 6), 50-59(lift 7), 60-69(lift 8) 70-80 (lift 9)

the lift cores are divided up except for lift core 1, it works faster this way
or something like that. its really hard to explain it, so much easier with a diagram

so are there going to be 3 lift cores inside Q1 now??? Or do you just mean in the one core, there will be 9 different elevators??

Thanx guys,
MAtt:)

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its hard to explain but its like the same the WTC centre had.
its somethine like this. theres 9 lifts for 3 cores by the way

lift core 1 takes you to floor 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90(lift 1)

lift core 2 takes you to, 20-29(lift 2) 10-19(lift 3),20-29(lift 4), 30-39(lift 5)

lift core 3 takes you to, 40-49(lift 6), 50-59(lift 7), 60-69(lift 8) 70-80 (lift 9)

the lift cores are divided up except for lift core 1, it works faster this way
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hey y dont u post us the diagram?

Don't know if this helps, but it shows where the lifts are, and the overall layout of Q1, I like all the water elements:):

http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1footy.jpg

Found these as well, don't know if they're new but well two years till the bastard is finished so we got some time;)
http://www.k26.com/buildings/shops.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/shops1.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/shops2.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/shops4.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/shops3.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/shops5.jpg

Had a bit more of a look around finding stuff about Q1...

Interesting factoid: Q1 will officially be the 19th tallest building in the world when completed, giving Australia a top 20 world building!!! eclipsing greats like Chrysler and sitting in the company of beauties like Petronas and Empire State!

That's pretty bloody good for a city of less than 500k like the Gold Coast! I mean, WOW!!!
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?269629

Check this out! Insane stuff for the coast!!!!
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23&drawingID=7675http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4637&drawingID=4635

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=83&drawingID=7396http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4637&drawingID=4635

There will be 9 lifts in Q1 with 5 of them rising past level 42 to the top. The lift core measures 10mx 18m and becomes 10mx9m also at level 42.
just for comparison, Eurekas core will be 10mx23m with 11 lifts. From level 65 (the top of eastern wing) the core becomes 10mx10m, so it should look really thin rising to nearly 300m!!!

Also Ray, just to let you know, that Q1 diagram is fairly wrong ,the diagram scales at 60m wide, but it actually measures 50m wide. we must get a new diagram asap!

2003 is going to a unique year indeed for Australian skyscraper history !!!!! with not 1 but 2 x 1000ft scrapers going up at the same to time to become the tallest unit blocks in the world!!!
cant wait for the construction snaps!! :D

its taller then chrysler! GC all the way!
:cool:

I keep finding renderings that I haven't seen before, I dont know if its been posted, but this rendering looks nice. Other renderings you see it in the skyline of the GC< this one is a closeup.

http://www.australiaforyou.com.au/images/scans/q_tower_large.jpg

It is amazing that the crysler building and the ESB were both build in the 30's andnot many other building are taller then them have 70 years!

I still can't believe it!

got to NYC and beleive it bud!
;)

I found one in the paper of the uper part, but that was like 2 years ago...

So anyone got any new pictures from the site, mine are like going on a month old! There are probably 2 storey buildings in Perth that are better coverd than Q1;)

Interesting thought, if Q1 is meant to rise at one level a week could it possibly catch up with Eureka? which I heard is going up about a level every two weeks? Don't know, interesting though.

Culwulla, it's hopeless updating the Q1 diagram on skyscraperpage.com, I think once for 2 weeks it was correct and then they changed it again, the current one sux, the Gold Coast diagrams used to have more building, but half of them are gone and there's like old ones in their place and it's just a mess:(

How far is Q1 from Chevron...? This far, no zoom.
http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1chev.jpg

+ just some more model stuff.

http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1chev2.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1chev3.jpg

another render:
http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1chev4.jpg

found this as well, nice:

http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1a.jpg

View from a 62nd floor balcony:
http://www.k26.com/buildings/room.jpg

Hi everyone, this is my first post.

I was not aware of the Q1 project before I read this thread. Well, I just can't wait to see it rise... :D

excellent pics Ray! the distance from Q1 to Skyline tower is 710m!
which in comparison say with Sydney is from Circular Quay to Martin Place.
or in Brisbane- Admiralty wharf to Waterfront Place.
or in Melbourne-Rialto to Flinders st station!

cheers

Q1 will actually be the worlds 21st tallest building (including spires) when it is completed in late 1995 according to skyscrapers.com.

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You mean 2005! hehe

Is that because of the new ones in Tawain and Hong kong?

