MelRock You are correct.
MelRock You are correct.
The stadium structure will sit directly on this mud bed. The stadium is basically a slab on grade but in this case the grade is sloped. Without the mud bed, the stadium would set on the ground. The mud bed, (a relatively weaker concrete) is still stronger than the soil below.
The mud bed is there for several reasons
1 - to stabilize the slope during rainy conditions,
2 - to allow them to get back to work after a rain without tracking mud on to the steel or contaminating the joints between concrete placements
3 - to make a safer job site after rains by preventing slipping and falling by the workers.
Fellas - it's all good. Construction is like making boudin. It's the end result not how you get there. Getting there may not be pretty.
so what is the next step in the process?
Well today we see the advantages of a mud bed. It rained like the dickens yesterday afternoon about 4:00 and this morning at 7:30 they are working. If there would have been no mud bed, the site would have been a mess this morning and they would not have thought about working for at least two days.
Starting to set and tie rebar today. This will be slow and tedious it may not look like apparent progress from day to day but there will be plenty of work going on.
Obviously, the seating area is rolling along full speed ahead and should be ready before next season.
Does anyone here know when the concession/restroom and/ or visitor locker room portion will be kicked off? And how long that portion would take?
When they do the other side, will another pump need to be added?
I hope the cannon is mothballed. So aggravating and yet so common.
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