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    Chicago is one of my favorite cities. Great city, Great food. I went there for probably the 10th time in February. Girlfriend and I walked about 10 miles a day (yeah it was cold, but nothing a scarf and a good coat can't handle). I envy that kind of walk-ability and mass transit and wish HOuston had it as well. That being said, Houston is home for me. Different cities, different feels/likes, different construction/transportation eras, and different climates. I recognize the differences between the cities. Can I say I like Houston and Chicago? haha
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    Seems like midtown and downtown starting to merge residential communities.... I wish there were more businesses/restaurants in the area between.
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    Houston has a lot of skyscrapers, but density of them is not one of the strong suits... It will be a long time before Houston's downtown skyline is comparable to chicago's. Maybe if Midtown and EaDO filled up with midrises/highrises as well.
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    Not to mention that most of the season you'd be viewing a closed stadium wall and the back of a scoreboard. I mean, just look at the height of wrigley field exterior walls vs minute maid... You'd have to have some pretty tall bleachers to be able to view anything at all from that distance.
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    Mast Climbers.
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    Build it! BUILD IT NOW!
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    We'll be able to view this construction as well from the 609 Main webcam http://oxblue.com/open/Hines/609Main
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    From 3400 Montrose--- In 1984 Source: https://www.facebook.com/BayouCityHistory
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    I agree. haha
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    I like the infill. Don't like the look. Looks like a gigantic excel spreadsheet. Nonetheless, build build build!
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    People showing off their internet muscles lately. Hopefully they dont pull a muscle in their typing fingers.
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    A little dark, but I like it.
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    I'd say go for it. Downtown Houston>Pasadena I live on the light rail line, work out in deer park (near pasadena) and though I'm in midtown I use it probably once or twice a month.
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    Architects reallllly like the blue glass look these days Thats what, 7 towers in the works with blue glass facades?
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    I laughed at this picture. The whole presentation is filled with dozens of CAD renderings that probably took a couple of a hundred work-hours... Then they insert crayola art sketch. Anyway, fantastic project--- if it ever gets built.
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    Mast climbers (or scaffolvators lol) load ratings arent that high. If i remember correctly, heavy mast climbers can get you around 8000-10,000 lbs. of rated load capacity ---Thats not a lot. 66 cubic feet of concrete is 10,000 lbs. Mast climbers arent that fast either; It would be faster to load debris by demoing it and shoveling into a dumpster, fly it out (with the crane) or dump it into a premade hole... (like an elevator shaft) with a dumpster at the bottom.
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    I wish they had a timelapse on this thing. Deconstruction!
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    I like that it's lit. Should make cycling through there during the 'cool' summer nights a little easier
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    That's the beauty of pre-cast concrete. It's like Lincoln logs for engineers. (I loathe parking garage structures)
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    You shut your mouth when youre talking to me! no for real, comments sections of the paper are like reading a social experiment on what people used to say outloud. Steer clear.
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    This thread is construction porn. Nice pictures! Keep em' coming.
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    Those are precast members.--- That might be the parking garage but I can't tell where it is in relation to the plot plan.
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    I forwarded it to our sales department- They seemed interested. I'll let you guys know if I hear anything. But, for me, I normally won't know until I have a Purchase Order to design stuff. It'd be a good project!
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    This is a good question. To tell you the truth, it depends. My background is mainly industrial repairs, but the company does a lot of commercial jobs (just not in the Houston area). According to the article; The walls are load bearing and brick. My experience with that system... is limited but makes it more complicated from (my) engineering perspective. If it were me, I'd stabilize the existing structure with shoring. Then construct a permanent new structural system inside the existing footprint of the building and go from there. Then remove the shoring (assuming the new structural system holds up the facade). My totally shoot from the hip price without any quantities, schedule, materials or anything--- a couple of million dollars. Repairing the existing structural component is a different beast. You'll still have to put up shoring. Then after remove components of the brick supports, while shoring everything else dependent on those components. There would probably be a lot of phasing of the repairs etc... Based on a labor component it might be more expensive. * Disclaimer: this post is like 95 percent speculative, with 5 percent experience inserted
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    Depends on foundation design and soil characteristics of the adjacent structure. Among other things...
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