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    Hit and Run Assholes. I walk and bike through there all the time---stuff like this pisses me off.
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    Nice plan and elevation views...
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    Talked to a laborer on site. He said they were putting up a solar panel array on top. Cool!
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    /Edit: Double post by mistake. deleted it.
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    Yeah, This is an interesting project. I'm not sure if theyre adding parking to it or just putting roofing for the top of the lot. I was under the impression this structure was abandoned...Guess I was wrong.
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    Not necessarily my friend. From an engineering perspective... this whole transit corridor looks like it could be upgraded to light rail in a jiffy. One stroke of the pen from a financier or law and boom... its in. /opinion
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    Interesting. I guess abrasive sand blasting isn't an option due to the historical preservation?
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    Walked by a few times is weekend: it was packed. Looks like the crowd migrated from drinkery too, which coincidentally was empty.
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    Went here this weekend. Crowd was a bit douchey for my tastes. (Friday night). Waited 30 minutes for a drink-- they ended up giving my girlfriend and I free drinks and shots (35 dollars worth to be exact). Not an awful place, not great. Interesting drink menu and an assortment of edible shots were neat.
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    I like that rendering. But I think this is just "architects gone wild" (or they had no billable hours)... Camden owns the property if I recall.
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    Darn, I wanted petco so I could walk over and play with puppies and kittens on demand!
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    As a structural engineer who acts as Quality assurance engineer on many projects--- I can confirm this.
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    yeah They already have the sign up. oh well..
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    Not trying to insert skepticism into this but does anyone have reservations that our source on these rumors is a person named after throwing fecal matter?
  15. Purdueenginerd
    google " Houston's downtown skyline to be reshaped" then hit the first link. It will get you passed the paywall. /edit: passed & past--- silly grammar
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    Filling the time until Astoria is built... Either that, or Astoria fails to secure funding and we have a huge thread on a new Wendy's under construction next door
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    Boom, there are your dowels. In picture 2.
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    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vu6vmz8b1fha1d/609Main_brochure%20copy.pdf Brochure link, for those interested.
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    For those on mobile devices...
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    That is a pretty design. I like it. I hope they go taller as they imply. That'd be a nice skyline changer at 70 floors.
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    Get ready to get nerded out..Those are isolated shallow foundations or footings. Theyre typically used in low loading situations, many times theyre unreinforced. Square footings are the natural choice for cases where a single column load is to be supported. This appears to be the case above. I'm taking your word that concrete was poured in and not lean concrete or soil stabilization material. If it was concrete, burying of the footing is not that unusual. I'll simply quote my old foundations design book, (Engineering of Foundations-Rodrigo Salgado - Purdue University) Chapter 8, Shallow foundations in Soil From a difference source, a rough schematic of a footing with design variables for bearing calculations. Note the column where axial load is transferred in above the surface of the soil, while the bearing is below. That column could be steel (known as I-beams to most) or reinforced concrete. I seriously doubt this McDonalds is building a steel reinforced concrete structure. Therefore It would not surprise me if there are dowels/baseplates for their steel columns later that are buried to reduce damage or trip hazards while they work on other elements of the structure. All this I've said is an educated guess based on two pictures---neither of which actually show the footings. I deal in the industrial world, not commercial. I could still be incorrect
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    oh. HAHA- now I feel silly. Thanks
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    Good project Looks like the tower only takes up a portion of the lot. maybe 1/2 to 1/4 with the rest being parking garage.
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    Wow. Mcdonalds doesn't mess around.
  25. Purdueenginerd
    Majorica is awful. Service is slow. Been there a few times and I always leave irritated.
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