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    Downtown Aquarium At 410 Bagby St.

    in Downtown

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    How will this project be affected by the I-45 realignment?  Isn't that section of the freeway being demolished and brought to surface level streets?  I know it is still a few years away, but it seems odd that Fertita would move forward on an expansion with so much change coming his way.

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    Bank Of America Tower At 800 Capitol St.

    in Downtown

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    My big concern with this one is the fact that Hines still has ZERO tenants for 609 Main.  I would imagine that there is race to the bottom on tenant rates between Skanska and Hines right now.

     

    Skanska definitely has the better location but I would imagine that Hines is getting very aggressive on lease rates.  It would be quite impressive to see the Skanska folks sign a tenant before Hines....

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    609 Main At Texas

    in Downtown

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    Someone who has construction knowledge can you please answer this. In the webcam I can see these, what look to be massive metal plates they put down before they pour the concrete. Are these just there to support the concrete in the laying down/pouring or are they like massive re-bar? 

    What you are looking at are called void forms.  When we build a concrete building the process goes like this:

    1) build a flat deck out of temporary formwork

    2) set pans (void forms) on the deck

    3) install rebar for beams, joist, and slab

    4) place and finish concrete

    5) let the concrete cure 

    6) drop the forms from the floor below and you are done!

     

     

    Here is a good picture of what they look like before the concrete is poured.

     

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    Here is what it looks like from below once the pans are removed and you have just concrete.

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    Former Exxon Building Conversion To Residential At 800 Bell St.

    in Downtown

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    To do a solid analysis, the city should get quotes from a developer to build exactly the structure(s) that it needs need from scratch and enter into a 30 year lease with him/her.

     

     

    the city is already evaluating options for a purpose built facility lease back.  In this case it is a PPP (public private partnership).  Skanska along with a few other firms have proposals in to the city.

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    Museum Of Fine Arts Houston At 1001 Bissonnet St.

    in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area

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    the only changes we are going to see in the design will be related to MAJOR constructability issues.  Lets say the slope on the green roof exceeds ADA requirements or they cant find a warrantable product for that slope.  Those are the changes we will see as more renderings come out.  With a client like this you do EVERYTHING you can to preserve the design intent AND budget without neutering the architects key elements.

     

    People on here sometime think that any change to a concept rendering is evil, but it is honestly part of the design process.  As the design architects hand over their baby to project architects there are often changes made before the builder is even involved.

     

    /end contractor rant 

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