The Building of Russo Park at Louisiana

[CajunAmos]

Thought this would be a different perspective for ya'll.

[HelmutVII]

It also looks like there are pipes out of the ground outside of the poured concrete footprint. This makes me wonder if the actual outer brick wall will be a bigger footprint than the current concrete would indicate.

They could be clean outs. Code requires that one be placed on wastewater lines within about 6 feet of exiting a building.

I see that they have placed the bar joists for the second level. Once they put the decking on we won't be able to see much.

[LaCajunsFan]

Thought this would be a different perspective for ya'll.

Great pics....thanks for sharing.

And some awesome cantilevering going on there too.....that always intrigues me. Helmut: can you shed some light on how expensive that can be, other limitations, etc.?

[RaisingCajun08]

Is that the entire covered area for the grandstand? I thought the entire grandstand would be under cover. From the looks of the beams, only a few rows will be covered.

[CajunAmos]

Is that the entire covered area for the grandstand? I thought the entire grandstand would be under cover. From the looks of the beams, only a few rows will be covered.

I don't recall Tony saying the entire grandstand would be covered. I do remember them saying they were going to have the largest covering the structure could support.

[wcd35]

Is that the entire covered area for the grandstand? I thought the entire grandstand would be under cover. From the looks of the beams, only a few rows will be covered.

It's going to look like the renderings. You can only cantilever out so far but it was designed to go out as far as possible.

No amount of cover will help most people on day games since the grandstand faces south but it should be a lot more shaded seats than before

[CajunJack55]

It's going to look like the renderings. You can only cantilever out so far but it was designed to go out as far as possible.

No amount of cover will help most people on day games since the grandstand faces south but it should be a lot more shaded seats than before

Looking at renderings it looks like there will be some cover over the bleacher seats as well which will be nice. Most will be over the concourse area but should still help produce some shade.

[CajunAlum10]

Why is it that the structure is being built up completely on the center and right sides but they don't have anything yet for the left side? I'm sure there's a construction reason for this, anyone know?

[CajunAmos]

Why is it that the structure is being built up completely on the center and right sides but they don't have anything yet for the left side? I'm sure there's a construction reason for this, anyone know?

Pretty sure Helmut posited that they had to keep an right of way to get the large crane out of the complex as it would damage the concrete were it to pass over it.

[wcd35]

Why is it that the structure is being built up completely on the center and right sides but they don't have anything yet for the left side? I'm sure there's a construction reason for this, anyone know?

Are you asking why they're doing steel work on the 3B side but not the 1B side? If that's what you are getting at, I assume it's a pretty logical progression on the project. They couldn't pour the whole slab for the entire structure at once so they did one side first then the next. Once the first slab was set, they got the steel work going while other guys did the concrete on the 1B side. So, one side will lag slightly time-wise. It really doesn't matter what goes up when, I'd imagine. There will always be something for them to work on.

Also, like CajunAmos said, they did leave a large gap in the slab to get the crane out on the 1B side. That won't stop them from putting steel up though I think

[HelmutVII]

Great pics....thanks for sharing.

And some awesome cantilevering going on there too.....that always intrigues me. Helmut: can you shed some light on how expensive that can be, other limitations, etc.?

It's all a function of money.

[HelmutVII]

Are you asking why they're doing steel work on the 3B side but not the 1B side? If that's what you are getting at, I assume it's a pretty logical progression on the project. They couldn't pour the whole slab for the entire structure at once so they did one side first then the next. Once the first slab was set, they got the steel work going while other guys did the concrete on the 1B side. So, one side will lag slightly time-wise. It really doesn't matter what goes up when, I'd imagine. There will always be something for them to work on.

Also, like CajunAmos said, they did leave a large gap in the slab to get the crane out on the 1B side. That won't stop them from putting steel up though I think

Yes. What they are doing is compressing the critical path.