One World Trade Center

The story documents the progress of One World Trade Center, the 104-story office tower rising at the Ground Zero site, which will soon be the Western Hemisphere’s tallest building. The piece discusses the architects’ design goals, the tower’s structural system, its security features, and the construction methods that contractors have deployed. Click here to read about it»

At one side of Ground Zero, the sliced-edge, tapering
form of One WTC has begun to reveal itself.

Photo: by James Ewing

 

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Explain One WTC's security and life-safety features. Discuss the construction methods being used to build One WTC. Describe One WTC's structural system. Describe One WTC's cladding system.

Course Outline:

This course is a presentation designed to earn you 1.00 AIA/CES Learning Unit. Use the onscreen controls to pace the presentation to your liking, and then click "Take the Course Test" to take the exam for this course and earn your credit.

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