SkylineView Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Drove by earlier... lots of earth moving equipment on site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 As new as I am to this town (7 months - I work in oil and gas and I am from the other hemisphere of this planet) I dread that am starting to feel as if creativity is definitely NOT allowed to enter this city. I kindly request someone to put forth an alternative. Thank you. You can't find architectural creativity in Houston, Texas? Have you looked? Which other hemisphere - southern or eastern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Ladies and gentlemen.. We have the base of a crane! Sorry, no pictures as my phone died right before I drove past this site (was going to take an updated pic of the samsung tower too, oh well).. Maybe someone else can get a picture update before I drive back that way on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Here's the base of the crane.. They were pouring concrete and had a mobile crane out there moving stuff around as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 How many cranes does this thing need? Saw 4 bases driving by earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 nice! i thought i saw more than one.. so each building will have 2 cranes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I pass by it everyday coming home from work. Saw lots of activity today. Four cranes would be awesome! Not quite Exxon status but I will take it. Reading all the previous posts, I understand the disappointment. But, I agree that energy corps are going to try to fly under the radar concerning flouting their profit status. That's too bad. Oh for the days when companies were proud enough to create an icon, and consumers were satisfied enough that they could share in that pride. I wouldn't mind that so much if it didn't seem to become the norm here in HTown. I just look at is this way; at least we get infill as a sprawling city. Maybe trends will change and we will get another icon within a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I lied there are only 3 cranes. I'll put a pic up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 How many cranes does this thing need? Saw 4 bases driving by earlier. You were right.. There are 4 cranes now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Here's a new rendering http://issuu.com/hokmarketing/docs/planning_and_landscape_architecture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Could have sworn I saw a 5th! yellow crane this morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Marcus Allen made a post yesterday about 5 cranes at Briar Forest Drive.. i guess they constructed a 5th after i drove by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFromCan Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I drive by this complex several times a day. There is indeed a 5th crane being erected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Owl Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I drive by this complex several times a day. There is indeed a 5th crane being erected. If the erection lasts more than 4 hours, I urge you to please call a doctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 The structure is above ground.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Wow! So many cranes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Cloud713 Thank You Thank You!! Those pix are great! You did indeed make it seem ExxonMobilesque in scope. LoL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 As per all those cranes, props! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Cloud713 Thank You Thank You!! Those pix are great! You did indeed make it seem ExxonMobilesque in scope. LoL.haha, no problem. glad i could contribute on my drive to Waco. it does indeed seem like a mini-me version of the ExxonMobil site. and to think, at one time ExxonMobil apparently had 16 tower cranes on site. absolutely ridiculous... all these cranes remind me of the old rumor that Dubai had 1/5th the worlds tower cranes back around 2007, before the bubble popped. not sure if it was true or not, but it makes me wonder how many of the cranes in the US are in Houston. probably like 1 in 20, or less, but still interesting to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 haha, no problem. glad i could contribute on my drive to Waco. it does indeed seem like a mini-me version of the ExxonMobil site. and to think, at one time ExxonMobil apparently had 16 tower cranes on site. absolutely ridiculous... all these cranes remind me of the old rumor that Dubai had 1/5th the worlds tower cranes back around 2007, before the bubble popped. not sure if it was true or not, but it makes me wonder how many of the cranes in the US are in Houston. probably like 1 in 20, or less, but still interesting to think about. In a way, I'll be heading in the opposite direction in a few days (through Waco back to the Houston area) and this is one of the spots I'm looking on snapping some shots at. With regard to the cranes - spotting them became somewhat of a hobby of mine during the last boom. It was part of compiling information for a website I work with, but it was fascinating seeing who the suppliers and manufacturers were and how often they were used. Far and away, the cranes you see around the area (this site, and the ExxonMobil campus included) are supplied by Morrow Equipment, and they are easily visible as most of them are yellow, and are manufactured by Liebherr. Part of that may be due to the fact that Morrow has a very large facilty on Cullen Blvd near Almeda-Genoa. Check out this page, and scroll to the last number of non-construction photos. That's the local site... Not sure what the other companies/suppliers have in the area though, but with the industries and overall general demand I'm sure they would be growing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 There was a concrete pour on the site this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Whoops! Please delete the other one I posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Some metal structure is now 2 stories tall in the back right of the site. A parking garage? I would of assumed they would be prefab concrete garages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Seems like a lot of cranes for just one tollbooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 haha, yeah yeah. terrible photo. i know. but you can see the metal structure (all those poles) sticking up in the back right. i didnt have time to zoom or focus my phone while driving by. maybe someone can get better shots of what is going on back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 It appears the structure these towers will be constructed of steel rather than the typical reinforced concrete. The garages or located closer to BW8 and will be reinforced concrete. Back in the 80's boom many buildings where constructed with steel and had faster build times. Houston's tallest (JP Morgan Chase) tower comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 interesting.. TBH i never realized the garage fronted the beltway (im pretty bummed about that. i thought the towers were getting feeder road frontage), so maybe you are right and its one of the towers already up to the 2nd floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I cant remember what it was called when buitl but the Wells fargo building was built out of steel. With its rounded corners it had a very organic look coming out of the ground. I remember the patina of the steel was quite beautiful . I actually did a series of drawing back then of the city of all of those projects going up in the late seventies and it was my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I've always wondered what it was like back in the early 80's to see downtown get built all at once.., must have been a crazy time! Wish I could find some old construction photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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