Today I went back to the Turner Street Parking Garage to see how much progress had been made since my last visit before the Thanksgiving holiday. There was quite a bit completed from the last time I was here, there were significant advances made on the site work and grade, the caissons appeared to be completed, the rebar crew was now working on installing the rebar cages for the shallow foundation system, the utility crew was working on installing the water lines and the electrical lines for the sites, and there was also concrete poured on the day of that I visited for the shallow foundation. As you can see this project is moving fairly quickly out of the ground and we should see some structures going up in a short time. There are some photo's attached of the work and the workers and their is a daily log form attached as well.
11-28-11 Daily Log Report (Reddick Construction)
This first photo is of the men covering the freshly poured concrete with tarps and blankets, this allows the concrete to cure quicker and to keep it from any precipitation that might cause the concrete to lose strength. From my experience we only did this in colder situations and if we had to finish the concrete where it would be viewed, not within a foundation; this just represents the differences between the company I worked for and Holder though.
Here you can see the workers preparing the foundation for concrete by installing the rebar cages and making last minute adjustments to them. These are typically tied in a staging area of the site and then moved into place using the crane, this allows the workers to be as efficient as possible. This is the final step before pouring concrete for the foundation system.
This photo shows an exposed manhole in the center of the site, it has been spray painted orange so that operators and other workers on site can see it and therefore avoid it. This is a pretty typical safety precaution from what I've seen both here and in NY.
This last photo is of the utility crew installing the electrical conduit for the new site coming from the existing lines running under Turner Street. Because Holder had to tie into the existing grid the sidewalk and roadway had to be cut partway in order to reach the existing utility lines, this is why traffic was so bad on Turner street at one point this semester.
This site is moving very quickly and should be done well before the Performing Arts Center but that is a good thing. This new parking garage will create a lot of needed parking on this side of town and will help both students getting to class and residents of the apartments in the surrounding areas. This site is very safe, just like the other Holder site, and therefore I couldn't come up with with any suggestions as to improve that; in regards to improving efficiency I don't really have much either, they are moving quickly and safely from what I could see.
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