Superintendent
PROFILE 04 / 2705:40 · TOWER 4 · L44
SEQUENCE
The pour on 44 closed at 04:40 and the 06:15 orbit reads the core at ±12 mm — strike on schedule, and cycle 31 holds at 5.2 days.
CITES: POUR LOG 04:40 · ORBIT 06:15 · PLUMB ±12MM
THE TOWER, FLOOR BY FLOOR.
Sixty-two levels, a jump-form core running four floors ahead of the slabs, and a five-day cycle that only works when nothing waits. Ground Reality captures each level as it closes — from the crane, from the slab edge, from inside the ceiling — so verticality, progress and drift are measured facts before the next deck is struck.
CAPTURE · EVERY FLOOR CYCLE · EL +212MLEVELS 62 · CYCLE 5.2D · PLUMB ±12MM
CAPTURE · MISSION 17 · 1.2CM DETAIL
Capture · Mission 17
FLY THE SECTOR.
The sheet above is a drawing of this. 10 capture waypoints, and every finding called as the aircraft reaches it — scroll sets the target, the mission keeps its own pace, and the page waits for it.
TOWER 4 · L44 OF 621.2CM DETAILWAYPOINTS 10
Sector · Towers
FIVE TOWERS, ONE RECORD.
A cluster on one podium, every tower at a different point in the same programme — frame at thirty-six, cladding front at thirty-eight, the leading edge being placed at forty-five. One governed pass threads the canyon, climbs the faces and flies the open sky lobby; then the unit walks the deck and reads what no camera outside can: the slab level, the guardrail gap, the riser two hundred millimetres off the model.
TOWER 4 · 62 LEVELS · CORE +4
On the record here
- 01
The core is four floors ahead of the slabs and the only check on it is a plumb line hung on a windless morning. By the time a facade bracket will not reach, the concrete is thirty levels down.
Verticality you can hand over
Control is carried up the tower instead of transferred by eye, so the core's lean reads as a number every cycle — ±12 mm at level 44, on the record, before the next jump goes up.
RTK/PPK accuracyPLUMB ±12MM · L44 · FIX ±1.2CM - 02
Everyone agrees the cycle is five days. Nobody agrees which day level 44 is on, because the deck gets claimed complete while two thirds of the edge protection is still on the hoist.
A floor cycle that is measured
Each level is walked once and pinned to its own sheet — eight floors an hour, frames placed within ±0.3 m — so the cycle is read from what is standing. Strike, screed, blockwork and first fix all carry their own date on the same level.
360° walksCYCLE 5.2D · L44 · 8 FLOORS/HR - 03
A tower is the same mistake sixty-two times. Ductwork hung 200 mm low on a typical level is 200 mm low on every level above it, and the ceiling grid goes in next week.
Drift caught before the ceiling
The coordination model is faded over the same vantage point in the walk, level by level. A 200 mm hanger reads as a measured mismatch on a dated frame — flagged from 25 mm, fixed once instead of sixty-two times.
BIM vs builtREV C VS BUILT · Δ200MM · TOL 25MM
TYPICAL LEVEL · L44 · CYCLE 5.2D
TOWER 4 · L44 · WK 34
On the numbers
62
Levels on one record, from pile cap to mast head
5.2 DAYS
Measured floor cycle, deck strike to deck strike
±12 MM
Core verticality carried to level 44 on held control
BUILDINGS · TOWERS · 32 SECTORS ON THE SHEETEvery sector we work in
PROGRAM · CYCLE 5.2D · 62 LEVELS
The capture program
The program keeps the cycle's clock: the pour closes at 04:40, the deck is surveyed at 06:10, the dock orbits the core at 06:15, and the walk is done before the ceiling shuts. Nothing on this list waits — that is the whole point of a 5.2-day floor.
- 01
Deck survey
Every pour, at 06:10, before the crane's first lift
The struck deck goes on the record before the day's work reaches it, and plumb is checked at every fourth level from the same control. Five floors in 26 days is only a fact if each one is measured.
SURVEY 06:10 · ON SITE CONTROL - 02
Dock flight
Every cycle, on the core as the jump comes up
The orbit reads the core's lean as a number on control carried up the tower — ±12 mm at level 44, on the record before the next jump goes up, not thirty levels after a bracket fails to reach.