Culwulla I scanned in this beautiful picture of Q1 from the paper, I mean does that remind you of the beginning of Star Wars Attack of the Clones or what!

Pretty sweet, you can see the observation deck even!:)
http://www.k26.com/buildings/sunset.jpg

wow wat a cool picture! great find!

mike

Awesome shot!

oh MAN i want that pent house! or a sub penthouse.....i mean the veiws would almost be as good as the observation deck on sydney tower (observation deck is top floor in turret @ 250m)

Is it true what someone here said that with Q1 they will stop at half way and only after the half way point is 100% complete will they continue with the rest ?

I don't think they're stopping at halfway, though I guess you can stop any building at any height. Anyway dug up some more renders, the quality is bad but some funky angles here:

http://www.k26.com/buildings/q100.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/q101.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/q102.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/q103.jpg
http://www.k26.com/buildings/q104.jpg

OMG, look how tall it is to the building next to it in pic one. I've always thought that that building is one of the tallest and most impressive builings on the Gold Coast (even though it looks short next to Q1). This this really is gonna look HUGE on the GC skyline.

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thats the 47level/137m Peninsula Apartments which is one of the tallest still and the tallest residential tower in Australia on completion in 1982! it pipped Sydney's park Regis by 1 metre. It held title until 1991 when Sydney's 142m quay West was built!

anyway heres the latest pix of Q1 site taken from legends Hotel by Stevemelb!

http://home.iprimus.com.au/gnahas/goldcoast/017.jpg

down on site

http://home.iprimus.com.au/gnahas/goldcoast/023.jpg

Good vantage point for those last few photos. I'd be good to see photo's from surrounding towers as it rises

haha, I'm sorry, but I just love it how they advertise the building by saying 'experience living at the top of the world's tallest residential tower'.
If you really did live at the top, it would be rather uncomfortable with that huge stick/spire poking up your arse! :laugh:

Cool pics, does anyone have an estimate of how long until we start to see a core rising from this site ?

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Yawn. Get over it already.

There is a orange crane starting to form in the bottom picture! So there will be a lot more action soon!

Now we have done an estimated floor for Eureka what about Q1?? how high will it be? i reckon about 5-10 levels? that sound right?

5-10 levels by the end of the year ???? How much time do they need, it would take 10 years to complete at that speed.

Awesome shots, yeah considering it started only in August it's pretty quick progress to dig them deep foundations and now be on the way up!

I'd estimate around 35-40 levels by the end of the year, the whole height is meant to be up by the end of 2004, with the finishings and all that taking place in 2005.

Sunland have said they'll be going up 1 floor a week!!! Woot!:)

Okay i'm no engineer - but how do they a) set a foundation for such a tall building when the soil is basically sand and b) dig a deep enough foundation when you're so close to the beach, you hit water pretty damn soon :?

i have n idea either, but if it works, it works :D

ill say a guess at about 15-20 by may be october? remeber the have to do the base andd it always takes the longest ;)

Latest Q1 shots, taken today, the crane is up! Note the Q1 on the side (maybe it lights up at night).

http://www.k26.com/buildings/crane1.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/crane2.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/crane3.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/crane4.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/crane5.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/crane6.jpg

Great photos Ray. What sort of digicam do you have?

It's going be fascinating to see a photo of that crane at full height - around 350 metres to the top with the boom in a vertical position!

Yeah should be huge when the crane is at full height.

I use a Canon A200. 2Megapixel.

They are excellent photos ray, very clear!
Its lookin good, any sign of construction is reassuring me that this thing is gonna be built!

what makes you think it wont? atleast if it stops, the foundations are done ;)

Yeah I think they probably will stop Noonos...


When they get to 322.5metres!;)

Well its just so big, I know it will be built, I just can't believe it thats all. :D

Fantastic shots Ray - well done!

It's good to finaly see a Tower Crane on site!
I shal be visiting GC soon before I start back at uni.

JayT

I know it is not a tall building but can anyone give me an update on the Gold Coast convention centre ?

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Im sure ive seen some recent shots of the construction site on the forum somewhere? lots going on, manily excavation.
:)

There's a tonne of cranes at the convention centre now, lots of foundation work happening. For that matter, the Gold Coast looks like one giant construction zone atm, there are cranes all over the place, and the roadworks only ad to the effect.

Should be wickid in 2-3 years.

lol, thats a really lame joke ray... :D

but its true, which is good.

wow
those pics reminded me how overpowering Q1 is going to be
even with chevron and the circle Q1 is still going to over dominate
when will the core get to about level 5 ??? 2-3-4-5 months ?

