A little closer view.......

[Turbine]

I was hoping it could be hidden.

Emergency access for Swamp Pump replacement, perhaps?

[CajunFan3406]

Yea man---Looks so good but I would love to know what the buildings are---like what is rest rooms and what are concessions and why a gate except for maybe recruits and families to enter through----It would be so cool if Helmut could get a copy of the plans and take us through them----I know that we can't vote in Vermilion Saturday but just wondering what will be decided???

Granted I'm only looking at the schematic design package, but I'm not seeing seats where the pump room is located.

Also there will be men's R/R, women's R/R, and concessions in each building.

[HelmutVII]

Well that's a start for the rebar. They will need much more before the job is done. Every one of those bundles has a tag on it. The tag identifies the bar with a specific mark. That mark corresponds to the location for that bar. The location was determined in the design, the design needed to be approved and reviewed. The design was used to make detail drawings, the detail drawings were reviewed and approved. The detail drawings were sent to the fabricator, then the fabricator had to cut and bend each bar to the specified lengths and radii. The bars were placed into bundles and shipped to the site. This work was started last fall and now we have the first few loads of rebar on site. (I left out a few steps but you get the idea). The fabricator is probably still cutting and bending rebar for this project. Now do you understand why it takes so long. You can't just build something from a pretty picture. A pretty picture gives you none of this.

Now the fun begins, the rod busters can't start busting rods until the ground is placed to the proper grade AND everything that needs to go under the concrete is placed AND the mud bed is placed. THEN, the rod busters can get to work placing every rod in the correct location at the correct spacing with the correct tie and the correct overlap. Anybody want to go give it a try.

After the rods are tied and placed then the form work begins and the concrete is placed. Once they get it started it will go pretty quickly because the rod busters are not the form setters or the concrete finishers. The busters need to get ahead of the form setters which need to get ahead of the finishers. The first two placements will be the hardest, once they learn the routine they will be able to get in a groove.

I was involved in the construction of the Southpark and Northpark water towers. The steel tank was placed atop a hollow concrete column. The concrete was placed in 10 foot lifts. Concrete was placed in the afternoon, forms were wrecked and jumped the NEXT MORNING, it took the rest of that day and the early part of the next to tie steel and secure the forms and concrete was place that afternoon. We could get at least two jumps a week sometimes three. It was pretty exciting and dangerous work. You really had to trust the crew working over 100 feet above you not to drop a big hammer or pry bar. If they did, a hard hat wasn't going to help.

[Cajunjeb]

I am looking at the construction cam and I see darkness with white specs at 9:17am. Did the sun bypass Lafayette today?

[Boomer]

I am looking at the construction cam and I see darkness with white specs at 9:17am. Did the sun bypass Lafayette today?

----no but on April 15th there is going to be a huge ___ eclipse!!! And it is going to be CAjun Red-----btw this is not a joke!!!

[HelmutVII]

I am looking at the construction cam and I see darkness with white specs at 9:17am. Did the sun bypass Lafayette today?

It's "fixing to rain like a cow peeing on a flat rock"

[Cajunjeb]

It's "fixing to rain like a cow peeing on a flat rock"

Thanks! Trying to get the visual out of my head!

[Bandwagon King]

This work was started last fall and now we have the first few loads of rebar on site.

This is a very good sign for the average though. As you said, it tells us this project really has been in the pipe for months to have this much rebar ready to go. Not being familiar with heavy commercial construction, I was thinking there might be a pretty long wait between the initial groundwork & concrete work. Seeing this rebar & reading what you are writing, would it be safe to assume that pretty much as soon as the sub flooring support work & plumbing electrcity, etc. is finished, they'll be able to jump on using up that rebar & start forming & pouring right away? If this is the case then it is only a matter of getting mother nature to cooperate for this part of the project to easily be showcased by game one? Am I getting to excited? Please let us know if you think we should trim our expectation level on this project.

[Frenchie35]

Yea man---Looks so good but I would love to know what the buildings are---like what is rest rooms and what are concessions and why a gate except for maybe recruits and families to enter through----It would be so cool if Helmut could get a copy of the plans and take us through them----I know that we can't vote in Vermilion Saturday but just wondering what will be decided???

I will say that the finial product will look nothing like what you see in this poster. This is just something to appease the fan.....

[Frenchie35]

The kids would have a blast sliding down the south end zone hill now.......