ORBIT 06:15 · PLUMB ±12MM · 1.2CM - 03
360° floor walk
Once per level, while the ceiling is still open
Each level is pinned to its own sheet, so strike, screed, blockwork and first fix all carry their own date on the same plate. Level 43 was walked in twelve minutes at 07:53, ceiling open.
8 FLOORS/HR · STATIONS 38 · PIN ±0.3M - 04
Facade orbit
As each band closes — open steel, panels hung, glazed
The orbit climbs the face reading the facade line level by level, so the units craned in the night window land on a slab edge that was measured, not assumed.
LOOPS 4 · 0.8CM DETAIL · IMAGES 168
ASKED · 6 QUESTIONS · 6 FIGURES
Ask the record
- Q01
Can you keep up with a five-day cycle?
The program runs inside it. The pour closes at 04:40, the deck is surveyed at 06:10, the core is orbited at 06:15 — the cycle reads 5.2 days measured, deck strike to deck strike, five floors in 26 days.
CYCLE 5.2D · 5 FLOORS 26 DAYS - Q02
How do we know the core is plumb before the next jump?
Control is carried up the tower instead of transferred by eye, so the lean reads as a number every cycle — ±12 mm at level 44, held to ±1.2 cm, checked against plumb at every fourth level.
PLUMB ±12MM · L44 · FIX ±1.2CM - Q03
What happens when the typical level is wrong?
A tower repeats its mistakes sixty-two times unless one of them is caught. A duct hung 200 mm low reads as a measured mismatch on a dated frame — flagged from 25 mm, fixed once on the typical plate instead of on every level above it.
Δ200MM · TOL 25MM · FIXED ONCE - Q04
Do we hold the crane for any of this?
No. The dock launches itself before the first lift and the walk is one person with the ceiling open — level 43 took twelve minutes. The crane's day is untouched, and the facade units it sets at night land on measured concrete.
L43 WALK 12MIN · 0 PILOTS - Q05
Can we prove which day level 44 is actually on?
Each level is walked once and pinned to its own sheet — 38 stations on the typical plate, frames placed within ±0.3 m — so the cycle is read from what is standing. A deck claimed complete with its edge protection still on the hoist reads as what it is.
L44 · STATIONS 38 · PIN ±0.3M - Q06
What does the facade contractor work from?
The verticality record, every cycle, so brackets are ordered against concrete as it stands. The facade orbit then reads the closing line band by band — four loops at 0.8 cm detail, 168 images per pass.
ORBIT 4 LOOPS · 0.8CM DETAIL
BRIEFS 3 · PROFILES 27 · FIRST CUT 05:40
Who reads it
Read overnight on a tower like this one: the pour log, the 06:15 core orbit, the level walks, and the coordination model at rev C. Three of the 27 profiles wake up to it.
Safety director
PROFILE 16 / 2705:55 · TOWER 4 · SLAB EDGE
HAZARD
Nobody walks the slab edge to prove it is protected — the edge on 44 reads off the 06:15 orbit, and what is still on the hoist is named before the crews step off.
CITES: ORBIT 06:15 · L44 FRAMES · CREW PLAN
VDC manager
PROFILE 19 / 2707:30 · TOWER 4 · REV C
BIM VS BUILT
The typical plate carries a duct 200 mm below rev C — flagged from the level walk before the ceiling grid goes in, fixed once instead of sixty-two times.
CITES: WALK L44 · MODEL REV C · TOL 25MM
SHEET · 5 OF 48 · TOWERS
On the capability sheet
- AER-03
Accuracy, stated
Every measurement states the accuracy it was made to
FIX ±1.2CM · SATS 28 - GRD-01
360° walks
Weekly floor walks auto-pinned to drawings
8 FLOORS/HR · AUTO-PINNED - GRD-02
BIM vs built
Overlay capture on the model; drift caught while it's cheap
REV C VS BUILT · Δ FLAGGED - AUT-01
Dock automation
Scheduled flights from a rooftop box; nobody drives to site
2×/DAY · 0 PILOTS - GRD-04
Progress by trade
Percent complete by area across 80+ trades, no BIM required
82 TRADES · MINUTES
The whole capability sheet5 OF 48 CAPABILITIES · THIS SECTOR
Figures are a specimen record, drawn to the platform's own conventions.