Thanks Culwalla, Ray

Even though I don't live on the Gold Coast I am really excited about the convention centre because I realize what an important part of infrastructure it will be for that city.

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>Okay i'm no engineer - but how do they a) set a foundation for such a tall building when the soil is basically sand and b) dig a deep enough foundation when you're so close to the beach, you hit water pretty damn soon :?</td></tr>
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I will try and answer this as simple as possible:

There are many types of techniques used for foundations for different objects. Piles are one such tecniques where, what is essentially a column, are imbedded into the ground until they hit bedrock. This may be 10, 20, 30 meters below the surface of the ground. This is so the building actually stands on solid ground (the rock) (It also got to do with bearing pressures etc...) Anyway, one technique is ramming small (cross-section) pre-cast concrete columns in the ground with pile driver (it all makes sence now doesn't it). If it is really deep they drive the piles in sections and then add another bit on top. no need to worry about water. This techniques is used for small projects.

The other tecnique is to place long tubular steel hollow columns in the ground until it hits rock, and then excavate the shit that is inside. Then you place steel reo into the column and some grey shit (concrete....not cement kids!!) into the column and wham bam thankyou mam. This techniques is used on bigger project as the cross-sectional area of the piles are bigger.

Hope that helps.

Actually Q1 sits in rock, infact the last few metres of Q1's 26 piles go into some 'really serious rock' according to the engineers on the project, so I guess contrary to popular belief it's not water or sand down there. Either way, they've gone down 40 metres, now time to start going 1000 feet up:)

Some interesting Q1 trivia, guess what inspired the design of Q1, well nothing less than the Olympic Torch and Sydney's Opera House! Note the similarity.

Groovy!

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

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Groovy!

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hey, some of those model pix look familiar!
;)

Holy Shiza Cul .. did they get your permission for that? Assuming its a real montage ..

If so .. well done again! Maybe you should get royalties or a time-share in a 68th floor condo..

:D

lol, um, it's a photoshop jpeg, I put it together, it's not like an actual one.

Q1 would look amazing in Sydney given the Iconic nature of the structure.
jt

i think this tower will look amazing on the gc, its lke twie the height of eerything else!

for a second there, i thaught that torch on that pic was the Q1 tower :D

I was down in GC yesterday and was lucky enough to see them do a concrete pour. It was great, they had trucks entering from both sides of the site pumping concrete onto the tower. You can clearly see the shape of the building now.

There is a full sized tower crane there too.

Jayt

Is there a core yet ?

You can see where the core is but its not risen above the site yet. They were pouring one of the basement levels so it was nice to look down on. There were quite a lot of people looking as well including many interstate tourists and older people boggleyed over the coasts growth.

JayT

Any pics by chance?!

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No, I still have my camera but I can't us it on my computer as its too old.

jt

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Groovy!

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It will be good if that replaces Centrepoint Tower. Make everything in Sydney look like Opera House....i think it'll be good. Look how proudly Aurora Place, Stadium Aust. ,Olympic Park look.

hey,i just went to look yesterday after skool!
sadly, nothing has risen yet....:(

For those interested there's now just 65 apartments left from the 526 or so in Q1! Not bad considering it's still well over two years away from completion.

Not bad ??? It is freaking unbelieveable. Plus apparently Chevron Renaissance is doinr really well also. The Gold Coast is recording record sales.

That is sensational - if they can fill up Q1 that quickly, it sends a very big signal out to other developers. We thinkin the Gold Coast is exploding now, wait until the next up cycle....... daaaaamn!

It's the same story with the Circle, it's selling out like you wouldn't believe (first tower, the second doesn't become released for a few months yet), but yeah, build it and they will come it seems:)

hmp:( one of my freidns parents are buying one of the Q1s appartments.. im jelouse.:)

arh! not that its bad but GC isnt ment to get a zillion 500+fts!

Well, it's been a long while since the last snaps, anyone got any pics from the site?

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Thats your job. You are the one that provides some of the best pics around.

word is that foundations are now complete and Core will start to rise this month! I mentioned this late last year! So its hard to believe the core will be approx 30storeys at Xmas!

heres a pic from Sat Bulliten. the article mentions that young couples are buying up in the tower!!:kiss: is that a Q1 in your pocket or just hapy to see me?



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You guys need to get out more often!

Is it true what someone here said, that they will stop half way and complete all of it 100% before they complete the second half ?

