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Ascent MKE is a mass timber hybrid high-rise
apartment building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 284-foot, 25-story high-rise
is the world's tallest mass timber structure, edging out Norway's
Mjøstårnet. It features 259 luxury apartments, retail space, an elevated pool
with operable window walls, and a sky-deck. |
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| ASCENT MKE - 700 E. KULBOURN AVE., MILWAUKEE, WI |
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NOTE: See April 17,
2019 Blog Post for “THE LONGEST TELEVISED MADE PUTT” |
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On September 26, 2023, the “World’s Longest Putt” competition was
held at The Baths at Blackwolf Run Golf Course in Kohler, Wisconsin.
After the formal competition was completed, Jay Stocki, and some of the other
competitors spent two days trying to break the Guinness record for longest
non-tournament putt made – 395 feet. On the second day, Stocki made a 401 feet
2 inches putt. This is now the record for the longest golf putt (non-tournament). |
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ATLAS-I (Air Force Weapons Lab Transmission-Line Aircraft Simulator), better known as Trestle, was a unique electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generation and testing apparatus built between 1972 and 1980 during the Cold War at Sandia National Laboratories near Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ATLAS-I was the largest NNEMP (non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse) generator in the world, designed to test the radiation hardening of strategic aircraft systems against EMP pulses from nuclear warfare. Built at a cost of $60 million, it was composed of two parts: a pair of powerful Marx generators capable of simulating the electromagnetic pulse effects of a high-altitude nuclear explosion (HANE) of the type expected during a nuclear war, and a giant wooden trestle built in a bowl-shaped arroyo, designed to elevate the test aircraft above ground interference and orient it below the pulse in a similar manner to what would be seen in mid-air. Trestle is the world's largest structure composed
entirely of wood and glue laminate. |
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| A Boeing B-52 strategic bomber being prepared for EMP testing at Trestle in 1982. |
Formula
Rossa is a
launched roller coaster located at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates. Manufactured by Intamin, Formula Rossa is the world’s fastest
roller coaster with a top speed of 149.1 miles per hour.
The
coaster train accelerates to its top speed in 4.9 seconds using a hydraulic
launch system which generates a release velocity similar to that of steam
catapults on an aircraft carrier. Riders experience up to 1.7 G-force during
acceleration and up to 4.8 g throughout the ride. The roller coaster track is
1.4 miles in length, ranking it sixth in the world for steel roller coasters.
Due to the high air speeds and thus risk of an impact with airborne particulates
or insets, all riders are required to wear safety glasses.
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Ferrari
World Abu Dhabi
is a mostly indoors amusement park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates.
Ferrari
World is
covered by a gigantic free-formed roof with a surface area of approximately 2,000,000
square feet. The Ferrari World roof would cover the Vatican City in
Rome. If the Ferrari World building was stood on its end it would be tallest man-made
structure in the world at over 300 stories. The Ferrari shield logo on the
roof measures 213 feet in length and covers an area of 32,000 square feet.
Ferrari
World Abu Dhabi has the record for the largest space frame structure ever
built.
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| FERRARI WORLD ABU DHABI |
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The Hunts Point Cooperative Market Inc. is a cooperative owned by its member stockholders. The company operates and maintains a facility in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx for its member shareholders and other tenants, all of which are primarily involved in the process and distribution of meat and meat products in the tri-state area. The facility is the largest of its kind in the world and is the major distribution hub for the New York City metro area. ·
Approximately
2400 employees work in the Hunts Point Coop Market ·
The
market was originally built in 1972 as a 40-acre facility with 6 buildings
but now is over 60 acres with 7 buildings ·
The
Coop consists of 52 companies that process and distribute meat and meat
products in just under one million square feet. |
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| HUNTS POINT COOPERATIVE 2008 |
