Views of Moscow with 75 floors of the tower under construction "Federation"

In any case, let me remind everyone, that enjoy high-altitude views of Moscow city from the observation points and everyone can, and in two ways. First - sign up for a tour, which includes including a visit to the observation platform at 58 floor tower "Empire". Another option to see the city from above - a restaurant Sixty, located on the 62 floor of the "West". But all this is true, if you do not mind shooting through glass.
We were lucky, extra glass between us and the species has not been left out, and there was only a strict guard to stop any initiative, any way in the photographic business always enough :) So, look!
The project involves the construction of the Federation two skyscrapers at a podium. 65-storey tower "the West" has already been built, and the construction of 95-story tower "East" is nearing completion. According to representatives of the construction company, with its construction uses concrete class B90, the strength of which is twice the usual strength that will resist skyscraper in case of direct contact with the aircraft. So the "Federation" looks from below, from the shopping center "Afimall." We - to the top of the central tower.

But first, the necessary formalities: strict instructions on TB and painting in the appropriate forms, then we get the vests and helmets and go through the maze of technical floor to the elevators. Lifts move for temporary farm, which is attached to the north side of the tower.

Lifts moving upward with several transfers. Each elevator definitely has its operator, and the operator is the same on the interchange areas. Everywhere we meet shields with safety in Russian, English and Turkish:

Elevator moves at a speed of about 3 m / s and in a closed booth, windy and densely crowded, you will understand the fear of a stranger to you the enclosed space, or not :) View epic construction with a second interchange platform at a height of 30 floors:

View of the north-west of Moscow, isolation TTR and third main streets and pit the future administrative and business center. You can also see the quarter with a 2-3 storey cabins for workers:

In the next elevator climb even higher:

By the way, if a fine urban landscape that is what you want to see from the windows of his house, and, as if 1 million. $ (Or more) burn your pocket, you can keep an eye on apartments in the tower of the Federation. They just start with 64 floors. Budget way to find solitude at height - no one in the window peep, and construction and the noise of cars is almost unheard of here. Quite unusual for the center of the metropolis ...
While there, lying in the window will look into several towers in the neighborhood, one of which is the tallest skyscraper in Europe. This Mercury City, whose height is 338, 8 meters. Upper floors Mercury also reserved for apartments:

View of the south-west of the capital, and my most favorite high-rise complex, the tower "Evolution»:

Construction work on the tower nearing completion and soon it will take the project view. For comparison, last year at this time, it looked like:

We also call attention to the smaller buildings:

Among the old and new recognizable landmarks can not help but note the LCD "Tricolor" - a set of three high-rise buildings, two of which are perfectly visible in the distance. Dull design, a giant in size, it is not organic to its project area:

But let us return to the Federation. We climb higher and jam on three rubles from us farther :)

Interesting facts: during the construction of the tower "the West" project has undergone a number of significant changes with respect to the original version and became radically different from the project of the tower "the West". First of all, it changed the size of the square floors and visually tower became thicker at the base, up to that part of the floor, starting from the 11th, a little beyond the 13th site. Considerably processed kernel which was trapezoidal rather than hex, as in the earlier draft. Supporting columns increased 2-fold thickness, that is 4 times increased volume required for the construction of concrete columns, and thus significantly increased the total mass of the building.
In the construction of the foundation slab 21-24 February 2007 set a record, which feature in the Guinness Book of Records. Was covered with 14 thousand cubic meters of concrete. Somewhat unusual in the course of construction was the fact that over the first foundation slab was covered with the second base plate, resulting in a complex lost one underground floor and there was a delay in construction, for at least 5 months. Judging from the photos from the site, builders began actively preparing for the construction of the first underground floor, but suddenly turned work, the crane was dismantled, cut previously prepared reinforcement for columns and started to work for the second reinforcing the foundation. Unusual is the fact that the reasons for this decision clearly not commented organizers construction.
In the course of further construction pace of the construction of the tower varied quite widely: underground and the portion that the building was built at an average rate of about 2 levels in a month; construction of standard floors after the portion that came with the higher speed - 4 floors in the month; on technical 33-34's the pace of construction of the building was significantly suspended the construction of the floor lasted more than 5 months, the replacement of one of the cranes on the two more powerful, and has formed a strong metal construction outriggers - svoebrazny ring stiffness, enhance the rigidity of the building and its resistance to wind loads.
Inspired by the rise accidentally got to the last at this point, the 80th floor of the tower. Upper floors are closed windscreen and here is actively under construction - laying fixtures, installation of formwork, pouring concrete. Fota there was nothing special - just like any other construction. Perhaps, in addition to the crane operator, who smiled at us and smile of the Mona Lisa waved from the standpoint of a high-rise crane Moscow :)

Build primarily our Eastern brothers:

Safety at work - primarily:

TB strictly followed, all the dangerous areas are equipped with handrails, technological openings closed shields, ready floors clean. Favorable impression.

At the end of reporting a couple of high-altitude training and information about the spire. I know many indifferent can not sleep at night, worrying what will happen with the spire Federation. Alas, on April 22 at the first international exhibition "High Peace. Moscow City. Prospects for Development "in his speech one of the authors of the project Sergey Choban said that the construction of the spire decided to refuse.
Spire (Tower «C») could become the highest part of the complex, and are placed between the towers to the "West" and "East". Inside the spire had planned to place two high-speed elevators with external glazing. At the top of the spire, but at a lower level than the height of the tower "East", supposed to make the observation platform overlooking the western part of the city. But, as you know - no steeple - no observation deck. Sadness!