Re:The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks,...
by pas on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @04:31PM
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These high-end high-price high-rises usually use very detailed plans that feed into a building information model.
Sure, that doesn't mean there will be no problems whatsoever. (Plus there's always a difference between the as-planned and as-built plans, but at this size of project most of the differences have to be approved by various domain experts.) ... which again, doesn't mean there will be no problems.
Especially considering that these ultra-skinny super-tall high-rises use new/innovative/different methods and trade offs for some engineering challenges.
Re:The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks,...
by shalmanese on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:45AM
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Residential construction exists in an entirely different universe from commercial construction. The team sizes allow for much easier collaboration and generalists who can paper over impedance mismatches between groups.
It would also depend on the architect, primary contractor, and what kind of relationship they have. Sometimes plans are just thrown over the wall, but other times there is more collaboration.
I watch the YouTube channel of Matt Risinger, a building science focused contractor in Austin, Texas, and he seems talk with architects a lot (and they supposedly make up a good portion of his viewing audience). He regularly features Steve Baczek for example, on both his main channel and the 'secondary' Build Show Network, and latter does get into the details of the building process:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwDhSCV3ixQ
> Talking to the constructors it is normal for architects to specify the impossible, leaving it to the constructor to actually make it up on the job.
Baczek shows some plan details:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUpkDi-QD2E
Both Risinger and Baczek subscribe to trying to achieve the 'perfect wall' on the outside:
* https://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-001-t...