the Taipei 101 is only 600 feet from a fault line.
. The ginormous ball, of which the Burj Dubai has nine, was installed on in-place from 41 discrete steel plates because the combined weight of 730 tons would have been too heavy to lift by crane. The people even came up with a nickname for it: the Damper Baby. Don't look at me. The best I could come up with is some combination of “stabilizer” and “testicle”.
The beast awakens! a fun short video in the article. Might have to increase the rent, to cover the costs.
That is astonishing!
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