Fellow engineering dorks....

by **smu diamond m** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:04 pm

Yeah, it might as well be a mile though. It's a whopping 0.0056% short

by **mrydel** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:11 pm

smu diamond m wrote:Yeah, it might as well be a mile though. It's a whopping 0.0056% short

TWSS. And it hurt. :oops:

by **couch 'em** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:48 pm

mrydel wrote:
smu diamond m wrote:Yeah, it might as well be a mile though. It's a whopping 0.0056% short

TWSS. And it hurt.

Sack up. Size is for her pleasure. Who cares about that?

by **CalallenStang** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:53 pm

What's the business plan for this building? Seems rather pointless to build something this big without having a plan to get it to at least 80% occupancy.

by **smu diamond m** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:57 pm

I don't think reason applies to this project.

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:11 pm

CalallenStang wrote:What's the business plan for this building? Seems rather pointless to build something this big without having a plan to get it to at least 80% occupancy.

It'll house the Saudi royal family and all of their concubines.

by **couch 'em** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:40 pm

CalallenStang wrote:What's the business plan for this building? Seems rather pointless to build something this big without having a plan to get it to at least 80% occupancy.

Where is your sense of glory? (cue samurai stang)

You don't build something like this because you want to make a profit. You do it just to say you did.

by **CalallenStang** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:01 pm

couch 'em wrote:
CalallenStang wrote:What's the business plan for this building? Seems rather pointless to build something this big without having a plan to get it to at least 80% occupancy.

Where is your sense of glory? (cue samurai stang)

You don't build something like this because you want to make a profit. You do it just to say you did.

I suppose when you already have petroprofits, that type of thinking isn't dangerous.

I'm a real estate major, though, so that was my first thought when I saw this: How will this be profitable?

By the way - my sense of glory is dormant, waiting to be awakened when SMU meets its goals of being top 25 in every sport.

by **The Spaz** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:55 am

CalallenStang wrote:By the way - my sense of glory is dormant, waiting to be awakened when SMU meets its goals of being top 25 in every sport.

Enjoy your nap...

by **PonySoprano** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:45 am

CalallenStang wrote:What's the business plan for this building? Seems rather pointless to build something this big without having a plan to get it to at least 80% occupancy.

A couple of floors will house the [deleted] Cheney Vice Presidential Library.

by **CalallenStang** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:47 am

PonySoprano wrote:
CalallenStang wrote:What's the business plan for this building? Seems rather pointless to build something this big without having a plan to get it to at least 80% occupancy.

A couple of floors will house the [deleted] Cheney Vice Presidential Library.

Complete with a "shoot the lawyer" exhibit?

by **ready4abowl** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:33 am

Was in Dubai last week for business. The Burj Dubai is impressive...

10 feet of sway at the top at current height.

It is designed inside by Georgio Armani, will house a hotel, retail space, residences and business offices. Was almost sold out prior to breaking ground.

by **RGV Pony** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:34 pm

ready4abowl wrote:Was in Dubai last week for business. The Burj Dubai is impressive...

10 feet of sway at the top at current height.

It is designed inside by Georgio Armani, will house a hotel, retail space, residences and business offices. Was almost sold out prior to breaking ground.

Did you fly Emirates over there? I'd love to try one of their 'suites.'

by **CalallenStang** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:37 am

ready4abowl wrote:Was in Dubai last week for business. The Burj Dubai is impressive...

10 feet of sway at the top at current height.

It is designed inside by Georgio Armani, will house a hotel, retail space, residences and business offices. Was almost sold out prior to breaking ground.

Dubai is a smart place to invest money in a really over-the-top building right now...it's got a very international flavor.

Some new city that isn't even built yet outside of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? Jeddah is losing its power to Dubai right now...there is NO WAY I would build a mile-tall building in that market.

by **Canadian Mustang** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:30 pm

Is the Burj Dubai done yet? Or is Canada still number one? oh, snap.

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