STADIUM: Construction Updates

[danefan]

I'm sure they'll go as long as they can into the winter. The digging will need to get done before the ground freezes, but I don't think that should be an issue if they start soon. And if we have a winter like last year, I'm sure they'll work the whole winter.

 

They are still saying a finish date by May. McElroy confirmed that on Wednesday.

[madDOG]

Once the foundation is laid I'm guessing it will go up pretty quickly.

 

On a side-note, Texas > *

 

(this is a high-school stadium!)

 

http://www.lipstickalley.com/f75/what-60-million-high-school-football-stadium-looks-like-421659/

Edited August 10, 2012 by madDOG

[Brutus]

As long as the foundations are laid and local work...yes, you can continue construction as weather permits. You are not going to be bolting steel together in the winter. Theoretically...the steel can go up pretty quickly.

The important stuff is to get any of the cast-in-place (CIP) concrete in before the really cold temps. The current schedule calls for CIP through November and structural steel through December. Remember any schedule is based on weather conditions, delays on any parties involved in the project, procurement issues, etc.

[danefan]

Tarps are coming off the dirt pile today!

 

Hopefully that means digging and foundation work starting soon!

[Brutus]

Tarps are coming off the dirt pile today!

 

Hopefully that means digging and foundation work starting soon!

You should see a significant change in the construction activities within the next two weeks.

[DanesRGood]

You should see a significant change in the construction activities within the next two weeks.

 

Hey Brutus, I have no idea how you are involved with the construction but I just wanted to thank you for all the great information you have provided in this thread. Keep it coming!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!

[madDOG]

Is the rec field 100% completed? If so, can someone post a few pics?

[UAalum72]

Tarps are coming off the dirt pile today!

 

Hopefully that means digging and foundation work starting soon!

Looks like the dirt started moving today! Backhoes and trucks seen in the webcam between 8:30 and 3:00 today.

[danefan]

Looks like they may be creating the rest of the bowl for the stadium now.

 

Its a good thing its not a live action camera....I'd get no work done at all if it was.

[MRSGDG]

‏@UAlbanySports The machines are moving! Follow the progress of the UAlbany Multi-Sport Complex on our construction camera! http://fb.me/1w4xnXi9z

 

 

[Brutus]

Is the rec field 100% completed? If so, can someone post a few pics?

This portion of the overall Athletics project is not at 100% yet - there is the sports lighting system that has yet to be installed, construction punchlist to be be complete and obtaining a Certificate of Compliance from the University's Code Enforcement Officer. There is a possibility that the field may be opened prior to the lighting system install, but that has yet to be determined.

[UAalum72]

Is the rec field 100% completed? If so, can someone post a few pics?

This portion of the overall Athletics project is not at 100% yet - there is the sports lighting system that has yet to be installed, construction punchlist to be be complete and obtaining a Certificate of Compliance from the University's Code Enforcement Officer. There is a possibility that the field may be opened prior to the lighting system install, but that has yet to be determined.

 

 

 

OK, here's a picture, as Brutus said, no lights yet

 

As for Ford Field, Brutus or anybody know what this thing is?

 

The dirt moving so far has extended the pile to the slope by Fallon Field

 

Liberty Terrace dorms look ready

 

New Business building construction continues, ready next year?

 

And construction continues at the Western Ave and Washington Ave entrances, scheduled completion 8/24, the day the students arrive.

Purple path extension from Liberty Terrace to Collins Circle has the same due date.

Edited August 17, 2012 by UAalum72

[madDOG]

Thanks for posting those pics! Liberty Terrace looks awesome. The university is doing a great job with all of these campus improvements.

[Dane96]

That big hunk of metal supports trenches usually when they are laying sewage lines. We used those suckers all day long (much bigger) in the Big Dig construction.

[Clickclack]

That big hunk of metal supports trenches usually when they are laying sewage lines. We used those suckers all day long (much bigger) in the Big Dig construction.

 

They seem to be fairly common, I've seen them at numerous construction sights...