Preview

Engineering the Impossible

Better Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1111 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Engineering the Impossible
Cities Inside a City Engineering the Impossible focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the 170-story Millennium Tower, the nine mile (14 km)-long Gibraltar Bridge, and the 4000+-foot-long Freedom Ship.

Millenium Tower Imagine a skyscraper almost twice the size of the Empire State Building. This colossus would be a city within a city, hosting its own hospitals, schools, and a range of entertainment and retail options large enough to attract and keep the traffic necessary for the financial success of such an endeavor.

Stats:
Height: 2,755 feet, 170 stories
Resident Population: 52,000
Elevator Traffic: 100,000 people per day
Location: Hong Kong Harbor
Closest Living Relative: Petronas Towers, Kuala Lampur (1,483 feet, 88 stories)
Construction Duration: Approximately 10 years
Cost: $10 billion

Beyond the physical challenges of building the tallest skyscraper in the world, it will only be successful if it attracts residents, tourists and offices. The Millennium Tower needs to offer many choices to make it a destination of choice. Residents can go to not just one grocery store, but many. Office workers can browse a few clothing stores on their level or the same amount 30 floors up. Tourists can find the movie they want in at least one of the many theaters available. Designers say Millennium Tower will house as many options as you'd find in several city blocks.

Construction of the Millennium Tower will include traditional building techniques, that, in this case, will put ironworkers thousands of feet in the air to place 5-ton girders with a minimum of safety gear. But engineers are planning to also use a new technology — building by computer.The Self-Rising Factory is a set of computerized cranes and lifts surrounded by a weatherproof enclosure. According to a precise schedule, the steel beams are essentially handed to the machinery which then places them for workers to bolt together. Once the beams and

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    From these three names, skyscraper, business block and commercial style, there are three major characteristics of tall office…

    • 898 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    an urban center targeted for development of key economic and social infrastructure to promote regional economic development ( roads, electric grids, schools, markets, and medical facilities)…

    • 1862 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The ER waiting room smelled stale. Sick babies and toddlers were crying, waiting to see a doctor. My brother was laying on the tan tiled hospital floor. He was shaking terribly as the antibiotics from the previous hospital wore off and the infection set in more. Both of his hands were red and swollen. His right hand, had a black mark from where the IV initially infected. His left hand was swollen to the size of a small balloon, kind of like a blown up rubber glove I used to get from the doctor when I was younger. My mom took her jacket off to cover him. His skin was hot to the touch but he was still freezing. His fever was 101.2 but there were no open rooms in the ER at our second attempt at a hospital. We had to get him antibiotics…

    • 212 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Finally let’s talk about the Toronto CN Tower with it’s absolutely amazing views from the the top and it's exquisite dining. The restaurants names are Horizons restaurant, and 360. The visitors view of 1815 feet tall is either scary or beautiful depending if you are a thrill seeker or not. The massive building's construction started to take place in 1973 and didn't stop until April 2nd 1975. The tower has over 1.5 Million visitors a year!…

    • 76 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    European Cities Influence

    • 1229 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The European Colonial period lasted from the 16th century to the early 20th century; European powers such as France and England established colonies throughout the American homeland, and in other geographical locations such as Asia and Africa. Since, these European settlers were the ones who founded our globally recognized cities today, obviously, they had a tremendous influence on the architectural design. The most populated newfound American cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York’s derivation were architecturally focused on human welfare and economics. The baseline of each of these modern-day economic powerhouse cities today originated from the genius and innovative ideals of the European settlers…

    • 1229 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    1920s Culture

    • 661 Words
    • 3 Pages

    What was once just a rail yard, rose up to become a great addition to the City of New York. Real estate developers bought air rights and built apartment towers that became some of the most exclusive residents in not only New York City, but the United States. Next door to the terminal the “Valley of Giants” was created, large skyscrapers began to form the skyline of the city. Walter Chrysler bought a site near Grand Central for the Chrysler’s Company international headquarters. At the time, he built the world’s tallest building. The building held the title for 11 months before the Empire State Building was completed. The area was also home to not only Irwin Chanin’s building, a real estate king, but also to the Daily News Buildings. More businesses flocked to be near to the Grand Central Terminal, including law firms and advertising agencies. It became the center of America’s service industry. This was just one part of the large city with many more to explore through research.…

    • 661 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Chicago is generally known as a city of marvels. Also, its sublime differences on the superiority of advancement and conventionalism, this nation can exaggerate of unthinkably wonderful structure, culture, and innovative advance that had overtaken whatever is left of the world for a considerable length of time. One of the appearances of this advance is the well know Willis Tower: a gigantic high rise built in the middle of the city, which had changed the city presence and…

    • 79 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    profile essay

    • 1041 Words
    • 5 Pages

    architecture I have ever seen in my lifetime New York is the heart of economy in USA . Big…

    • 1041 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    geography

    • 458 Words
    • 2 Pages

    What are the main issues in mega cities and strategies used to improve the issue.…

    • 458 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Sears Tower

    • 781 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In May of 1973, electrical workers sang “she towers so high,” as the final white beam, with over 12,000 signatures was lifted into the sky to complete the construction of the Sears Tower. The Sears Tower is the tallest building in North America, and was the tallest in the world until 1998 when it was surpassed by the Petronas Tower in Malaysia(PBS, 2001). When completed in 1973 it was an engineering masterpiece and still is today.…

    • 781 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Real Options

    • 567 Words
    • 3 Pages

    I would estimate the volatility of the total unpredictability of my real option by doing some research. There are many sites that provide information on expected income. I would find out how much a first year tax accountant would expect to earn. This would be the driving factor in the volatility because the amount I would earn at my current job could be accurately estimated at a full time rate. The present value of the future cash flows could be calculated by using the estimate given for a first year tax accountant. There wouldn’t be any fixed costs to execute the option because there isn’t a fee to pay to drop out of school. The only cost that I could incur would be the tuition money that I may lose and that will be explained in the upcoming paragraph.…

    • 567 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Eagerly, I hurried down into my basement to see the creations that I had made the other day. Soaring high like the Empire State building, my Star Wars lightsaber stood on top of a red Lego Box in the middle of the basement. City streets contained variegated Legos which imitated signal lights. Cassette covers turned into pillars for flyovers and gas stations. Magnets represented the lanes on highways and AA batteries represented the concrete barriers. While staring at the abstract creation of a city in front of me, I would say to myself that something is missing. Yearning to expand my cities, I brainstormed ways to expand, to add more functionality and complexity, and to make my cities visually appealing. While one part of my brain would imagine,…

    • 867 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    It seem to be impossible for them to listen to everyone decision’s especially the victim’s family, a picture taken with the cornerstone for the foundation of the Freedom Tower, made from speckled block of granite from the Adirondack Mountains that written “To honour and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom, July 4th 2004”, in order to convince every public. In 2004, the Freedom Tower has been redesigned again by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill by adding more security concerns and construction only started at 2006. (DCN, 2008) In order to increase the hatred of Muslim, the Ground Zero Mosque had been approved by saying that not all Muslims are terrorist, which causing a…

    • 1152 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    For businesses of all sizes looking to relocate, this offers many new opportunities. With the city’s commercial stock aging – the average office building age in Manhattan is more than 60 years old – and increasingly being converted into luxury condos, the influx of new office space is obviously welcome! Two megaprojects that stand out above the rest in the midst of the current boom are two of the best-known: the Hudson Yards and the World Trade Center.…

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    buildings and environments fit into the city fabric, how they achieve goals in terms of…

    • 587 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays