FB Facility
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WOW... can someone please blow up the Sucks to BU carebear for the game!?!? That is awesome well done.
I believe it is being done.
This is someone's rough draft: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...5634806884.385413.117081116883&type=3&theater
Someone on here said there were going to do it right after I posted it. You'll have to look in the Baylor Game Posters thread.
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This. A Con E is like a CE, except without the hard classes
I have always heard this the other way around. I lived with several con. e's when they experimented with merging the two capstone classes. All of the CE's sucked and couldn't take the amount of work required.
On creation:
"God was a civil engineer, because only a civil engineer would have located the waste disposal facilities next to the recreational facilities"
I was always a fan of this one:
Mechanical engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets. :yes:
Weather can be a factor, as well as how good the schedule was when they submitted their bid. If the winning bid was done with a poor schedule, it makes it tougher to stay on-task and on-budget. All it takes is more money to get it done quicker, though...
I was under the impression that with the good weather and lack of winter that we have had that it would be going quickly.
See, to me that makes zero sense. They've had what is probably the best Iowa winter in 30 years. And yet we've seen the end date go from August to October. Why in the world are they behind?
I'm pretty far from an expert, but now that they have the footings, the steel has went up fairly quickly. I see no reason why they shouldn't have this thing enclosed by the end of April if not the end of March. And that would leave all of May, June and July to do the inside. Why in the world wouldn't that be enough?
From what I heard today...the end date may be closer to December than October.
Noone really knows. Lots of variables between now and then.
Noone really knows. Lots of variables between now and then.
There are a lot more variables that can delay things other than weather. Hell, I just finished up a job where they sent the wrong fixtures for lab sinks and there was a 4 week wait to get them replaced. Every hole that needs drilled through a precast panel has to be located, submitted, approved, then the work can get done. I have yet to meet an engineer that can do that in less than 3 days. Example, DMACC in Ames I drilled over 200 holes in precast panels for pipes. I also spent 4 weeks in a mechanical room because the engineer used 1/8th scale fixtures on a 1/4 scale print. Talk about shoving 5 pounds of crap in a 3 pound sack. Of course it wasn't their fault. Biggest lie in construction is the schedule, not worth the paper it's printed on. Generally, if the shell is up and roofed, it's probably only 20% complete. From what I see, it'll be lucky to be done by Halloween.
It amazes me Weitz continues to get projects at Iowa State. Seems none of them ever get done when they say they'll be done (Rec Renovations were way behind, Hach Hall was hurried because they were behind, JTS projects, etc.) The one that comes to mind which was done on time is the videoboard.
Good info I guess. To be honest I really don't care a whole lot when it gets done because it is going to get done and we could use it as a recruiting tool last year and will still be able to use it this year.
For what it's worth, I'm working on a project in Gilman Hall that looks like it's going to be done on time. :yes:
In all honesty, the fact that they have even started construction right now is a minor miracle.
The design process was so rushed compared to how it usually goes. A majority of the academic buildings on campus are in the planning and design phases for 3 or 4 years. The football facility, however, was only in pre-construction planning for a matter of months.
The design process was so rushed compared to how it usually goes. A majority of the academic buildings on campus are in the planning and design phases for 3 or 4 years. The football facility, however, was only in pre-construction planning for a matter of months.