Nate99 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, Subdude said: Is it possible to tell if the abandoned tunnel section from this block under Capital Street will be reopened and reconnected to the building? I haven't looked at it from the Fannin side to see if they covered over that door with the tub wall in a while, but I'll try next time I walk by. It would be cool if that tunnel remained open and reached over in to the Magnolia and then to 609 to tie in to the tunnels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 As I recall from talking to one of the guys working on the tunnel at 609 Main, they abandoned the tunnel between 609 and the Magnolia so as nice as that would be, I don't think that tunnel will reopen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm trying to figure out what the next step is here. The surface in the new hole looks like gunite, and it was sprayed all over the base of the shoring I-beams that are tied in to the temporary retaining walls. I guess eventually that it will have a concrete foundation like the other side, but they poured that right on to the dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The proposed tower would go over the area with steel on it already, so this side only needs to support a relatively lightweight parking garage. I assume the white we see here is just the layer to cover the dirt that goes down before putting down the rebar for the slab, but it won't need to be anywhere near as beefy as the concrete poured on the other side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 14 hours ago, rechlin said: The proposed tower would go over the area with steel on it already, so this side only needs to support a relatively lightweight parking garage. I assume the white we see here is just the layer to cover the dirt that goes down before putting down the rebar for the slab, but it won't need to be anywhere near as beefy as the concrete poured on the other side. The coating is definitely just a base/stabilization layer of some sort. They prepped and leveled the dirt one day and then few days later it was all covered over. I know next to nothing about structural engineering, so it's interesting to see how they all come together to enable the end product. This building cycle downtown has been fun to watch from that perspective with many differing approaches. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Thats a lot of rebar. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I guess that I am just noticing that they have added some balconies for some of the units. Similar to Commerce Towers, it looks like they added them in the back so that the front facade was kept historic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArtNsf Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Is this the construction starting on the 38-story residential portion or just the parking garage ? Would be awesome if they were starting the high rise construction already ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 2 hours ago, ArtNsf said: Is this the construction starting on the 38-story residential portion or just the parking garage ? Would be awesome if they were starting the high rise construction already ! Just the garage for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Never seen a steel frame parking garage. Is this done often? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 The only other local one that springs to mind is behind 1001 McKinney, at the southwest corner of Fannin and Walker. It was built when they emptied the building and did a full renovation, circa 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 That garage looks cheap and hideous. Hope it does not look like that. Not next to an elegant older building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Not only is that garage cheap looking and hideous, it also features very narrow spaces and a single, two way traffic helix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarathonMan Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I'm certainly not a structural expert, but the columns on this garage don't look substantial enough to support a 38 story tower. Is the tower still part of the long-term plan for this project? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 They seem to be pouring some very large columns in the pictures. But, I don't know as I am anything but an engineer. Could it be that one section of the garage will have one structural system and the other section will have a more robust section? This thing is so far behind schedule that the highrise that was planned to be built after construction is now also behind schedule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Even the San Jacinto side of the hole that they are working on now doesn’t have an extensive foundation to it. I’m not sure what they are doing in the big squares that were voided out of the mat pour, but there is nowhere near the amount of steel down there as compared to the Hillcorp tower, and they did not drill many, if any, pilings. It could all be up to variations in soil or something else in the construction design, but just watching this compared to the others, I would make the uneducated guess that the tower option was taken off the table unless some kind of foundation structure goes into those holes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Does anyone remember what the lower floors of the 1980s skyscrapers looked like? Perhaps they are planning something like the all-steel structures of those for the tower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I watched some huge towers go up downtown through the eighties and two things I remember: deep foundations and use of steel frame throughout. Did not notice the type of steel or it's thickness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mfastx Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 The hole has been filled! Those back windows are gonna have a great view! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted November 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2016 Talked with a steel worker, he said it was going to be a 9 story parking garage. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 If memory serves me, this project will likely be, what?, 2+ years behind schedule? I can't even imagine what that has done to the budget. Who is the developer? They must have a lot of resources as you would think that a delay like this would have sunk less well capitalized developers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Grackle infestation last weekend. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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