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10 Interesting Construction Facts - Iconic Buildings Edition
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Kevin Forestell
November 9, 2021

10 Interesting Construction Facts - Iconic Buildings Edition

We love a good fact and we love an iconic building. The world is full of some amazing structures with interesting stories. Here are some of the coolest facts about interesting buildings from around the world. 

1. Hidden Hallways at Disney

Utilidors at (utility corridors) are located underneath Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. This means the theme park is actually on the second floor.

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2. Lady Liberty 

The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons. That's the weight of
 a 14 and a half D6 dozers.

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3. Building In Space Takes Patience

It took 10 years to build the International Space Station and more than 30 missions to assemble it.

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4. Efficient Pouring in Seattle

It took 467 cement trucks one full day to fill the foundation for the Seattle Space Needle.

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5. A Man-Made Iconic Structure

The Palm Islands in Dubai took six years and seven million tons of rock to build.

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6. Gold-Metal Worth Building

The London Olympic Stadium was built using over 6,500 cubic meters of concrete recycled from other Olympic venues.

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7. The City of Light's Iconic Tower

It takes 50 tons of signature 
“Eiffel Tower brown” paint to 
entirely repaint the tower.

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8. Record-Breaking - In an Unexpected Way

The Newby-McMahon Building is the World’s Smallest Skyscraper (40 feet tall).

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9. A Swaying Building

In high winds, the top of the CN Tower can sway up to 1/2 a meter.

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10. Overcoming Obstacles

There is a 16-floor office building
 in Fukushima-ku, Japan that has a
 highway off-ramp running right through it. The highway was built first and it was an incredible
 construction feat to build the building around it.

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Interesting Facts

The world is full of interesting and iconic buildings. These are just a few facts about some of our favorites. 

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Kevin Forestell
Kevin Forestell is CEO of DOZR and one of the co-founders. Kevin first got started as an entrepreneur when he founded Forestell Landscaping right after graduating from University. His love and passion for the industry and desire to help solve an equipment problem that contractors faced every day is what brought the founding team to start DOZR. Kevin is proud of the level of efficiency brought to the industry through DOZR and hopes that DOZR will help change the standard way equipment is rented.
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