Fab- theres isnt much to take pix of at moment! i think we should atleast let the core start before we need anymore pix. we have heaps of foundations and site photos!
SWT- That was a silly rumour! theres no way that would happen. Sunland would just want to get the whole prioject completed as fast as they can to make all of its new residents happy, not just the first 50 floors!.

:guns1:

Sorry guys, haven't been to the site in like 4 weeks, so I don't know what it looks like but last time I was there you could see the whole shape of the base of the building pretty much, so it should go up soonish now. I'd estimate 30-40 floors by the end of the year since they said 1 floor a week:)

Lucky damn couple;)

Interesting side note: The Q1 site was originally meant to how a giant resort in the early 1990's, but the plan fell thru.

Just as well aye!:)

hey ive got a few pics for you guys, but my image uploading site dont work... anyone know any that work?

Try www.imagestation.com

Why doesn't anybody ever use the webspace their own ISP provides them?

Sunni you can use Pbase, they let you link off their site.

Their URL is:
http://www.pbase.com/. (http://)

A very sweet shot of both q1 and the circle!

http://www.circleoncavill.com/images/facilities/img3_r1_c2.jpg

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That pic makes alot of the existing highrises, particularly ones ~100m look like medium rises, pretty amazing. Hopefully it will open the floodgates for more 200m+ buildings.

Looking at how much Q1 and to a lesser extent the circle stick out, you gotta think it's a bit of a miracle that they got approved in the first place! The GC council has really gotta be one of the most reasonable ones in Australia.

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Yeah I was just thinking that. Its gotta be better to concerntrate people along the coast, where its already a conrete jungle, then to spread them out further into the untouched parts of the hinterland.

I think in the future, Surfers will have the main cluster of tallies, with Broadbeach having the next cluster, there's a lot more room in Broadbeach, so I think once the land runs out in Surfers you'll see taller proposals in broadbeach, with thankfully has no height limit as well:)

Any more photos of the site at all??? I'd like to see what's going on!

Any more photos of the site at all??? I'd like to see what's going on!

Nah, she's not finished yet;) One of us coasters will probably drag ourselves down there when it's at level 40 or something;)

Seriously, at the moment, I'm guessing things are at ground level, maybe a little above or below, haven't been to the site for ages, so who knows.

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Does mainbeach have height limits?

Also, Tweed/Coolangatta (SP?) has a decent skyline already, I think that will continue to grow. It has a more business like feel to it aswell.

Mainbeach had no height limits until recently in the last council five year plan thingy where it got wacked with a 40 storey limit. The only places on the Gold Coast now to have no height limits are Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, so that's where all the tallies will probably end up, at least till the next five year plan comes along;)

a 4 level building in perth gets more coverage than a 275m tower on the GC
COMEON GUYS !!!!
:D

It's 322.5 metres. Apart from messages by a few people on this board, you'll never see its height given as 275 metres.

Is there a core box there yet??? I have seen on the previous shots that the tower cranes have arrived

Eureka tower is getting a picture a day! It would be great to see some pics of this beauty in constuction! :D :D

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1 322.5m
Q1 = :angel1:

Man, it's hard enough dragging one's butt out to get a shot of Q1, and it's over 1000 foot tall, I can't imagine how the Perth or Adelaide forumers document their new projects so much, heck I think most of the under 30 storey towers u/c on the coast aren't been documented at all.

Oh well, I try and get a shot within the next few weeks if I have time (we do have lives ya know!) Kasperluke, daily? That's just nuts!;) u guys must be camped outside the thing!

Right, for that 275m snip you can make it 6 months till the next pic! ;)

322.5 baby, all the way!

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Sunni, it's:

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i took this today. Its very similar to Q1.
Sydney's Aurora place. its approx 100m shorter than Q1.
Q1-322m, Aurora-219m.
its spire starts down the front just like Q1.
its fin rises past the roof slab just like Q1. Aurora only has a west fin!
Both are curved scrapers.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/185868.jpg

When are there going to be some more pictures of Q1 ? Shouldn't there be a core by now ?

C'mon Coasties!!! Gizus a some pics for fark sake!!!! :D

You guys are in luck!:)

I decided to bring forward my Q1 progress check by 2 months and grab some pictures today while in Surfers.

Much to my astonishment Q1 had risen up the ground, and is currently about 1-2 floors up. It's hard to tell from the pics cos I couldn't get close but the shape of the building is very evident. The site was swarming with workers and cranes, the roads around Q1 were being ripped up as well (new footpaths, putting the powerlines underground + some major sewerage pipes being added). Even the Q1 visitor carpark was being ripped up to make way for the building!

