Los Angeles – Workers made a Guinness World Record at a largest concrete foundation in western USA by pouring more than 2,100 truckloads continuously over more than 18 hours to set a world record. That building is getting constructed to make it the largest skyscraper in that area of western United States of America.
The Wilshire Grand Project made a Guinness World concrete record for the largest continuous pour of concrete, a witnessed Guinness judge said on Sunday. Around 82 million pounds of concrete was poured at the foundation on Sunday in Los Angeles for continuously more than 18 hours which created a world record.
Michael Empric, adjudicator from Guinness said on the scene that, everything just went about as picture perfectly as they expected. It was kind of like a ballet of trucks, fast moving in and out all the time to get this record done.
The concrete pouring work began an afternoon on Saturday at downtown construction site, where the University of Southern California marching band led the parade of concrete trucks. There were 208 concrete trucks delivered 21,000 loads of concrete which weight 82 million pounds, hauling the material from several concrete manufacturing plants around the region.
The concrete was completely poured on 21,200 cubic yards from Saturday afternoon to just before noon on Sunday clearing the previous record of 21,000 cubic yards which was set by Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas in the year 1999, Empric Said. A system of Chiller pipes were installed inside the foundation to cool the concrete as it solidifies.
A Korean group that owns Korean Air Lines is building this construction for $ 1 billion used for private hotel and office. This 73-story high construction building will reach 1,100 feet after finishing which make it the tallest structure in west of Mississippi River. This private hotel is expected to open in the year 2017.
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