50-story Reunion Tower Slipformed in 68 Days

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Title: 50-story Reunion Tower Slipformed in 68 Days

Author(s): Larry Forsythe

Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 1

Issue: 2

Appears on pages(s): 21-23

Keywords: caissons; concrete construction; foundations; jacking; reinforcing steels; slipform construction; towers.

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Date: 2/1/1979

Abstract:
The paper describes the construction techniques and materials used in building the Reunion Tower in Dallas, Tex. The structure consists of four slipformed towers: one large tower around which is a triangle of three smaller cylindrica towers, connected to the center tower by inter-mittent shear walls for structural support. A deodesic dome covers the tower.




  


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