Is that a construction cam?

[Guidry3]

Can someone go turn the construction cam to the left slightly so I can watch spring "game" while I'm at work?!?!

[HelmutVII]

Now the fun begins. they will probably spend the next day or two to do layout work, form construction and tying steel. I would hope that they have been tying steel while the mud bed was being placed. They are in good shape right now because the mud bed has basically got them "out of the weather". They will then go through the process of, tying steel, setting forms and placing concrete, over and over again until they make it to the top. Once they get about two or three placements done, we can get a pretty good idea of the pace. However, as they get higher the bowl gets bigger and progress may seam to slow as they get to the top.

[Frenchie35]

Helmut, explain the area by the student side. Why does the slab show to be somewhat lower then the rest of the area. You can see at the top that the slab is lower than the cement walkway. It don't same to be level at all......

[MelRock]

Helmut, explain the area by the student side. Why does the slab show to be somewhat lower then the rest of the area. You can see at the top that the slab is lower than the cement walkway. It don't same to be level at all......

I am not Helmut, but that is not the final height of the slab, they still have to build up the steps and sections that the seating will sit on.

[CajunRebel]

Now the fun begins. they will probably spend the next day or two to do layout work, form construction and tying steel. I would hope that they have been tying steel while the mud bed was being placed. They are in good shape right now because the mud bed has basically got them "out of the weather". They will then go through the process of, tying steel, setting forms and placing concrete, over and over again until they make it to the top. Once they get about two or three placements done, we can get a pretty good idea of the pace. However, as they get higher the bowl gets bigger and progress may seam to slow as they get to the top.

So are the stands going to sit directly over these mud beds? I was expecting there would be some sort of foundation work for such a heavy structure.

[HelmutVII]

Helmut, explain the area by the student side. Why does the slab show to be somewhat lower then the rest of the area. You can see at the top that the slab is lower than the cement walkway. It don't same to be level at all......

The mud bed is just a base for them to work off of and has nothing to do with the final elevation of the stadium. The low points were at the Burke Joints that they used to set grade and screed the mud bed to. The low points you are talking about happen only at the curve of the walk. Where the walk is straight thee are no low points. It really is no big deal that there are low points that's just how they decided to do it.

[HelmutVII]

MelRock You are correct.

[HelmutVII]

So are the stands going to sit directly over these mud beds? I was expecting there would be some sort of foundation work for such a heavy structure.

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.

[RaginDave]

so what is the next step in the process?

[BeauCajun]

so what is the next step in the process?

See post #206.

[HelmutVII]

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.

[cajunfan337]

so what is the next step in the process?

I think mix the rice with the spices.