Anyway, so yeah enjoy the pics, they're kind big, don't expect a new batch tomorrow, this ain't Melbourne and coasters do have lives!;) My gf will kill me if I stop to take photos of a building again:(

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

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq0.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq1.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq2.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq3.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq5.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq6.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq7.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq9.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq10.jpg

So there she is, the rise is underway. Yay!

Awsome!!! great pics ray!

That crane looks skinnier than other cranes I've seen. Is there a reason for this?
jt

Awesome well done Ray you should recieve a medal!

The crane does look very skinny! There will probably be some more cranes pop up soon.

I can't see a 'core'. Is there a podium that they are building around it first?

cool finally some updated pix!
looking good.

thanks ray, you're a champion.

WATCH IT GROW! IN YOUR FACE (EVERYONE)!!

great pics. The 8th picture where they were doing the piling work for the carpark. Looks as if the ground is sand rather than solid ground.

Good stuff! Can't wait to check it out when I can get the chance to get up there

Where are the pictures? I'm just getting red crosses :(

Could someone please copy these pictures and repost them because I keep getting little boxes with X in them.

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq10.jpg

Hey guys, check out the update on Q1's official site.

They have added a new gallery section with some good pics.

http://www.qtallesttower.com/main/images_gallery.htm

Frasier

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I decided to bring forward my Q1 progress check by 2 months and grab some pictures today while in Surfers.

Much to my astonishment Q1 had risen up the ground, and is currently about 1-2 floors up. It's hard to tell from the pics cos I couldn't get close but the shape of the building is very evident. The site was swarming with workers and cranes, the roads around Q1 were being ripped up as well (new footpaths, putting the powerlines underground + some major sewerage pipes being added). Even the Q1 visitor carpark was being ripped up to make way for the building!

Anyway, so yeah enjoy the pics, they're kind big, don't expect a new batch tomorrow, this ain't Melbourne and coasters do have lives!;) My gf will kill me if I stop to take photos of a building again:(

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

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq0.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq1.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq2.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq3.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq5.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq6.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq7.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq9.jpg

http://www.k26.com/buildings/xq10.jpg

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Ray could you please repost the pics because every time I keep getting red boxes. Also in Chevron.

Please, please please can we see the pics instead of the red boxes?

There's a good image hoster at www.zenid.net that actually works.

Sincer ray doesn't want to or doesn't come here much can someone who saved them PLEASE post them on a image hoster that works. Also if they have saved the latest pics from Chevron Renaissance.

yea it might be while til u c more pics us GC'ers r lazy ppl, i cant even b bothered typin full sentences

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They have added a new gallery section with some good pics.

http://www.qtallesttower.com/main/images_gallery.htm

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For those who wants some pics. Here's some official ones from Q1 site.

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/building_base2.jpg
Shows the earlier piling stage

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/building_base2_1.jpg
More shots of the foundation

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/building_base3.jpg
The core begins to take shape

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/building_base4.jpg
Another core foundation shot

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/building_base.jpg
You can see the basic core beginning to form.

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/wm_mar_2003.jpg
Taken sometime in March 2003

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/concrete_pour.jpg
One of the early core pour

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/concrete_pour2.jpg
A clearer shot of the core pour

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/concrete_pour3.jpg
Core pour from a different angle

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/concrete_pour4.jpg

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/crane.jpg
Crane shot

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/trucks.jpg
Trucks bringing the good stuff in

http://members.atozasia.com/frasier/Q1/trucks2.jpg

Good to see them catering for people like us.
Thanks for the update Dr Crane :)

i hate uz from the easten st8s ure getten 300m+ buildings :( perths biggest is 249m its unfare Q1 looks realy good though !

the second last photo shows us the shape of the tower and how big it will be. At the moment, it looks to be quite slender.

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Q1 will be 50m across x 38m wide. in comparison to World Tower -51m across x 30m wide. Eureka will be 53m across x 48m wide (at lower levels).After its wings it is only 25m wide all the way to 297m.

Story in this weeks GC Bulliten.-"Three levels up, only 77 to go"
The article goes on to say that 460 from the 527 units are sold and 51 of those are over 1million$.!! Sydneysiders amounted for 30% of buyers.the construction manager has said "everyhing is on track for completion in July 2005.
heres th pic with a workman on rio 3 storeys up!


http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/04/189258.jpg

wow, the Q1 sure will make GoldCoast grow!

