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brijonmang Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Update from today: http://s7.photobucket.com/user/brijonmang/media/skyhouse1_zps4821c0ce.jpg.html'> I think they have gotten into turbo-time seeing as they were just pouring the columns for the second floor yesterday and are now laying forms for the third floor. I think the main reason they are able to go so fast is because of the forms I circled in red. They arrive by semi and the crane is able to lift and place huge sections at a time instead of having to build them all by hand on site. The area in green is some graffiti I noticed on the Savoy. Going back I saw that it happened on the night of Friday, June 28. Can't make out any people on the roof in the time lapse shots but when the sun comes up, the paint is there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Modular formwork (premade formwork). Yep that'll speed things up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 The area in green is some graffiti I noticed on the Savoy. Going back I saw that it happened on the night of Friday, June 28. Can't make out any people on the roof in the time lapse shots but when the sun comes up, the paint is there. If you look closely you can see it was done by "Remuv". Houston Press called this guy's tags some of the lamest in the city: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2012/09/remuv_lastest_contender_for_ho.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Modular formwork (premade formwork). Yep that'll speed things up. How does that work? Are the modular sections actually part of the building or just something to hold up the next floor while it is poured and drys? They look like a solid platform on top of six feet of metal laticework, so it seems like it would be too bulky to leave in place and too cumbersome to remove after the pour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Look at post number 151. Thats your form work. The truss elements are only 3-4 feet tall (hard to tell because of the fish eye lenses). You can also tell from the picture theyre not (completely) assembled for the entire floor. As to how they work: Components are assembled together before hand to form a gang form. A gang form is typically defined as a group of unit forms tied together and lifted by crane to the proper spot. They probably have a crew assembling the gang forms on the ground, or offsite. Crane lifts into the correct spot, Concrete pour occurs after rebar placement, and after sufficient curing (not drying) then the components are broken down again, staged, and flown (slang for lifting with crane) down to the ground where the process is repeated. They probably have enough formwork for more than 1 floor, so while things are being staged to take down to the next floor, they probably have the gang forms for the next floor ready to go. Here's a video on how they do it for wall construction: Keep in mind, the dissembling process for wall construction may be different than slab construction. Now, I dont know their formwork system or civil design. So what i'm saying is a bit speculative on my part. Please keep that in mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) It's been a couple of weeks so I figured I'd add a new picture from the webcam: They are putting the forms in place for the 5th floor. You can see how they operate so fast now. When it is time to move up a floor, they simply pull the forms out from the floor below it and move it up one level. They pour 1/3 of a floor plate at a time, and then following day come back to pour the columns of the area where they just poured the floor. Edited July 24, 2013 by brijonmang 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's been a couple of weeks so I figured I'd add a new picture from the webcam: They are putting the forms in place for the 5th floor. You can see how they operate so fast now. When it is time to move up a floor, they simply pull the forms out from the floor below it and move it up one level. They pour 1/3 of a floor plate at a time, and then following day come back to pour the columns of the area where they just poured the floor. Thanks for the update.Seeing the Savoy being gutted is makin me hot though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 drove by the site today on a little side trip around downtown.. its coming along nicely.. seems to be adding about a floor per week. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Here is another angle from yesterday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 As of today: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Does anyone know what the plans are for the portion of the block not covered by the tower? Wasn't able to see anything from the renderings. Hopefully it won't be surface parking smh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Does anyone know what the plans are for the portion of the block not covered by the tower? Wasn't able to see anything from the renderings. Hopefully it won't be surface parking smh.That's where the parking garage will go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 with ground floor retail! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 with ground floor retail! the best part of the garage! heh.. too bad they couldnt put some storefronts on the bottom of Skyhouse along Main. i guess they wanted to put a nice entrance there instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) . 08/07/2013 Edited August 8, 2013 by infinite_jim 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityMan Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The Beaconsfield looks so lost in that pic. I've always marveled at that building's ability to have survived while the old Savoy and everything else around it was removed. I think SkyHouse, although generic in design, will function as nice infill. I'd like to see this photo angle again when the tower is finished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 the best part of the garage! heh.. too bad they couldnt put some storefronts on the bottom of Skyhouse along Main. i guess they wanted to put a nice entrance there instead. They did. Most of the retail space is in the apartment building, not the parking garage and more than 1/2 of the Main Street frontage is devoted to retail. (At least that's what Wulfe & Co. seems to think.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 They did. Most of the retail space is in the apartment building, not the parking garage and more than 1/2 of the Main Street frontage is devoted to retail. (At least that's what Wulfe & Co. seems to think.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Whoa. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I love that's its going to have retail in the garage too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I love that's its going to have retail in the garage too.The only problem is that retail is facing an ocean of parking lots, but oh well, I cant complain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) The only problem is that retail is facing an ocean of parking lots, but oh well, I cant complain. The rendering above makes it look like the retail will be on the North side of the parking structure, in which case it will face another new apartment building:http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28307-alliance-downtown-5-stories-207-units/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-s-apartment-boom-focuses-on-urban-scene-4619878.php?t=445cfc44ffb05374ef Edited August 9, 2013 by Alec 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The rendering above makes it look like the retail will be on the North side of the parking structure, in which case it will face another new apartment building:http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28307-alliance-downtown-5-stories-207-units/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-s-apartment-boom-focuses-on-urban-scene-4619878.php?t=445cfc44ffb05374ef I didn't think about that even though I knew that Alliance was putting up those apartments on the adjacent block. I wonder if that was planned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The only problem is that retail is facing an ocean of parking lots, but oh well, I cant complain. But that with all this growth that Houston is having, that parking lot will soon be home to a skyscraper . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The rendering above makes it look like the retail will be on the North side of the parking structure, in which case it will face another new apartment building:http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28307-alliance-downtown-5-stories-207-units/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-s-apartment-boom-focuses-on-urban-scene-4619878.php?t=445cfc44ffb05374efTotally forgot about this one. Good lookin out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Finally a Houston rendering. Obviously it was going to be basically the same, just one floor taller. Still no official height though? And that is great news about the retail on Main Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 There is a skyhouse announced for Dallas now, seems like skyhouse's are going to be in every city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Mr Huge"The only problem is that retail is facing an ocean of parking lots, but oh well, I cant complain."You are complaining..."Sorry to call you out; however, I'm gonna keep that comment to myself" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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