Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

[Ben]

They are going to have newish elevator tech too where you pick your destination floor outside the cab and the elevators communicate and figure out the most efficient path so there shouldn’t be 10 people going to 10 different floors in the same cab.

Like they have at BCBS?

That tech worked well on off-peak times. But I swear it freaked out and was worse at 8 and 5.

I was going to say something similar... Stayed at a hotel this summer with the request a floor pre-routing design in Barcelona, Spain. Was great until the conference at our hotel got out, and they all tried to go to rooms at the same time. The elevators just became "unavailable" for 10-15 mins, as it couldn't figure out how to handle all of the requests, so it just didn't honor any of them...

[JDJase]

More crane parts arriving on site right now.

[Brad]

More crane parts arriving on site right now.

Did they get the next tie off put in today? Last I heard , that was supposed to be done today so they can raise it tomorrow.

[Brad]

Talked to my contact this evening, tower will be raised 5 sections. They will start around sunrise and should be done by noon.

[skinzfan23]

Talked to my contact this evening, tower will be raised 5 sections. They will start around sunrise and should be done by noon.

Awesome. That should be 100 ft. higher after they add the sections. 2 months ago, when they last raised it, it was around 350 ft. So after tomorrow it should be around 450 ft or just about 30 ft shorter than the Woodmen tower.

[Brad]

Talked to my contact this evening, tower will be raised 5 sections. They will start around sunrise and should be done by noon.

They are working, but have not started raising yet.

[skinzfan23]

Yeah nothing yet, but here are a few quick from this morning

[Brad]

Yeah nothing yet,

At 12:30, looks like they are putting the third and final building connection on. I’d guess they would raise it afte that’s done.

[Brad]

Just about finished lifting the crane for the first section. The first piece is already up there, and they should slide it in to the tower momentarily.

[Brad]

My favorite photo from today:

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[skinzfan23]

When are we going to get Brad Williams on location hanging out over the side of the crane 500 ft in the air taking some update photos for us?

[Visionless]

Dang they really raised the crane a lot.

[skinzfan23]

When did they raise the blue one, last night?

[Brad]

When are we going to get Brad Williams on location hanging out over the side of the crane 500 ft in the air taking some update photos for us?

I would love to do that, but I don't see that ever happening. I'm guessing the closest I will get is hovering above it in a helicopter.

Here is one from this morning:

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[GetUrban]

When are we going to get Brad Williams on location hanging out over the side of the crane 500 ft in the air taking some update photos for us?

I would love to do that, but I don't see that ever happening. I'm guessing the closest I will get is hovering above it in a helicopter.

Here is one from this morning:
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Cool how you can see the tower crane shadow casting across the soon to be 2nd tallest tower in Omaha, FNB.

[Athomsfere]

When are we going to get Brad Williams on location hanging out over the side of the crane 500 ft in the air taking some update photos for us?

I would love to do that, but I don't see that ever happening. I'm guessing the closest I will get is hovering above it in a helicopter.

Here is one from this morning:
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Between all your construction shots, going on Grow Omaha. Maybe one of your contacts could you get you a press pass to sit in the cabin for a few shots at least?

Assuming you'd be able to climb that high of course.

[Longlurker]

Cool that you can see the crane from 90th and Dodge now.

[PotatoeEatsFish]

When are we going to get Brad Williams on location hanging out over the side of the crane 500 ft in the air taking some update photos for us?

I would love to do that, but I don't see that ever happening. I'm guessing the closest I will get is hovering above it in a helicopter.

Here is one from this morning:
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I saw a helicopter flying during my smoke break and I knew it had to be Brad

[skinzfan23]

[Busguy2010]

Cool that you can see the crane from 90th and Dodge now.

A shot of that would be cool. Not too often I'm facing east at that intersection during the day.

[Longlurker]

Cool that you can see the crane from 90th and Dodge now.

A shot of that would be cool. Not too often I'm facing east at that intersection during the day.

