RSA Battle House Tower

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building_name = RSA Battle House Tower


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location = 11 North Water Street
Mobile, Alabama, USA
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status = Completed
groundbreaking = 7 November 2003
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opening = 11 May 2007
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antenna_spire = convert|745|ft|m|0
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floor_count = 35
elevator_count = 20
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floor_area = convert|570000|sqft|m2|0
architect = TVS Associates
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owner = Retirement Systems of Alabama
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references = cite web|title="Building Specs"|work="RSA Battle House Tower website"|url=http://www.battlehousetower.com/building_specs.html|accessdate=2007-12-08] cite web|title="RSA Battle House Tower"|work="Emporis"|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102429|accessdate=2007-12-08] The RSA Battle House Tower is located in Mobile, Alabama and is Alabama's tallest building. The building is owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA). It is the tallest on the Gulf Coast of the United States outside of Houston, Texas. It replaces the Wachovia Building in Birmingham as the tallest building in Alabama. The building is named for the neighboring Battle House Hotel, which is now part of the tower complex. The Battle House Hotel was restored and renovated as part of the the tower project.

Construction

The building began with foundation slab concrete being poured during the weekend of 7 November 2003. The foundation slab is over convert|7|ft|m|1 thick, with just over convert|5|ft|m|1 of it resting below the natural water table of downtown Mobile. The spire, installed by a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter on Saturday, 16 September 2006, brought the building to its finished height of convert|745|ft|m|0."Helicopter to place crowning point on Alabama's tallest skyscraper." The Press-Register, Mobile, AL. September 15, 2006] During construction, 5 hurricanes affected Mobile, causing delays in the construction of this building: Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan in 2004, plus Hurricane Cindy, Hurricane Dennis, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Facilities

The tower consists of 25 office floors, 3 lobby floors, 4 hotel floors, and 1 service floor, together with 20 elevators and convert|570000|sqft|m2|0 of column-free floorspace. The lighted crown is visible from convert|30|mi|km|0 away along Mobile Bay on a clear night.

Gallery

Interstate 10 eastbound.
Fort Condé in downtown Mobile.

References

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102429 RSA Battle House Tower at Emporis]
* [http://www.michaelmastro.com/photo_rsa-rooftop.html Photographs of the RSA Tower rooftop]