<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755741475113328481</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 07:24:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>skyscraper</category><category>Burj Dubai</category><category>Chicago</category><category>Chicago Spire</category><category>Dubai</category><category>Foster + Partners</category><category>Moscow</category><category>Russia</category><category>Russia Tower</category><category>Santiago Calatrava</category><category>Skidmore Owings and Merrill</category><category>UAE</category><category>USA</category><title>construction sites</title><description>...around the world</description><link>http://constructionsites.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755741475113328481.post-6821272613244473970</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T14:35:53.637-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chicago</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chicago Spire</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Santiago Calatrava</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">skyscraper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">USA</category><title>Chicago Spire @ foundation</title><atom:summary type="text">Chicago&#39;s buildings are known for innovative and revolutionary designs. The Chicago Spire will complement this pattern, and standing at 2,000 feet (610 m), will further transform the already changing Chicago skyline. Crane parts and construction equipment arrived at the site on June 25, 2007. The following day Shelbourne Development officially announced the first construction contract.Plans for </atom:summary><link>http://constructionsites.blogspot.com/2007/11/chicago-spire-foundation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7BpAONxXLXj0wMjrCdWwv096Pfir5Wv1qfO5ocae5kQ6xjys09getm8pdoI99QMwPZfQeQhqr_5O6LRQQoSXiRlii5U3xyI4yhlThwaiC0BVUagzGVh8LYkH3VVscSXuCPOd0QvhcLU/s72-c/chicago_spire_caissons.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755741475113328481.post-2818953141032201975</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-11T14:35:54.926-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Foster + Partners</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Moscow</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Russia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Russia Tower</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">skyscraper</category><title>Russia Tower @ foundation</title><atom:summary type="text">Moscow City Tower, currently under construction in the Moscow International Business Center, will become the tallest skyscraper in Europe and the second tallest in the world, after the Burj Dubai which is scheduled to open in 2009 at an estimated height of 818 m (2,684 ft). On 18 September 2007, the building&#39;s cornerstone was laid by Mayor Yuri Luzhkov  in an official ceremony. 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