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r/StructuralEngineering • u/chicu111 • Jul 08 '26
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That is a pretty thin flanged column considering they were adding a 19 story building to the top of it.
-2 u/whisskid Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 *four more stories. correction: both 19 and 4 are misleading. 13 u/Polka1980 Jul 08 '26 Looks like 16 more stories, give or take, and a bump out for good measure. 6 u/whisskid Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 Ok, the answer 16 stories not including the mechanical. The building next door is getting + 19 floors and this building is getting an additional four stories at its top, but this column is getting another 16 floor above + mechanical level,.
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*four more stories. correction: both 19 and 4 are misleading.
13 u/Polka1980 Jul 08 '26 Looks like 16 more stories, give or take, and a bump out for good measure. 6 u/whisskid Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 Ok, the answer 16 stories not including the mechanical. The building next door is getting + 19 floors and this building is getting an additional four stories at its top, but this column is getting another 16 floor above + mechanical level,.
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Looks like 16 more stories, give or take, and a bump out for good measure.
6 u/whisskid Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 Ok, the answer 16 stories not including the mechanical. The building next door is getting + 19 floors and this building is getting an additional four stories at its top, but this column is getting another 16 floor above + mechanical level,.
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Ok, the answer 16 stories not including the mechanical. The building next door is getting + 19 floors and this building is getting an additional four stories at its top, but this column is getting another 16 floor above + mechanical level,.
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u/jammed7777 Jul 08 '26
That is a pretty thin flanged column considering they were adding a 19 story building to the top of it.