The Building of Russo Park at Louisiana

[HelmutVII]

Looks like they are finishing up with the backfill of the footings placed this week and are moving on to the section to camera right.

[LouisianaB]

They are backfilling between the footings now. They have moved the forms to the right of the camera and will be doing footings in that area. We will not be able to see what they are doing because of the way the camera is set up. The next thing to do directly in front of the camera is the Slab on Grade. This will happen after the finish with the footings to the right of the camera screen. When the finish with the slab on grade I will be able to get an idea of they schedule.

Im working on getting the schedule. Stand by.

[Cajun90]

Looks like they are finishing up with the backfill of the footings placed this week and are moving on to the section to camera right.

Got a little more info. The stadium will be structural steel supports with pre-cast concrete. I'm not positive but reading between the lines I think it might be a hybrid system by Dant-Clayton. It has been used extensively in other projects. This should allow for a quicker buildout over an all cast in place build. Steel should start going up in approximately two weeks if the weather holds and no issues arise with the SOG. Once steel goes up I think they are going to try and get a better idea on the true timeline.

[moorecajun]

It will be really interesting to see what ULL does for early-season home series. Ballpark won’t be ready, but sounds like LSU is an option.

— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) October 7, 2016

Please don't kill him. He knows not what he says

That's right.

lsu is NEVER AN OPTION!

[HelmutVII]

Got a little more info. The stadium will be structural steel supports with pre-cast concrete. I'm not positive but reading between the lines I think it might be a hybrid system by Dant-Clayton. It has been used extensively in other projects. This should allow for a quicker buildout over an all cast in place build. Steel should start going up in approximately two weeks if the weather holds and no issues arise with the SOG. Once steel goes up I think they are going to try and get a better idea on the true timeline.

I figured as much by looking at the timeline previously made available. I just need a hard point on the ground to get a fix on where we are in the process.

[CajunAmos]

I figured as much by looking at the timeline previously made available. I just need a hard point on the ground to get a fix on where we are in the process.

So I'm assuming slab on grade is what it sounds like. They will backfill all the areas between the forms (compacting I'd guess?), form up the slab for the whole structure, and pour? What would be the typical thickness for a slab of this type?

[HelmutVII]

So I'm assuming slab on grade is what it sounds like. They will backfill all the areas between the forms (compacting I'd guess?), form up the slab for the whole structure, and pour? What would be the typical thickness for a slab of this type?

Typically 4 to 6 inches depending on the eventual use of the floor. I would anticipate this to be a 4 inch slab. It is not structural and is a floor for foot traffic. They just need to be careful with construction loads.

[CajunAmos]

Typically 4 to 6 inches depending on the eventual use of the floor. I would anticipate this to be a 4 inch slab. It is not structural and is a floor for foot traffic. They just need to be careful with construction loads.

So all the main support structures for the new grandstand will have to sit on the footings already poured? I would have thought the load would have required something much more substantial.

Also, these forms seem to be pretty far back from the field. I know you'll be supporting the higher portion of the grandstand as well as the multiple levels of suites/press/club areas, but wouldn't there have to be some pretty substantial forms needed closer to the field to support the lower section of the grandstand?

[HelmutVII]

The grand stand foundation is on sime drilled cocrete piling. A pile cap was placed on top of the drilled piling. These were put in BEFORE the job cam was put up. The only thing we have seen is the placement of the grade beams and plumbing and other mechcanical installations. The footings you see are placed on top of the pile caps. The load path is structural steel connected to the footings by way of anchor bolts that are in the footings. The footings transfer load to the pile caps then to the drilled concrete piling.

The steel, anchor bolts, footings pile caps and piles all line up vertically.


I am sure there are footings placed closer to the field but they are too far away and we cant see them from this camera shot. I would suspect that the grand stands will be supported by a steel structure that spans from the footings we see in the camera to footings we can't see at the edge of the field. The slab they will eventually place is not structural it is a floor to walk on.

The camera they have set up has a wide angle lens on it and it makes things appear further away than they are and distorted.

[Frenchie35]

Looks like they are finishing up with the backfill of the footings placed this week and are moving on to the section to camera right.

Here are some pictures of the progress:

Camera Left. Look like they are finish with this section toward the club house.






Camera right toward the cooking club. Maybe another week+/- there.