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There is only ONE building taller than 300m u/c or completed, WTF are you on about? And the only part of Q1 that goes over 300m is 22m of it's spire.
Fine, it's 2 if you include Rialto's proposed comms spire

And CP is the tallest building in Australia outside of Melbourne, so why are you whinging?

If you're gonna whinge, at least whinge with the correct facts.

:D
It's nice to see what goes on inside the core too.

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There is only ONE building taller than 300m u/c or completed, WTF are you on about? And the only part of Q1 that goes over 300m is 22m of it's spire.
Fine, it's 2 if you include Rialto's proposed comms spire

And CP is the tallest building in Australia outside of Melbourne, so why are you whinging?

If you're gonna whinge, at least whinge with the correct facts.

:D
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if your counting antennas , the tip of Governor Phillips tower is 254m above ground, or 5m higher than central Park spire! lol

cheers

Today's AFR:

Extra funds approved for Q1
May 7
Kathy Mac Dermott

The Sunland Group has overcome a critical funding hurdle in its quest to build what is billed as the "world's tallest residential tower", after raising $22 million of mezzanine finance and a $31.76 million construction bond.

The additional funding arrangements were required by a consortium of banks - the National Australia Bank, Westpac and ANZ - as Sunland finalised senior funding of about $260 million, industry sources said yesterday.

The banks required the extra funds because Sunland's own construction division is building the 80-level Surfers Paradise tower, rather than a third-party contractor.

The extra facilities were secured by the James Fielding Group, with Sunland now expected to announce its senior funding package within days.

The mezzanine funding was through the James Fielding Mezzanine Capital Fund, which was created in September last year, and underpinned by a $100 million commitment from the Singapore Investment Corp.

JFG placed the construction bond with a range of private investors, offering a yield understood to have been about 16 to 18 per cent.

The building, called Q1, is being undertaken by Sunland in a joint venture with GWA International's Anderson family, which held the site.

The land amalgamation is bounded by the Gold Coast Highway, Hamilton Avenue, Clifford Street and Northcliffe Terrace.

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The partners have injected about $80 million of equity, including land value, to kick start the ambitious project. Construction began in July 2002 and the completed 527-unit building will be 322.5 metres tall, 20 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower.

Sunland has reported unconditional presales in the development of $399 million. These include the penthouse which was bought off the plan by a Japanese restaurateur, Akeo Kakemoto, for close to its $8.9 million asking price.

Sunland general manager Anne Jamieson said the basement was 60 per cent constructed and would accommodate a total of 800 car parking spaces on two levels.

The ground floor retail and reception areas have also been built and the third level of the tower will be finished next week.

"Additional floors will be added at a rate of approximately four working days each. The total structure of 80 levels will be completed by March 2005," Ms Jamieson said.

Fit-out would take five months.

Sunland said it was negotiating with IMG to manage Q1's observation deck and merchandising operations.

Sunland teamed up with the Anderson family to undertake Q1 in August 2000.

Sunland has announced it will pay a full-year, fully-franked dividend of 2.6¢ per share after achieving a 21 per cent improvement in its interim net profit to $7.39 million.

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the Eiffel tower is actually 320.75m high to antenna. This 20.75m antenna was added in 1957. Some say to "recapture' the title back from Chrysler Bldg which it took in 1930 as worlds tallest structure!lol
So Q1 will be 1.75m taller than Eiffel tower.
still an honour to have!!

While reading the AFR article yesterday, i couldn't help but wonder about the funding process on behalf of the developers.

Here they are, holding many a deposit yet still needing an injection of funds to build Q1. It's understandable to a degree and not so unusual, yet I can't help but wonder about the folk who have pre-committed to buying with no guarantee - but we guess nothing is guaranteed!

Anywho, Sunland was granted the injection of funds, which is not chicken feed by any means. Says a lot of (good things) about "Sunland" the company. :okay:

Drove past Q1 today. It's two stories up, the lift core isn't ahead either at this stage.

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Here they are, holding many a deposit yet still needing an injection of funds to build Q1. It's understandable to a degree and not so unusual, yet I can't help but wonder about the folk who have pre-committed to buying with no guarantee - but we guess nothing is guaranteed!

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In many cases the deposits are held in trust by the developer's solicitor which means that the developer has no access to them. Furthermore, the growth in the use of deposit bonds to provide deposits for off-the-plan apartment purchases means that there is often not much actual cash! (just a pile of promises to pay)

heres the lastest view from watermark hotel-from GC Bulliten. looking impressive! level 3. the core should take off soon.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/05/193234.jpg

Are the cranes inside the tower? They look like they are mounted inside the elevator shafts of something.

