Quad Reconstruction

[BlueDawg]

Damn, talk about hitting the delete button! Was a complete reconstruction necessary? Hopefully they didn't have to remove any old oaks

[cajun4life]

Damn, talk about hitting the delete button! Was a complete reconstruction necessary? Hopefully they didn't have to remove any old oaks

They took all of the Oaks out and will plant Lob-lolly Pine hoping that will get us to Tier I like our little brother up north.

[HelmutVII]

I wonder if anyone, at the very least, gets a bad performance review for designing a project, and then years later is determined to be poorly designed with a complete demolition necessary. (i.e., brick pavers)

The problem was they made a mistake attaching the pavers to a sidewalk. The sidewalk was never intended to have pavers and the did not adhere properly to the concrete sidewalk below. The quad never drained well and got worse when they added the additional sidewalks and the plaza in the middle. It looks like they are addressing the drainage issue with this project.

[BlueDawg]

They took all of the Oaks out and will plant Lob-lolly Pine hoping that will get us to Tier I like our little brother up north.

ULM isn't Tier 1...

[Boomer]

ULM isn't Tier 1...

----lil doggie your family tree is not to be admired!!!

[BlueDawg]

Wha? As always, I gotta ask you..We on the same page Boomz?

[HelmutVII]

More drainage an utility work on the quad. The weather is really giving this job fits.



The white pipe is drain pipe yet to be installed.

[basinbear]

Damn, talk about hitting the delete button! Was a complete reconstruction necessary? Hopefully they didn't have to remove any old oaks

Nope....there were no Oaks in the Quad

[Turbine]

Nope....there were no Oaks in the Quad

This is true. It has been home to a bunch of square shapes though.

Football fields a baseball field, and even a cotton field.

[HelmutVII]

They have finally got to the point where all of the underground work is just about finished. This winter weather has given them fits. This project just like the parking garage will start to see above ground work pretty soon and progress will be easier to track. This is a view from the overhead walk between Moody hall and F G Mouton Hall.

[HelmutVII]

Not too much progress on this project.

[alum81]

Hold up. They didn't tear up my brick did they?

[HelmutVII]

Chances are, it came up on it's own. The bricks were falling apart and the quad was, shall we say, dated. They will replace your brick but instead of a paver, it will be a full depth brick imbedded in a sand bed over a concrete base. It will be much better.

[cajunhawk]

Chances are, it came up on it's own. The bricks were falling apart and the quad was, shall we say, dated. They will replace your brick but instead of a paver, it will be a full depth brick imbedded in a sand bed over a concrete base. It will be much better.

That sounds fancy...gone are the days were people would go and take their brick...I know several people who have done so.

[ZoomZoom]

I know in the flow of construction, this would have been an added cost, but a week's window and, oh let's say $5 a pop, I would have gladly chiseled out my brick as I'm sure others. Just sayin'....