JTS construction webcam?
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Any chance they're ready to start erecting steel yet or is that still a long ways off? I can still seem them pouring what I assume are the footings on the east side of the end zone, but not sure what this new crane is for.
There seems to be tons more activity in general going on at the site now.
There seems to be tons more activity in general going on at the site now.
The thing that stinks about constructions is it seems to take forever for the underground stuff to be built and then all of a sudden the steel beams go up in about a day.
Last week: 1 crane.
Saturday: Win.
Now: 2 cranes.
So, cranes=(wins+1) for the rest of the season?
Are those posts/columns actually permanent or are they simply forms as somebody mentioned before? Most times isn't there a steel skeleton inside concrete columns? Are they racing the clock for anything against frozen ground? Good to see anything vertical structure getting built up.
edit: I can see from going through history of pictures, those are actual concrete columns, forms have been removed.
edit: I can see from going through history of pictures, those are actual concrete columns, forms have been removed.
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As far as I know, the concrete footings/foundations are designed to be below frost elevation and this is no different in this case. There is a steel 'skeleton' per se inside concrete columns but it's just steel reinforcing.
While freezing conditions make construction more difficult, it definitely won't stop progress but it adds some additional procedures that need to be followed to assure no defects in work. Standard and typical procedures that all companies in Iowa are familiar with.
It looks like right now that they have several columns standing behind the endzone bleachers and I would imagine these columns would have a horizontal beam spanning between them that would support the top of the lower portion of bleachers where the entrances are into the 1st level of the Club section. Up on the elevated level where the crane is currently situated I would think columns of similar height would be installed that would be the support for the top of the upper club section seating and also be the elevation of the 2nd level club.
I think that the structure from the underside on the West and East sides upper deck will be very similar to how the South endzone is constructed.
Steel columns with steel beams; concrete precast stringers from lower level beams to upper level beams generally running North/South in nature with variations as you round to the East/West concourses, with concrete precast steps/seating levels generally running East/West in nature with variations as you round to the East/West concourses.
Let me add that where we are today, I don't see an issue getting all the footings and foundations in before real hard freeze...nothing that a few insulation blankets won't take care of.
I can see concrete pillars that have been erected. Hopefully we have some mention of our Stadium being enclosed on National T.V. when we play Baylor Saturday.
2 concrete pumping trucks there right now. Starting to look like more and more piers getting in place.