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Author: Sara Everett
Street Closure November 28th
Notice of upcoming street closure! Due to the tower crane erection on November 28th, 3rd Ave N. will be closed between Mercer St. and Roy St. between the hours of…
Tower Crane Coming Soon
The parking garage excavation is almost completed. The sides have reached the bottom of excavation and the 4th side (Roy/3rd) still has about 10 ft. to go, and should be…
East Wall Drilling Complete
All of the drilling for the Eastern wall anchors has been completed – The contractor has hit the bottom of grade where the P2 parking level will be! Picture above…
Dirt Moving
The excavation subcontractor, Fruhling, continues to remove dirt from the site. This week, the shoring subcontractor, Kulchin, continues to install the wood wall (lagging) to keep the soil from the…
46,000 Cubic Yards of Soil
Pictured is the NE corner of the site as of Wednesday morning, with a lot more dirt removed! Since our last post, over eight thousand cubic yards of soils has…
12 More Feet to Go on NE Corner
The NE corner of the site where the parking lot used to be is ahead of schedule so far for excavation. There is only 12 more feet to go to…
Lagging Installed
Soldier pile installation has been continuing around the site. Pictured at left is the wood installed along the west wall, called lagging {which is anchored to the steel piles}, to…
Scenes of Excavation
Excavation of the site for the future parking garage is underway! The excavation of the site to make way for the 2-level parking garage continues. There have been some interesting…
Start of Drilling
Drilling for the future parking garage will begin this week. This will entail a large drilling rig onsite to create holes every 8 feet around the perimeter of the site.…
Site Prep and Erosion Control
Site clearing, grading and sidewalk saw cutting continues this week. Erosion control measures are also being installed (this reduces storm water runoff from the site when it rains) and consists…