Roberts later confirmed that he and Giddings began working their way up the Tower inspecting key junction boxes as the dignitaries gathered on the Tower steps to begin the inauguration ceremony at 7.00pm. Pic 1 - The location of the Glass Tower in the heart of the Union Square district Upon inspection Roberts discovered that the wiring inside was well below the standard he had requested in his original specifications. A junction box in the Tower’s basement power room had blown. The Tower’s Chief Engineer John Callahan had confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle just days after the disaster that both he, Principal Architect Doug Roberts and the Clerk of Works Will Giddings had discovered the defective wiring at around lunchtime on the 14 th December. What he told the gathered press merely confirmed the rumours that were already circulating the fire was a result of faulty wiring throughout the Glass Tower. The press conference at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday morning gave a platform for Lead Fire Investigator Matthew Abbott to share his first report following two weeks of thorough inspections of the building and initial interviews with those caught up in the events on 14 th December. On 14 th December the naysayers got their answer. Yet it was still a mystery how the building came in so far under budget and seemingly completed to standard. With the company eyeing up the lucrative national urban renewal contract, some in the industry questioned whether such frugality was aimed directly at the government body chosen to award the contract.
With the estimated budget closer to $180million many were left stupefied when Duncan Enterprise released their final estimated construction total five days before the buildings inauguration. And he has only one goal: Destroy the woman who humiliated and rejected him.At a cost of $110million dollars and with a construction time of 3 years and 4 months, the Glass Tower broke more than just the world’s tallest structure record. For she is locked in a dungeon to await trial.īut there will not be any trial… Her fate now rests in the hands of Torquemada. To free herself from his grip, she pushes him, causing him to fall from the tower to his death. Enraged by this public humiliation, her father rushes to chastise her. When Isabel’s inebriate father proudly and publicly announces that he has given her hand in marriage to his aristocratic friend, she violently refuses – insulting both her father and their host. There, she will meet the man her father has chosen to be her husband: Torquemada – the lord of the land around her and the palace. Isabel is called to her father’s side at the high tower in a palace.
It is into this world that Isabel is accused of a horrible crime. And yet, even amidst this hope, there is still the horror of the Inquisition. The year is 1501… The world is changing after a great discovery of strange and exciting new lands beyond the horizon.
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