Naviguessor Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 The "Big White Wall", is back of the house operations, storage areas, Massive emergency stairwells from the Ballrooms to the street level, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 2 hours ago, Naviguessor said: The "Big White Wall", is back of the house operations, storage areas, Massive emergency stairwells from the Ballrooms to the street level, etc... And not all that unusual for huge convention hotels. See, for example, the back side of the Omni in Dallas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I think it is a grreat spot for a banner like the one's they put on the side of GRB. It seems like we can make more use of thet wall with the traffic around this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtNsf Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I just have to comment at this point - seems like the glass outer shell is taking AGES to get done in an area with tons of available construction "man" power available ? Shortage of glass ? Maybe problems with delivery of the product by the manufacturer ? 609 Main has only been U/C for a while longer, yet is almost finished with the cladding, despite being about 10 times as massive. Just my two cents. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post hindesky Posted October 16, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2016 I also noticed the palm trees installation 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 340' https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=309284240&row=15 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UtterlyUrban Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 The sequencing of construction here seems very disjointed to me (a layman). Regardless, i am excited to have this building come online soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Facade panels up on the main side; so far I'm not impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Most of the panels still have the white protective skin attached and I'm hoping that once it's removed the brown panels will be a nice contrast to the dark glazing. I also like the way the Catalyst panels play with the brick of the adjacent County tower. I trust that Ziegler Cooper took all of those things into consideration in planning for the color, and I think the peeling white sheets also detract from seeing the whole effect. I'd give it a little longer because I think once finished this will be a nice addition to the eastide view. It definitely stretches the skyline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UtterlyUrban Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Looks like someone is staying at the Hampton inn! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Brick going up on the mid-rise. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Word is the tower crane from Catalyst is coming down starting Monday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 9 hours ago, hindesky said: Word is the tower crane from Catalyst is coming down starting Monday. That's good news as it means the building is nearing completion. But, I am surprised that they would take it down on a week day. I occurs to me that it seems that this activity is normally done on a weekend in downtown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 10 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: That's good news as it means the building is nearing completion. But, I am surprised that they would take it down on a week day. I occurs to me that it seems that this activity is normally done on a weekend in downtown. They use the tower crane itself to lower it to a height where a crane on the ground can finish it on the weekend. Like this video but instead of adding sections they take them off. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 La Branch and Prairie Streets around the building will be closed for removal of the tower crane from 7pm Fri to 5am Mon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted December 11, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2016 Had to work today but on the way home I could still see the lowered tower crane and no AT truck crane boom in the air so I drove by to see why. Circle 8 was loading out the lattice jib boom which seemed very strange so I asked some of the riggers what was going on. They said a drunk driver plowed into the boom at 40mph when they were in the process of assembling the jib which was on the street. It severely damaged the lattice boom lacings and thus shut down the job. Hope that driver had lots of insurance. Pieces of the Ford 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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