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  1. tangledwoods
    not to split hairs, but that is architectural precast concrete not stone.
  2. tangledwoods
    FYI storm troopers are water quality devices designed to improve the quality of discharge storm water from the site. Cool name and a cool product: https://parkusa.com/index.php/corporate/241-stormwater-division/stormwater-quality-category/hydrodynamic-separator-product/stormtrooper-aq
  3. tangledwoods
    I am really enjoying the trend back to more reflective glass. its almost like someone figured out that looking into a building and seeing a ton of mechoshades at different heights is ugly...
  4. tangledwoods
    And it looks like that was the crane for the office building. I guess that means its on hold?
  5. tangledwoods
    You're looking at a flat slab post-tensioned parking garage.... FYI this one is being done by the second largest concrete contractor in town (Keystone Concrete). The re-shores and formwork system they use may appear to be janky but they are highly engineered.
  6. tangledwoods
    i am absolutely shocked / confused as to how the project wasn't put on hold. Did they land a tenant that none of us know about???
  7. tangledwoods
    building question of the day: why plywood sheathing? it looks like there are brick lintels and on some of the photos fluid applied waterproofing. I wonder what drove this decision over typical sheathing.
  8. tangledwoods
    not sure where their pricing was at but yall do know that Cristacurva down in Mexico makes plenty of curved glass....
  9. tangledwoods
    just an FYI for the non-construction folks out there. we have seen an increase in RFP's and RFQ's coming out of the City and County. Public money is still flowing right now and the last of the approved school bonds are all bidding. There is definitely a fall of in the hospitality side, many projects are getting put on hold or are back with the architects for "design refinements".
  10. tangledwoods
    that is some extremely vanilla curtainwall.
  11. tangledwoods
    im sure the architect and engineer are planning castellated beams.... or they wanted to highlight the extensive floor to floor height.... or they just screwed it up.
  12. tangledwoods
    You don't have to be an Architect to answer this. All developers are liars, they lie to themselves and the world around them constantly. It's not necessarily a bad thing, great buildings wouldn't be built without their ego. When in doubt, assume the developer is lying and you will be better for it.
  13. tangledwoods
    Wow, this is a bonkers waste of money. They clad the garage in clear glass and then went reflective on the occupied levels??? Typically if you are going to go with the premium of enclosing the garage you try and hide the vehicles inside. They paid a HUGE premium for nothing...
  14. tangledwoods
    Could someone share some other major Skanska projects? Reliant Stadium (minority partner) 3009 Post Oak Capitol Tower (now BOA) Large development jobs in Boston and Seattle LaGuardia Airport Met Life Stadium World Trade Center Oculus Hub https://www.usa.skanska.com/what-we-deliver/build/
  15. tangledwoods
    Before the Houston Club closed, they held an auction in which they tried to sell damn near everything they could. When Skanska took over the property, the only think left was Asbestos, Mold, and years of neglect.
  16. tangledwoods
    Here I was thinking that I provided some cool information about how modern elevators work.......
  17. tangledwoods
    Elevators like these use a destination grouping scheme to reduce wait times. When you scan your badge it tells you which elevator to go to (because it know what floor your work on). That way all the people going to floor XX during the morning rush go stand in front of elevator YY. For elevator banks that do not have badge access, there is a centrally located call station where you enter the floor number and it tells you which elevator to wait at. Skanska used this system on their 3009 Post Oak building. There are a number of newer buildings in Houston that use this. Developers like these systems because on tall / large buildings they can actually reduce their elevator count due to the decrease in loiter times. If you want to learn more: Kone - Destination Control
  18. tangledwoods
    A beautiful building and a dog turd of a sign... That might be one of the worst signage pedestals I've ever seen.
  19. tangledwoods
    This might be my favorite question in a long time. I have been to a lot of concrete pours and had to think for a bit about what is smells like! Like Tumbleweed_Tx said, it certainly smells like diesel exhaust, each pump has a big diesel engine running and there are typically 4-10 trucks lined up at each pump. there could be up to 50-60 concrete trucks around the site at any given time. The actual concrete doesn't smell like much, think about wet beach sand or how a road smells right after it starts raining. The concrete curing process is exothermic and does generate heat, but most of that is lost during the evaporation process or held deep within the mat. There wont be any noticeable temperature changes with the pour.
  20. tangledwoods
    Well i am sorry, you are not a Houstonian if you dont like our magnificent tunnels!!!
  21. tangledwoods
    i wonder if they are still doing the illuminated crown that was shown in a lot of the early renderings. If it ends up looking anything like the BHP tower in uptown then it will definitely stand out more at night.
  22. tangledwoods
    yeah, because below grade infrastructure makes so much sense in Houston......
  23. tangledwoods
    That is some seriously clear glass they are installing. I wonder how many mole people will be accidentally walking into that!
  24. tangledwoods
    What's crazy is that for a long time the design was to have a green roof but for it not to be accessible to anyone but maintenance people. This is at least a 2-3 million dollar amenity that they are adding, I am curious if BOA is chipping in or if this is what they needed to include to get BOA signed as a tenant. Regardless, this going to be one hell of a feature and will likely have one of the best downtown views.
  25. tangledwoods
    This will be a public RFP so the Gensler's of this world probably wouldn't even pursue it. PGAL, EYP (formerly WHR), Kirksey, etc will be in the hunt for this.
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