Fire (Station) in the Hole

Koons Garage Project Closing In

harry — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:19:17 +0000

The shell of the Koons Garage is close to done; Crews started pouring cement for the top level floor today. Now back to last week… Crews Assemble Floor Support: Looking NW from Lee Hwy: 3rd Level Floor Crawls Towards Completion: 2nd Floor Entry Facing Service Garage Door: The Garage Rises On Old Dominion (Pictured on 21st Rd Looking NE):

A Huge Cut In Support

harry — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:40:15 +0000

With the 2nd floor walls ready to go up some of the supporting piles had to come down. Crews started cutting away on Monday and the crane pulled them up Tuesday morning. This is video of the first pile hauled away at about 7:45am. (Sorry for the shaky & glary video quality I had to [...]

Coming Up On 3rd & Goal

harry — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:49:11 +0000

Last week the 2nd floor was mostly finished, except for a sliver going east and west around the crane, and crews started installing rebar for the 2nd floor walls. It won’t be too long now before the 3rd & final floor is ready to be poured on. Final Piece of the South Side Floor In Place: North [...]

Back for Seconds, Eh?

harry — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:21:35 +0000

Second Floor. (Week of September 27) Rebar (green) and Conduit (blue) Being Installed: Cement Starts Pouring And 2nd Floor Is Underway: Looking Northwest Towards Old Dominion The Northern Half Awaits Its Cement Makeover: Scaffolding Holds Up The 2nd Floor: The Making of a Floor: Black Tiles Ready To Be Fitted (See 1st Pic in this post for finished product). Cement [...]

Floor It Now

harry — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:10:50 +0000

I’ll spare you the commentary. Let’s go to the videotape: