Nate99 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 The excavators have started their work on the ol' holler house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 G. Rollie is gone, and they are already prepping for the foundation of the NE corner "pedestal". LINK to webcam As I type this, people are set up in lawn chairs on the sidewalk across the street. Something to do with the 'bama game tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 24 Hours after final home game. Working on lowering the field and removing East & South stands/bleachers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 When will this be completed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Fully done for 2015 season. Next season will be anomaly though as they will construct the South endzone expansion and will not have made the modifications to the West/East side that will remove seats and add suites. Next year the capacity will be 109,000 for one season until 2015 where it will be 102,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Awesome this is going to be a good looking stadium when completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 First deck on the East side is completely gone and looks like most of the dirt has been removed to achieve the drop in the playing surface apart from the "track" at the perimeter. There will be suites at the top of the East side first deck, though I do not know if they will be ready for the 2014 season. After next season, they are going to do a controlled collapse of the second and third deck on the West side, presumable after demolishing the first deck the old fashioned way. That will be some YouTube gold and tricky. They will have to avoid the North and South end zones as well as anything toward the East side/field. The new structure is going to be more steel frame than poured concrete. Here's an interesting article about the construction process: http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209318218 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I thought they were not demolishing the upper decks...guess not...what's wrong with the west end decks? It's not like they're nearly a century old like the lower deck was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 I thought they were not demolishing the upper decks...guess not...what's wrong with the west end decks? It's not like they're nearly a century old like the lower deck was. The entire West side is a mishmash of structures. They initially built a smaller, maybe 40 yards wide, second deck on the West side. The current second west side deck sits on top of that structure. The third deck was built on top of that. Getting in or out of the second deck is a major logjam and there were never sufficient restroom facilties. As to what was wrong, now that there is sufficient demand, alumni wanted to get more for their money. A stadium designed to sell $15 tickets and a few hot dogs doesn't go over well to the folks forking over in the neighborhood of $250 a head per game, exclusive of their other donations. With all of the other structure in the way, there was no way to expand the existing concourses to accomodate desired amenties, and the rumor is that the plumbing and electrical infrastructure was way overdue for replacement anyway. The third decks were installed in the early 80's (I think). No one would have predicted at the time how much more money would be flooding in to the program (or the sport in general) to account for future expandability and/or there was not enough money to do so at the time. The East (student) side second and third decks will remain as the concourses will be fairly Spartan and the modifications do not have to deal with as many complications, but they will be spruced up. The second deck concourse on the student side was third world quality. The Read building enclosed the back side and the plumbing never worked, so you had a siflingly hot, dank cave filled with sweaty people. It's a hell of a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I remember that even on the first deck on the east side in watching high school football, the under deck area was pretty grimy. The west end doesn't have the extensive under-the-seat space like the east end did (where Read was built), so if they wanted to build something under there, they couldn't. Meanwhile, the awful-looking tents look like they'll remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I've heard they are only doing the first deck on the east side so they could keep the same amount of student seats. A tear down and rebuild would have meant moving seating to current code of 24" vs 18" separation and less seats on the student side. We really are a fatter society. Also, when the east side stands were demolished that dirt hasn't seen sunlight since the 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 But the entire West Side is going away, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 But the entire West Side is going away, isn't it? After next season (2014 season) there will be a complete teardown and rebuild of the west side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Since late November I have been going by every weeik or two to snap some photos of the construction at Kyle Field. This year the focus is on the east and south stands, next year the west stands will be imploded and rebuilt from scratch. http://scotchtx.imgur.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Love Thursdays on Texags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 stairs? eek. Any escalators going in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Is that...... Fake brick?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 stairs? eek. Any escalators going in?Yes. That's actually a change as today it's ramps or elevator. Think of reliant or minute maid. You can still take a stairs since escalators usually take a long time to clear outIs that...... Fake brick?....No, real brick on precast panels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm beginning to wonder if they'll have the south endzone completed by the end of August. I monitor the cams every single day and I don't see how they are going to add the equivalent of the north end zone in 5 months. Seems as though time is ticking and it is ticking fast. There is nothing there except concrete forms and slabs. Anybody know when the south end zone is going to go vertical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm beginning to wonder if they'll have the south endzone completed by the end of August. I monitor the cams every single day and I don't see how they are going to add the equivalent of the north end zone in 5 months. Seems as though time is ticking and it is ticking fast. There is nothing there except concrete forms and slabs. Anybody know when the south end zone is going to go vertical? Completely different construction from the North Endzone. Expect to see a lot more precast steel and a lot less concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm also a compulsive watcher of the build cameras. You can already make out the SW corner coming together. There are two of the biggest "mobile" cranes I've ever seen that just got set up inside the stadium about to start swinging steel all over the place. This has been impressive to watch. I was there when they built the North end. It was all cast in place concrete. Apart from the footings/pilings/foundations (which are pretty much all there for the South end already), this appears to be all precast or steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Looks like we finally are starting to get some vertical action going on the south end zone. I'm seeing more and more steal going up over there. Anybody else noticing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Looks like we finally are starting to get some vertical action going on the south end zone. I'm seeing more and more steal going up over there. Anybody else noticing this? Definitely. If you look at the camera from the Zone (North) you can see the bones of the lower bowl coming together. With the two really big cranes in there, I expect the steel will be moving in big chunks. EDIT: from scotch's link above, dated 3/11. http://imgur.com/a/IdIip#3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 moving right along now. lots of new steel today. NOW it's getting exciting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 From the Aggie Athletics facebook feed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 From Friday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Wow, they are throwing up the SEZ quick now. They've already started erecting part of the second deck! I'm excited to finally see this sucker rise.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-Town Man Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Is that...... Fake brick?.... One benefit of the original 1927 sections being torn down is that the new prefab brick won't jar with the older hand-laid brick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I was there when they built the North end. It was all cast in place concrete. Apart from the footings/pilings/foundations (which are pretty much all there for the South end already), this appears to be all precast or steel. Any advantage/disadvantage to these, other than cost? Is cast concrete more rigid than steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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