Interesting no?
jt

Looks like it's in the core. They have done that at World Tower in Sydney as well.

But I don't get why a crane at the Lobana Site in Sydney is on the side.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid57/pa8b6425cc3ca775c58a1fb443b43e39f/fc6e0e06.jpg

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Yeah this is very common with super talls! the lift shafts are a great spot to locate the large steel cranes.this leaves the outer facade free to put workers lift and glass cladding more easier to apply!

:) SHIT thats bloody beautiful

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Yeah this is very common with super talls! the lift shafts are a great spot to locate the large steel cranes.this leaves the outer facade free to put workers lift and glass cladding more easier to apply!</td></tr>
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Excuse me for being dumb, but how do they manage to dismantle them when they are inside the lift shaft. Most of these cranes are self erecting and dismantling so how do they take the crane out when it is totally inside the building?

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Yeah this is very common with super talls! the lift shafts are a great spot to locate the large steel cranes.this leaves the outer facade free to put workers lift and glass cladding more easier to apply!</td></tr>
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Excuse me for being dumb, but how do they manage to dismantle them when they are inside the lift shaft. Most of these cranes are self erecting and dismantling so how do they take the crane out when it is totally inside the building?</td></tr>
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harold the helicopter!!!

there going to do it with World tower in a couple of months! the top section(cabin& horizontal lifter) come down with chopper while rest of crane section gets dismantled in shaft.

what a day... a chopper ride over the gold coast for half an hour!!! unfortunatly my camera rooted its self and this is the only worth while pic i was able to get of Q1... its not to bad tho



cheers:guns1:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jsheahan/IMGA0844.JPG

It's going up very fast by the looks of it.

jt

Good pic.
Notice the 4 for sale blocks of land between Q1 and the beach?

I've been wondering if somebody will purchase the lot and block some of Q1's view with a 70 or 80 metre tall tower.

Those blocks are currently owned by Sunland, they're the one's selling them... That's why they split the one block up into 4 pieces, to guarantee Q1's view, and to ensure its entire height is visible from the beach. I think 2-3 story houses are going to be about the limit of what's built on them.

good to see a recent pic of the Q! it s progressing well!

Indeed.. It's gonna be very nice. Maybe it will distract my attention from eureka in a few months. Green.

Wow. I'd say Q1 is going about 4x speedier than Eureka by the looks of it. Impressive Queenslanders! (You won't hear me say that too often)

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Your talking about the Gold Coast here - they don't stop for trivial things like weekends, public holidays or night time, they just keep building day and night.

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helooo??? are there any Gold Coast forumers out there?? lets see some pics!!!!! :D

its funny we get a pic and update of eureka every second day, or even several times a day, like its moved 1/10 of a level then theres Q1 what you get an update on every 3 months LOL

i think its because we have no forumers that actually live in Surfers Pd and we have 40 that live in Melbourne!!Q1 is actually taller and we get updates once a month!!!!lol if i lived there you would get a daily pic, like i do with WT.its going well Q1, it should start to take off soon and then we might start to see some pix. wheres Ray????

There are a number of forumers who live on the Gold Coast such as SUNNI, the master and Ray but unfortuantely they don't have a camera in which to take pictures of. Thats why were not getting very many updates.

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sunni should contribute more!!!:bleep: dont now where ray is??
its a real shame1 there are over 25 skyscrapers UC on the coast and we arent seeing updated pix!:bash:

I have just been down to the Gold Coast today - I went on a tour on my own:D

Sorry though I did not take any photos as I thought nobody would be interested much in GC stuff.

jt

One thing I realy noticed about Q1 is that its so skinny - or it will be.

It is up to about the 3rd floor now and the lobby area is finished.

jt

I am very interested in GC construction!! :D

I wanna see some pics!!!>(

JayT,

You gotta be kidding when you say no one is interested in GC......

Come on GC forummers..... post some pics!!! =)

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Sorry though I did not take any photos as I thought nobody would be interested much in GC stuff.

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No one intrested! WHA!!!!! You queenslanders are all marvaling at the 'tallest' tower being built at the Gold Coast and you think no one is intrested?!? Of course we are!!!!!!

It is afterall the tallest building to spire being built isn't it? I think that would count as a little intrest.

