Nice work, Helmut!
Nice work, Helmut!
thanks for the insight.
I agree totally, I just think that they should NEVER give a date until the hired experts and all involved have worked out all the changes and come up with a start date. Saying it will be ready in the Fall is a 3 month swing!!! I hope like everyone the stadium portion is ready before the first home game in 2014!
If they would be under construction now they would not be able to do much of anything because of the bad weather. Everybody would be freaking out because there would be no progress. I still feel comfortable with my guess that they would start in March. If they can do that they can finish in time for the first game. Lets hope we don't get a rash of tropical storms this summer. That could really mess up their schedule.
You point about them giving dates is valid and illustrates that they don't know that they don't know. Because, if they did, they would never say such things.
we might be freaking out because the weather delays would make it difficult to meet the completion deadline but we are smart enough to realize that weather cannot be controlled. (Having said that criticism of the delays in starting somuch later than their original proclamations would be legitimate criticisms.)
How much of this work can be done around the clock to amke opening day & what do you think the odds are of them doing it around the clock to make it happen? I mean it would be a huge monster shot in the arm to lhave the stadium ready by opening day & the place would certainly sell out. It would be like the Cajundome was the year the mitchell boy played for St. Martinville in the top 28. Everybody would be glad they had their tickets early.
They can easily run two shifts. All they have to do is turn on the lights. Large concrete placements usually start between 2:00 A.M. and 4:00 A.M. Uninterrupted delivery of concrete is important with large placements. Starting early in the morning means less traffic for the transit trucks to fight. Temperatures for placement are much better in the early morning also. Concrete finishing starts after sun rise so the finishers can see better. If they start later in the day concrete finishing happens after sun set and they have to finish in artificial light which has more shadows than sun light. The finishers can't see as well in artificial light.
If they start in March they will have plenty of time to finish by the first game even without night time work. Plenty of work has been done already (off site) and I would bet there is plenty rebar bending happening now. Depending on the job, rebar bending needs to happen at least 6 to 8 weeks before it is needed on the project so they have enough ahead of them so they don't run out of rebar. Before rebar bending is detail drawing approval. Before detail drawing approval is detail drawing. Before detail drawing is final plan approval. Before final plan approval is final plan designing and drawing. Before before final plan designing and drawing is geotechnical investigation. Geotechnical investigation happened back in December (I think. There was a thread that mentioned Geotech equipment at the stadium).
Fantastic insight and info. Thanks
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