Campus Construction

[HelmutVII]

More work being done on February 12. Clockwise from lower left. Placing concrete for Taft Street dorm slab. More salvage and demolition work on Denbo and Bancroft. Plumbing and foundation work on Taft Street Dorm.



Dirt hauling for new parking garage. In with the good and out with the bad.



Placing concrete for Taft Street Dorm. The grid in the foreground are post tensioning cables.


Salvaging rebar



Big pile of salvaged rebar and other metals



BFDBH getting ready to work while back hoe in the rear is clearing a work place.



BFDBH doing its job. Cloud of dust is from about 4 floors of Denbo coming down. The ground shook.



Tying rebar cages for the auger cast piles to be placed under the new parking garage. Lumber in the background is for the Taft Street Dorm.



I'm thinking they will do a load test on the test pile this week and then they will start with the Parking garage foundation.

[leeman]

Are you taking these above ground shots from another building?... Great photo's!....

[HelmutVII]

Work progress from January 2, 2011



To today February 12, 2011 just six weeks later.



A tremendous effort by all involved. The contract is a joint effort by Lemoine and Juneau construction. The only thing you can say is that they are busting butt.

[HelmutVII]

_ Are you taking these above ground shots from another building?... Great photo's!.... _

Thanks.

There is an exterior stair on the new parking garage that is four levels high. You can see the entire work site from there. With a zoom lens I can get pretty good close ups.

It's pretty easy for me to understand whats going on being involved in construction since 1976. I know most of the local contractors on the site.

[Turbine]

Those guys don't mess around, and neither does HelmutVII

Thanks

[RedTails]

Lol. Workers were able to bring down two immense dormitories in nearly 6 weeks, yet they're still renovating the clock tower above Stephen's Hall since the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester. Anyone know what they're doing with that? Just giving it a face-lift, or are they planning to get the clock working again?

[nathancpike]

_ Lol. Workers were able to bring down two immense dormitories in nearly 6 weeks, yet they're still renovating the clock tower above Stephen's Hall since the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester. Anyone know what they're doing with that? Just giving it a face-lift, or are they planning to get the clock working again? _

Dr. Savoie wrote a blog a few days ago about all the construction going on around campus. He said the bell tower was almost fully functional again.

[RedTails]

_ Dr. Savoie wrote a blog a few days ago about all the construction going on around campus. He said the bell tower was almost fully functional again. _

Nice, thanks!

[Cajunbander]

_ Dr. Savoie wrote a blog a few days ago about all the construction going on around campus. He said the bell tower was almost fully functional again. _

I noticed after class the other day that all the scaffolding around it had been taken down. If they're not done, they're probably pretty close to it.

[awadelewis]

The electronic chimes in the bell tower have been working for about a year. The folks in the Computing Center reprogrammed it to play the Fight Song on Fridays during football season. Have to talk with them to see if they'll do it again this spring for Wear Red days during baseball season.

[HelmutVII]

The last part of Denbo was demolished today. February 13, 2011



The concrete finishers completed yesterdays placement after dark. Finished concrete slab is lower left. They are continuing to place foundation rebar in the middle section. Looks like they may be placing concrete about Wednesday. The plumbers are trying to stay ahead in the third section.

[BrockMeaux]

Those guys are out of control. I love it.

I say after they finish in July/August, I say we tell them to pack up and relocate to the Tigue and tell them to do whatever they can. They'll have the whole stadium renovated and upgraded by the end of September at the rate they're moving on the dorms.