Campus Construction

[Cajunbander]

_ Just don't try to sell po boys, because you would have trouble competing with Old Tyme across the street _

Oh course not! haha, I wouldn't commit that blasphemy!

[HelmutVII]

Lots of work today 1/29/11. Pumping concrete for perimeter footings, excavation for interior footings, more plumbing, electrical rough in all for Dorm No. 1 Dirt hauling for the new parking garage.



Bancroft Demolition






Pumping concrete for perimeter footings for Dorm No. 1. The stack of material in the foreground are "Symons forms" a metal form that they will use to for the slab.



Excavation for interior footings. Electrical rough in is being done (the gray pipes sticking up in the lower left of the photo)



Replacing poor soils under the area of the old Credit Union building. the soil was full of debris. This could be a change order if they were not anticipating this. You never know what to expect when you start digging in the ground. They were hauling dirt today in anticipation of rain tomorrow.



I did notice that they had light towers on the site. Looks like they are anticipating working at night.

[ulforlife]

Lemoine is putting together a good plan and executing it well

[CajunSaint]

_ Back in the day the area where Griffin and Rougeou Halls are was called Little Abbeville. It was a collection of World War II buildings used to instruct those in the military V12 (I think) program. Where Fletcher Hall is, was the Baseball Field. Beyond that was the hinterlands that was married student housing, maintenance, the male dorms and Martin Dining hall. _

the "hinterlands" also included "vet village."

[HelmutVII]

_ Lemoine is putting together a good plan and executing it well _

Yes they are. They also have good subs. I noticed last week that they had about 30% to 40% of the area for Dorm No. 1 covered with visqueen so it would not get too wet during the rains. If a path is muddy, they use some of the broken concrete from Bancroft to make a road. The concrete pumper truck was on a pad of broken concrete from Bancroft. If they can do something to make things progress they will do it.

This is polar opposite to the contractor building the new softball complex. That guy is a joke!!! Being happy with that contractor would be the same thing as being happy with the caterer delivering food for your daughters wedding one month late, and still having to pay for it.

[Zeebart21]

_ Yes they are. They also have good subs. I noticed last week that they had about 30% to 40% of the area for Dorm No. 1 covered with visqueen so it would not get too wet during the rains. If a path is muddy, they use some of the broken concrete from Bancroft to make a road. The concrete pumper truck was on a pad of broken concrete from Bancroft. If they can do something to make things progress they will do it.

This is polar opposite to the contractor building the new softball complex. That guy is a joke!!! Being happy with that contractor would be the same thing as being happy with the caterer delivering food for your daughters wedding one month late, and still having to pay for it. _

[Cajunbander]

I dunno about working at night. There's a lot of residential around the site. I know that a lot of lighting got taken out when they demo'ed the Credit Union. I'm around Anglle a lot, between band (not really anymore) and my fraternity (we meet in Angelle Hall on Sunday nights). There are ALWAYS students around Angelle Hall. Everyone in the music dept has card access to the building 24/7, so there's always students practicing and I have a bunch of friends who, since the internet in the dorms suck, go to Angelle to get online. Last week, with no lights back there, it was extremely dark. I noticed earlier that they had lights installed on the corner of Angelle. The lights might simply be for safety reasons. (Also, the cameras they installed around the building might be worthless without lighting.)

Also, while getting sources for a section on UL's Wikipedia entry for the campus expansions, I found a webcam set up overlooking the work site. It's on UL's housing website:

http://housing.louisiana.edu/residence/taft-hall.shtml

[HelmutVII]

_ I dunno about working at night. There's a lot of residential around the site. I know that a lot of lighting got taken out when they demo'ed the Credit Union.

Also, while getting sources for a section on UL's Wikipedia entry for the campus expansions, I found a webcam set up overlooking the work site. It's on UL's housing website:

http://housing.louisiana.edu/residence/taft-hall.shtml _

Lack of lighting is why they brought in some light towers.

I noticed the camera too, I figured they would have a web cam.

[Cajunbander]

I betcha one could get a really good deal on these "slightly" used mattresses!

[BrockMeaux]

_ I betcha one could get a really good deal on these "slightly" used mattresses!

_

We call them "gently used" in the mattress game.

[HelmutVII]

The foundation crew for the parking garage started to move equipment in today. Looks like they will use Berkel pressure grouted piles. It ought to be interesting to see.

[Cajunbander]

I don't know about Berkel ground piles or anything like that, all I know is that they moved in a big ole crane this afternoon. I's assume they're about to start driving some foundation piles in.