Student Union Construction.

[HelmutVII]

Corona Hall getting busted.

Here it comes.



Another bite



There she goes.



There is an active transformer to the left of the photo that they have to be careful of. There is another active transformer next to where Guillory Hall was. So they can't just go in there and start busting up things like crazy. They also have to do debris control. If they don't they will have a hard time moving around. I would suspect that by next weekend they will be well into Olivier hall. That will be even more restricted because they have Cypress lake getting closer as they move to the western end of the building.

The guy operating the demolition back hoe doesn't stop. He is like the energizer bunny. Although I think he hasn't figured out that if he grabs a big hunk of concrete with his bucket while he is hitting the building it will give the bucket more mass.

[LaCajunsFan]

Yep, I thought the same thing.....that guy has been working hard all day.....rarely stops! Are the transformers the reason they didn't just blast them down? The location in general? I think most of us thought they would do the abatement, maybe strip it down some, then just blow them down. This looks to be much more labor intensive.

[HelmutVII]

Yep, I thought the same thing.....that guy has been working hard all day.....rarely stops! Are the transformers the reason they didn't just blast them down? The location in general? I think most of us thought they would do the abatement, maybe strip it down some, then just blow them down. This looks to be much more labor intensive.

They don't demolish small buildings like this with explosives. These guys are taking every bit of the material from these buildings and recycling the steel, concrete, copper and aluminum. This is where their profit is and they are squeezing as much out of it as possible.

As of now they are about 50% through old Corona. I would suspect they will be finished by this afternoon.

[Turbine]

HelmutVII if I could pay you for your informative pictures and explanations I would.

Someday I will find a tangible way to thank you.

Until then, thank you.

[LaCajunsFan]

They don't demolish small buildings like this with explosives. These guys are taking every bit of the material from these buildings and recycling the steel, concrete, copper and aluminum. This is where their profit is and they are squeezing as much out of it as possible.

As of now they are about 50% through old Corona. I would suspect they will be finished by this afternoon.

Ah, I've learned something new about construction yet again.....thx.
And to some people it must be like watching paint dry, but i have a hard time tearing myself away from it, lol.
I took a short, 50 sec video of it from Hebrard blvd this morning, but it won't let me post it.
Another thing I learned is that although it looked like it had a flat roof, it actually a had steel-trussed pitch roof to it....it was just concealed from view.

[HelmutVII]

HelmutVII if I could pay you for your informative pictures and explanations I would.

Someday I will find a tangible way to thank you.

Until then, thank you.

It's all good.

[HelmutVII]

Old Corona is down. They will have several days of work to remove debris and general clean up. I would suspect they will start on old Olivier hall on Thursday or Friday of this coming week.

[AstroCajun]

Any word on when the old USL bulldog mosaic will be reinstalled at the union?

Last I heard it was saved and they were trying to find a place for it.

[LaCajunsFan]

Any word on when the old USL bulldog mosaic will be reinstalled at the union?

Last I heard it was saved and they were trying to find a place for it.

Yeah, that's what I've been told, Someone on FB had posted about 2 months ago that they had seen it, but when I searched for it I couldn't find it. So I then asked someone at the info desk, who called someone and I was told that it is not installed yet, but safe and secure waiting to be re-hung. I was going to contact someone higher up but never did.

[HelmutVII]

Corona Hall hasn't looked this good in a long time. Or as Yoda would say "Ugly no more forever".



View of the new student union opening up.



Piles of different materials waiting to be recycled.

[LaCajunsFan]

And I hope those pine trees go next....

[SlappyCajun]

And I hope those pine trees go next....

Perhaps we could relocate the softball oak trees.