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Highway Goes Through Building In Japan
Gate Tower Building is a 16-story office building in, Osaka , Japan . And what makes it notable is the highway that passes through the 5th-7th floors of this building. The highway is part of the Hanshin Expressway, a network (239.3 km) of expressways surrounding Osaka , Kobe and Kyoto , Japan . The Gate Tower Building is Japan ‘s first building to have a highway pass through it. And it had been nicknamed “beehive” referring to its appearance as a “bustling place”. The Umeda Exit of the Ikeda Route of the Hanshin Expressway system passes through this building.
The expressway is the tenant of these floors. The elevator doesn’t stop on floor 5th-7th, floor 4 being followed by floor 8. These floors consist of elevators, stairways, machinery and other stuff. The highway passes through the building as a bridge, held up by supports next to the building making no contact with the building itself. The building has a double core construction, with a circular cross section and special care is taken by providing surrounded structure to the highway to protect the building from noise and vibration. Generally expressways are built underground, and passing through a building is an extremely rare occasion. It dates back to 1983, when the redevelopment of this area was decided upon, “building permits were refused because the highway was already being planned to be built over this land. The property rights’ holders refused to give up, and negotiated with the Hanshin Expressway corporation for approximately 5 years to reach the current solution.”
Click on the hyperlink to see more photos of this amazing building on my Antimimeticisomorphism site. Once you get there, click on COOL PHOTOS and then HIGHWAY – sorry, this site does not have standard URL navigation.
Today’s submission is from Jocelyn Donovan of Donovan Associates, Sydney’s premier Civil and Structural Engineers and Surveyors. It’s a special and unique Powerpoint presentation that I can’t reveal to you. You have to download it to fully understand why it’s such a powerful presentation.
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I am not sure this team really understands the concept of TEAMwork… Not exactly what you’d call a high performance team…
T.E.A.M. = Together Everyone Achieves More?
When you no longer care to do the job right, it’s time to change jobs as these two real examples prove.
TIme To Change Your Job
Time To Get A New Job
I can’t say it often enough… Whenever you’re given a task – do it right. This one’s from exponential copywriter Farhad Khurshed… I know you’ll agree this is a simplistic example, but illustrative of just not showing up to work with your A game. This blog is all about giving you the skills, aptitudes and strategies to run up the corporate ladder of success – literally two rungs at a time. Stay tuned for those insights and a little humour from time to time. We know for a fact that success is not about taking everything seriously – it’s about being serious about the right things at the right time and ENJOYING the process!
"It's Not My Job"