It's tough because once you are actually stopped at the intersection you can't see it. But immediately approaching it, there's a fantastic view. I doubt my abilities to safely capture it on a cell camera while moving . Maybe someone with a nice camera can find a decent vantage point. You see the library crane as well, so it is a nice view of a couple big projects from afar.

[Busguy2010]

Right, I can imagine because the crest is about 92nd and you have to focus on driving, probably not gonna see much if you're in a car.

[Brad]

Assuming you'd be able to climb that high of course.

Well... I climb the state park towers with no problem, but I suppose this is a little bit taller... LOL

I saw a helicopter flying during my smoke break and I knew it had to be Brad

I haven't been up recently, but should be soon.

[Nebraska>Iowa]

So isn't today/Monday two weeks from the last floor being added?

It seems the core has been moving up one floor every two weeks. Maybe we'll see the yellow forms rise today?

[Brad]

So isn't today/Monday two weeks from the last floor being added?

It seems the core has been moving up one floor every two weeks. Maybe we'll see the yellow forms rise today?

Core is being raised up to floor 22 right now.

10/2: 22 floors

Look like it was 10/2, so more like 19 days.

[skinzfan23]

I was thinking that maybe raising the crane last week might have slowed it down some.

[skinzfan23]

Just added a few min ago....porty pottys being added to the top floor. Think there is only one more level to the garage, but I could be wrong.

[GetUrban]

Just added a few min ago....porty pottys being added to the top floor. Think there is only one more level to the garage, but I could be wrong.

I hope there was nobody inside before they hoisted it up there. That would be quite a surprise to have to walk all the way back down.

[thenewguy]

So isn't today/Monday two weeks from the last floor being added?

It seems the core has been moving up one floor every two weeks. Maybe we'll see the yellow forms rise today?

Core is being raised up to floor 22 right now.

10/2: 22 floors

Look like it was 10/2, so more like 19 days.

Yep, definitely doesn't look at taller

[Nebraska>Iowa]

So isn't today/Monday two weeks from the last floor being added?

It seems the core has been moving up one floor every two weeks. Maybe we'll see the yellow forms rise today?

Core is being raised up to floor 22 right now.

10/2: 22 floors

Look like it was 10/2, so more like 19 days.

Yep, definitely doesn't look at taller

Think I was off on my dates. At any rate the core should be going up this week again I'd think.

[HighWinds]

I wonder if the core will start to move up faster once the garage is finished?

[thenewguy]

I wonder if the core will start to move up faster once the garage is finished?

I'd think so. They could dedicate the garage concrete crew to core production?

[Louie]

I wonder if the core will start to move up faster once the garage is finished?

I'd think so. They could dedicate the garage concrete crew to core production?

I feel like the curing of the concrete is what is really defining the speed here.

[HighWinds]

I wonder if the core will start to move up faster once the garage is finished?

I'd think so. They could dedicate the garage concrete crew to core production?

They would have more people to work on the core, and more concrete. Right now, a lot of concrete is going toward finishing up the garage.

Once that's complete, remotely everything would be focused on the core, allowing it to be raised faster.

[skinzfan23]

Not to mention the steel will go up faster than curing concrete.

[Visionless]

Going up a level now.

[skinzfan23]

3/17: 8 floors
3/24: 9 floors
4/7: 11 floors
4/18: 13 floors
5/3: 15 floors
5/30: 17 floors
8/8: 18 Floors
8/20: 19 Floors
9/3: 20 Floors
9/17: 21 Floors
10/2: 22 floors
10/23: 23 floors

Based on previous est, height should be around 311ft, this would be about 6 ft shorter than UP.

[thenewguy]

Why only 1 floor this time? Is it possible it just needs to go up another floor and we caught them midway?

[skinzfan23]

Why only 1 floor this time? Is it possible it just needs to go up another floor and we caught them midway?

It has only been going up 1 floor each time with the slip form since May.

[Garrett]

It looks like they’ve only been doing one floor since they cleared the garage