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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. 

Mast Climbers. 

Build it! BUILD IT NOW!

We'll be able to view this construction as well from the 609 Main webcam

http://oxblue.com/open/Hines/609Main

From 3400 Montrose--- In 1984

Source: https://www.facebook.com/BayouCityHistory

Seriously?

 

This will be the best looking strip center in Houston; by far.

I agree. haha

I like the infill. Don't like the look. Looks like a gigantic excel spreadsheet. 

Nonetheless, build build build!

People showing off their internet muscles lately. Hopefully they dont pull a muscle in their typing fingers.

A little dark, but I like it. 

Hey folks.  Going to be moving from Chicago to Houston, my gf lives in Pasadena so she managed to convince me to move.

 

What does everyone think about SkyHouse?  I'm strongly considering getting a place.  I've been in talks with them and a 618 sq foot studio is starting at 1,460.  They're also offering the first month free so over 12 months, cost comes to about 1350 or so.  The idea of being right on the light rail is very appealing to me.

 

Anyone else considering living in this building?

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. 

Architects reallllly like the blue glass look these days

Thats what, 7 towers in the works with blue glass facades?

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. 

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. 

 

I wish they had a timelapse on this thing. Deconstruction!

I like that it's lit. Should make cycling through there during the 'cool' summer nights a little easier

The garage is going up in a hurry:

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That's the beauty of pre-cast concrete. It's like Lincoln logs for engineers. 

(I loathe parking garage structures)

I think everyone must be suffering from project fatigue. Everyone is getting so short and angry.

I visit a lot of different types of site and I must say there is more one up man ship and attacking going on here than

most of the other serious blogs. Not counting the crap you see in the comment sections of the paper.

I know these are life and death issues everyone is discussing here but I think the sometimes we take it a little too serious.

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. 

This thread is construction porn. Nice pictures! Keep em' coming. 

Those are precast members.--- That might be the parking garage but I can't tell where it is in relation to the plot plan.

good luck!

 

I really want to save our history like this. Would be such a cool place to live.

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!

Question: which would be cheaper, to repair the building's structural issues and work from there, or to completely demolish the interior (except for the brick shell) and build an entirely new building, which would maintain the original facade?

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

Can they start excavating while this is still being demo'd?

Depends on foundation design and soil characteristics of the adjacent structure. Among other things...

I wonder if my company is involved in those structural repair estimates. The houston office doesnt do, too much commercial work, but I'm going to forward that link to our sales people and see if there are any opportunities with it...

Thanks for sharing. 

Rendering?

ooooo Thats nice