SAINT PETERSBURG | Lakhta Center | 462m | 1516ft | 87 fl | Com

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coth

Discussion Starter · Dec 17, 2006 (Edited)

Gazprom Neft'

Technical Data:
height: 463m
roof: unknown
floors over ground: 86
completion year: 2014

Renderings:

GammaHamster said:
http://proektvlahte.ru/

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Video:

Schedule
http://proektvlahte.ru/en/status/graph/

Official site
http://proektvlahte.ru/en/

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Virus TI

· #2,301 · Dec 23, 2017

ScraperDude said:
How many km's away can this tower be seen?

I saw it from Primorskoye highway (approx 40 km distance)

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Sechou

· #2,302 · Dec 24, 2017

Photo taken yesterday:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdDi2lQBrv-/?taken-by=lace_cat

The spire from the inside:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdDGZv_jQMb/?taken-by=polati_scaffolding

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solarday

· #2,303 · Dec 25, 2017

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Sechou

· #2,304 · Dec 25, 2017 (Edited)

Roman Kitashov

^^ With the central column being a little bit above the perimeteric ones, the current height is 430 m.

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Icewave

· #2,305 · Dec 26, 2017

What a Christmas tree of steel !! :lol::lol::banana::banana:

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Zaz965

· #2,306 · Dec 26, 2017

once completed, I hope it will be lit up like a christmas tree :grass:

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Javierix

· #2,307 · Dec 26, 2017

Very spectacular photos. Gazprom have a lot of money.

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Sechou

· #2,308 · Dec 26, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdKlkcclamR/?taken-by=mainsystemrus

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Xanderyl

· #2,309 · Dec 29, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/lakhtacenter/

https://www.instagram.com/lakhtacenter.spb/

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Zaz965

· #2,310 · Dec 29, 2017

just one more little finger :grass:

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That photo above just reminded me of a question: Are there crane operators in those cranes or are they remotely controlled? And if there are indeed people in them, does that mean they have to climb 430 meters to get to their workplace each day? :nuts:

Edit: Thank you for all the helpful answers.

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TGrave

· #2,312 · Dec 29, 2017

goodybear said:
That photo above just reminded me of a question: Are there crane operators in those cranes or are they remotely controlled? And if there are indeed people in them, does that mean they have to climb 430 meters to get to their workplace each day? :nuts: Thank you for any answers, since I'm genuinely curious as I have seen multiple skyscraper construction sites with cranes attached from the outside.

Yes, there are operators in the cranes. No, they don't have to climb so high, there are bridges between the tower and the cranes at certain levels, so operators use tower elevators, go to their cranes over the bridges and then still climb remaining part of the way (up to a hundred meters I guess).

Here is an article with some information and photos about cranes: https://geektimes.ru/company/lakhtacenter/blog/288997/
It is in Russian, but you can use google translate or just look at the photos: a yellow arrow on one of them shows a bridge between the tower and a crane. And there are some shots from a crane's cab.

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Infesus

· #2,313 · Dec 29, 2017

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chmoma2

· #2,314 · Dec 29, 2017

sometimes the cranes itself have Elevators inside them. so the Operators dont have to climb that much. :grandpa:

i guess they would love that in SPB, due to the temperatures they have over there

TGrave said:
Yes, there are operators in the cranes. No, they don't have to climb so high, there are bridges between the tower and the cranes at certain levels, so operators use tower elevators, go to their cranes over the bridges and then still climb remaining part of the way (up to a hundred meters I guess).

Here is an article with some information and photos about cranes: https://geektimes.ru/company/lakhtacenter/blog/288997/
It is in Russian, but you can use google translate or just look at the photos: a yellow arrow on one of them shows a bridge between the tower and a crane. And there are some shots from a crane's cab.