I'm thinking of going up there myself just to see how it's going! Putting aside debates about spires, this is gojng to be one awesome building, can't wait to see the first glass go up to get a better idea of exactly what the facade will look like.

go you good thing
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/564/799100_0057.jpg

yeah this will be an awesome tower! any tower 1000ft+ would be awesome to see! especially being built!
im definately making my way up there soon. Atm its $70 eachway by virgin so im going up for a weekend, . there is so many pix to take!

Yeah, I'm headed up that way in about 3 weeks time - looking very much forward to it, since I haven't been to the Gold Coast since 1993!! :D

remember ur camera!!

There was a good article in the GC Bulliten today. On the third page with a big photo of Q1 under construction.

They said that as of Monday they will start to move much more quickly on the tower completing a new floor every 3 to 5 working days. The first floor of apartments has been built and now its clear sailing all the way.

The article said it should rise very fast now.
jt

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They said that as of Monday they will start to move much more quickly on the tower completing a new floor every 3 to 5 working days. The first floor of apartments has been built and now its clear sailing all the way.

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is there any chance of you scanning it so we can see? :D

i should get bullliten today or tommorrow, so ill post pic!

heres the pic!
looking massive! compared to towers in vicinity.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/199209.jpg

The article says there are only 62 units left!
All are above lev45. levels45-55 are selling for $800,000- $1mil. From lev55 up they go from $1mil to $3.5mil!!
I might grab 3!:D :cool:

Aye Caramba! Its gettin huge!!

Tell me Culwulla, this is a reinforced concrete scraper isnt it?

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sure is!! lots of bags of cement used here!
Only the top fin membrane will be steel construction and of course the 172m long (2.4m x 1m) spire!
:D

Cool, 'bout time we got a photo!! Keep em coming guys!

Thanks CULWULLA :okay:
jt

Holy dooley, I didn't realise it was so big. I still imagined the trucks driving around in the sand!
After I get back from NZ, I have a few days before going back to work. I should go down and get some pics!

is it the pic, or is the tower very thin ?

Q1's Cranes on the far right!

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2774/4662774ml1054540508.jpg

I don't think they like to advertise construction pictures of Q1 on re.com because it might make people not want to buy if they think there is a tower going up in front of them. I will keep on looking though.

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Q1 will measure 38m wide x 50m long. Remember its apartment block so it cant be thick, as the sunlight must reach internal units.Bulkyness is for office towers.
World tower is 30m wide x 51m long.

The Q1 looks so out of place in the first photo in this topic. Are they building any other buildings around the same height? The sky line will look better with more buildings around it. Whens the completion date? The Q1 looks pretty mad. The Gold Coast is the bomb!

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Starting construction soon will be Circle on Caville tower A, with 69 storeys 220m, its little bro Tower B 170m (i think) and theres also Chevron Renaissance- the largest being 170m, and the other 2 about 150m.

so there are a few talls being built that will balance the skyline out a bit, but Q1 will still dominate. I cant wait!!!

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</table>just north of cavil ave is the massive Circle on cavil which will consist of twin towers-70storeys/219m and 50storeys/158m tall. just adjacent to that site is the 3 towers of Chevron. the tallest will rise to 50storeys-172m to spire.
there are many towers being planned atm with some reaching as high as 75 storeys!

I noticed yesterday that Q1 had added another story.

I also noticed that the Circle site is surrounded by hordings - they must be just about to start construction.

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JayT,

Let's have some pics mate. =)

What's this? Been 3 days since a post on the Q thread! Things a bit boring here? :D

Check out the big E and FWP threads. Bit more interesting.. ;)

i reckon! like hello people??? worlds tallest residential to spire!! :rant:

we have approx 40 forumers from Melbourne , thus the reason for the many posts and pix! in GC we have 1 ! ray who hasnt posted since march! not happy jan!
also Q1 is 6months behind Eureka so maybe when it actually starts to rise 30-40 levels we might get some piccys!

grrrr maybe we should give on the victorian forumers a ticket to the GC so we can get some pics....

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Glad you added 'to spire' SydneyDude :D

lalalala

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i knew i had to other wise all hell would have broke loose... Although, If Eureka and Q1 went to court over naming rights as 'world tallest resi building', Q1 would win.
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Who gives a sh*t about what the courts say. The big E will be the tallest res tower in the world IMO. Anyone can put a spire, antenna, etc. on top of a tower to make it higher.

But, as people have said in these forums, there's bound to be other developers in the world conjuring up a tower to surpass Q1 and even the big E to claim the rights. :D

We don't care whats tallest. Keep it out of the thread.