Timbertower. Unbelievable.

[Thehardway]

Ran across this on Youtube.  This thing is 100M tall.  Wow.  Looks like all wood laminate construction.  The alignment of the plates in kerf cuts is hard to comprehend on that scale.  Really cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-k3Vx0Jc4E

[mometal77]

Very neat thanks for sharing.

[sprucebunny]

Interesting. Looks like lots of labor compared to steel components.

I saw a Logrite cant hook in the forest scene  ;D

[petefrom bearswamp]

Didnt appear as tho the wood was treated for rot resistance
I wonder what the projected life is.

[Ron Wenrich]

What is the outer skin made from?

[Woodboogah]

I wonder what the life expectancy is for the wood?  Neat video though, thanks

[Clark]

A cost comparison with a conventional steel tower would be interesting to see.  Granted, I'm sure that labor and assembly costs are still higher than they should be as it looks to be a bit more complicated than the steel towers...not that I know anything about them!

Clark

[D L Bahler]

Anybody else have a look at that crane? Now that's an interesting one...