j.33 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Heard from a friend who has info, said they had to pause due to a delay with the glass arriving. Typical supply chain issues. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, Justin Welling said: Heard from a friend who has info, said they had to pause due to a delay with the glass arriving. Typical supply chain issues. That’s more of a pause than a building throwing in the towel and quitting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 9 hours ago, Justin Welling said: Heard from a friend who has info, said they had to pause due to a delay with the glass arriving. Typical supply chain issues. But still doesn’t explain the lack of activity. Leaving a building like that open to the elements can’t be good… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iah77 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 1 hour ago, EndUser said: But still doesn’t explain the lack of activity. Leaving a building like that open to the elements can’t be good… It's literally just I-Beams and cement, a few months won't do anything. What are they supposed to do, cover it in a giant tarp? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 There is sheetrock, insulation, etc. I bet interior paint doesn’t work well in the elements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 16 hours ago, EndUser said: There is sheetrock, insulation, etc. I bet interior paint doesn’t work well in the elements. Wouldn't it be unusual to install sheetrock and insulation before the building is closed in? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) On 9/11/2022 at 10:22 PM, Justin Welling said: Heard from a friend who has info, said they had to pause due to a delay with the glass arriving. Typical supply chain issues. I would check your source. If you look into the liens filed against HVLP they seem to have a problem with non payment. I would be willing to bet this is why there hasn't been any work in a while. https://www.levelset.com/projects/texas/houston/4007-westheimer-rd-houston-tx-77027/ Edited September 13, 2022 by EndUser 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longcat Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Any insight on the building? Does not appear to have any work done at all over past several months 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Jones Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Until the liens are taken care of I wouldn't expect any work to continue. BTW, Google the owner of Highland Village... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 He seems like a wonderful person to work for... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/02/09/exporters-of-death/3810097b-cd11-45cf-b284-d72275a611af/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 eek https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/02/09/exporters-of-death/3810097b-cd11-45cf-b284-d72275a611af/ interesting example indeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 6 hours ago, gene said: eek https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/02/09/exporters-of-death/3810097b-cd11-45cf-b284-d72275a611af/ interesting example indeed Yeah, getting yourself written up by Jack Anderson is never a recommendation... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) What are the chances Lulu Lemon pulls out? Edited December 1, 2022 by j_cuevas713 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnathanwise41 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Can anything be done to push for the work to get finished so the construction mess is cleaned up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 51 minutes ago, Johnathanwise41 said: Can anything be done to push for the work to get finished so the construction mess is cleaned up? There is nothing any ordinary person can do to either move construction along or clean up the construction mess unless you are directly inconvenienced in some way (you are the owner of the property next door and their delays and messes are directly hindering your business operations). Other than that not a lot available to your average person. I suspect if you were to file a suit you might have it thrown out due to lack of standing alone. None of this is legal advice, and know that I'm not a lawyer. On 11/30/2022 at 12:15 PM, Paco Jones said: Until the liens are taken care of I wouldn't expect any work to continue. BTW, Google the owner of Highland Village... If there are still mechanic liens which still have yet to be resolved then @Johnathanwise41 there are a lot more problems on this job then whether you are personally inconvenienced. This could either be disagreements between the Owner and Contractor, Owner and Architect, Architect and Contractor or all three, or a concern over money. Who knows. There are so many reasons a job can stop out of nowhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) Is this thing building ever going to start again? I just passed it last night on the bus. Edited March 9, 2023 by j_cuevas713 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Who tf knows.... right now it's just rotting away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 I drive by it several times a week. Cobwebs at this point... 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) This stretch of Westheimer is getting minor upgrades! I'm not sure the exact details, but from what I've seen over the weekend, it looks like they're expanding the sidewalks and they've added medians! Really hope they install traffic light arm masts because the string of street lights is not cutting it. Also, side note, still no activity at the Lulu building Edited May 1, 2023 by Amlaham 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I drive this almost daily. What they've done is eliminate the center turn lane for the stretch from the Apple store (Drexel St) to the RR tracks. It now has a curbed median, and based on the extensive infrastructure they're putting in the medians, will probably have lighting and landscaping (ie, not just grass). They've added dedicated left turn lanes in a few spots, to replace the loss of the center turn lane, for drivers on Westheimer. But there are no new traffic lights, which means trying to turn left onto Westheimer (from side streets & store parking lots) will be harder than ever. Before you could cross the near lanes, and enter the center turn lane, and sit there and wait for an opening. Now they've eliminated that possibility, and it's already causing problems for people trying to enter and go left on Westheimer from cross streets and parking lots. They would've been better off just not allowing that, and force people to use the traffic lights to cross. And the abandoned store construction (Lululemon?) still sits... forsaken and deserted. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SpaceGhost Posted June 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2023 Update: Looks like a stoplight is being installed at Suffolk and Westheimer. Bases for light posts, and a raised platform for the signal box have been built. Starbucks is still vacant, and Lululemon has had a little bit of work done. Some of the exterior glass along the ground level was removed. The median is being prepped for landscaping. