Campus Construction

[HelmutVII]

Work being done on March 12, 2011

Clockwise from left. Second floor framing, Bancroft foundation demolition




Second floor framing of North end of Taft Street Dorm. Yellow rods at the top of the stud walls are for OSHA required railings needed when decking the third floor.



Middle section of Taft Street Dorm.



Second floor of South end of Taft Street Dorm getting decked.


Breaking up Denbo Foundation



Debris pile of Bancroft foundation, looks like they are removing everything down to about 4 or 5 feet below ground level. The round pieces of concrete are the tops of the piling for Bancroft. The materials in foreground are truss joists for the second floor ceiling of the Taft Street Dorm.

[HelmutVII]

Parking garage work on March 12, 2011

Rod busting to the right, foundation excavation in the middle and concrete placement to the left.



Rod Busting for the Parking garage foundation



Excavation for the Parking garage foundation



Placing concrete for the Parking garage foundation

[Cajunbander]

I was taking pictures of the site yesterday as well. I ran into one of the crew at the top of the stairs and he was saying they've been coming in and taking aerial shots of the site on a regular basis. I didn't think to ask him if they were or would be posting them somewhere online. It'd be cool to see.

[Turbine]

Thanks for all the updates.

Very fun to see.
igeaux.mobi

[DaddyCajun]

_ These guys can work.

Softball got the shaft . . . the other one _

The First Softball crew issued the Shaft .........the crew they have now has been doing great!!!

[HelmutVII]

Overview of work as of March 19, 2011 More framing on Taft Street Dorm, final debris removal of Denbo and site prep for Tulane Ave Dorm (8912)




North end of Taft Dorm, 3rd floor decking should start soon.



Middle section of Taft Street Dorm



South End of Taft Street Dorm



D. H. Griffin Demolition equipment running out of things to do.



Last pile of debris from Denbo demolition



Wind rowing soil to dry it out. Starting to do site prep on the north end of Tulane Ave. Dorm.

[HelmutVII]

Parking garage work as of March 19, 2011

Major foundation work is just about complete,




First level parking pad. Stacks of insulated pipe are for chilled water for AC to credit union (I guess).



New Credit Union location



Layout lines for foundation walls in Parking garage.

[Zeebart21]

That is awesome progress. Can we maybe send just 2 of those guys to finish the softball field??

Z

[HelmutVII]

The guys doing the work can't get it done without the right guys in the job shack and then the right guys in the Lemoine and Juneau corporate offices. It's a project management thing. Also, this being done with private funds, things get done much easier.

Unfortunately, the softball stadium is a different thing all together. I still say there is something going on there that does not meet the eye (I'm thinking politics or bureaucracy). I fear Al Lamson is turning over in his grave because he was a "get 'r done" type of person. Granted the final product will be very nice, but there is no reason for the work to take as long as it has.

[Cajun1997]

Being out of state, I really love seeing the progress going on. Thanks for the great pictures.

[HelmutVII]

Continued good weather allowed for significant progress since last week. Starting 3rd floor framing of Taft Street Dorm. I stand by my previous prediction of floor framing being finished by mid to late April if weather holds. D H Griffin Demolition equipment moved out on Wednesday 3/22/11. Hauling in dirt for Tulane Avenue Dorm




North End of Taft Street Dorm





Middle section of Taft Street dorm



South end of Taft Street dorm


Watch your step




Carpentry Foreman


Lunch Break.

[HelmutVII]

Parking Garage work as of March 26, 2011. Getting ready for placing concrete for the Credit Union slab and continued work on getting the foundation out of the ground.





Credit union slab waiting for concrete.





Riding concrete trowels. Shame on them for allowing concrete blocks to support the wire mesh Tisk Tisk.



New Chilled water lines to Angelle Hall