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 More traffic lights were inevitable once they removed the middle turn lane. Thanks for the update. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 I see they’re now TAKING DOWN the curtain wall on the end building… going backwards… 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Glass has been completely removed. Edited June 13, 2023 by SpaceGhost 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Interesting. Looking at photos posted here in May, it looks like they choose Butt Glazed Curtain Wall. This is when the Curtain wall is supporting the glass structurally from the inside and the glazing on the outside is married together with a kind of epoxy that binds both ends of the glazing. Its a much more expensive form of curtain wall than your typical standard curtain wall. There are a number of reasons why they could be dismantling the system: - During the process of installation, costs to erect the rest of the system would go over budget, and now they are in the process of subbing this system with a move cost-effective system. - During the process of installation, it was notified to the architect that while part of the order arrived on time, the rest of the system still has a long lead time which would further delay the project, and in order to get the project on schedule it might have been decided between the Architect, Contractor, and Owner to sub the system for one which has less lead time. - Upon installation of the system, the architect reviewed the system, found that either the system was installed not in accordance with the contract documents (construction documents) (this can be for any reason btw), and has ordered the system to be dismantled either to be reattached or find a system that matches better with the contract documents. - Upon installation of the system, the structural engineer reviewing the system, found either structural deficiencies (bad connections, poor quality construction, or the construction was not in accordance with the contract documents, and has ordered the system to be dismantled. - There are so many RFI's related to the erection of the system, or how the system is attached to the framing, that the architect has concluded that the contractor does not have the staff or experience to finish the system and has chosen to replace it with a system that is easier to construct. - There are so many RFI's related to the depiction of the system or its details (either because there is a lack of details, not detailed correctly, or there was a failure in coordination between architecture and structure), that the architect has decided to replace it with a system that is easier to construct. - Upon review of the system, or glazing, or structural connections via submittals, the architect has noticed that either the system itself, or the glazing, or the structural connections do not meet the requirements noted in the specifications, and has rejected the submittals (which in this case would have included shop drawings.) - The owner on a whim (yes this does happen), after seeing the partially constructed system, has decided to unilaterally replace this system with another system to there liking. It could also be that even though everything is on the up and up construction wise its not just the owner who wants to replace this system on a whim, but also the architect wants to replace the system on a whim. These are just a few of possibly many different reasons why this might be dismantled. While this is a pain to watch for everyone in this forum, including myself, take this as crash course in building construction, both what to do, and what not to do. With all this being said, I have no internal knowledge of what is going on. All of what I have said is an educational guess from inferring what I see in photographs, and from my professional experience. It could be all of these, other less common reasons, or none of the reasons. Edited June 13, 2023 by Luminare 3 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) yikes! but wow @Luminareyou are smart and stuff! 🙃...it is so crazy that it has been sitting there as a shell for so long...and you are probably right in one of your theories! I hope they can get back to creating something awesome instead of dismantling it! 😩 anyway, in exciting news, The Houston Post has reported that in the meantime they will cover all window openings with giant spider webs and make it a Spirit Halloween Superstore July through October... 🤪 Edited June 13, 2023 by gene 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndUser Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 It could also mean that, based on the amount of liens for non-payment on this project, that there is a new contractor who might not have access to the balance of the system, submittals, etc. and simply cannot use the existing system… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 5 hours ago, EndUser said: It could also mean that, based on the amount of liens for non-payment on this project, that there is a new contractor who might not have access to the balance of the system, submittals, etc. and simply cannot use the existing system… The first part is probably true, which I pointed out a while back. The second part is half right. At this point they probably have rebid the project and selected a new contractor, or if that hasn't happened then the current contractor / owner have renegotiated the existing contract. As for the last part, thats not what would take place. Often times that info is simply passed on to the next contractor, though I could be wrong in specific circumstances. It is true that if the project has been rebid then that means a bunch of sub-contractors, possibly manufacturers for products which will require a new round of submittals for most things anyway. Everything that has already been processed though should be backed up by the Architect, so it can crossed referenced if their are any questions. No doubt whatever is going on its a mess. Changing Contractors mid-project is always crazy and a mess. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ns1021 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Pure speculation but looking at it in the hundreds of times I’ve driven past it (and if you look at some of the old photos posted on this thread) it appeared to me it could’ve been a mess up in the designs / plans. The metal framing hanging on the side of the building that was installed to cover the mechanical (pipes / hvac etc) dropped from the ceiling appeared to go too low, in that it was visible / obstructing what I assume was intended to be floor to ceiling windows. Almost like the windows were too tall for the floor height and needed a smaller segment of windows above it for the section of drop ceiling / floor. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Architect - https://www.nr.works 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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