Theyâre continuing that trench along the western permimeter of the upper fields today. It looks like they have a couple huge dump trucks (like youâd see in a quarry) running back and forth, dumping the dirt in the southeast corner of the jobsite, where theyâre cutting the trees. Those truck drivers look like theyâre having a good time, flooring it back and forth, and hitting the ramp from lower to upper fields at a decent speed.
Are they raising the lower field or lowering the upper field? Or a combination of both?
I think they are lowering both. Field level will be 25â below the exiting parking lot level. They are using the cut from that area to fill the wooded area and build our practice fields.
Youâd prefer dreads hanging down to his ass, just to make it look âcontemporaryâ? :)) What ever they make him look like, in 10 years it will look âdatedâ, but guess what, thatâs the beauty of statues. They reflect âtraditionâ, something a lot of us here vocally yearn for at this school, but the reality is you canât establish tradition if itâs constantly âconfrontedâ or questioned by folks concerned or embarrassed by anything they consider âold schoolâ, at best, or totally antiquated, at worst.
I have another spiel about âtraditionâ in another thread that is along these same lines. But I do believe in change, but the reality is, too much change, and/or too fast change negates the concept of tradition. We canât have it both ways. [/quote]
Looks like Presby College has the exact same statues on their campus.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=3162978&story=3162742
I would rather have something unique to our school instead of a generic athlete statue.
Just stopped by the field (sorry, left the camera at home). The parking across from Duke is gone now. You can still park across from EPIC. That trench from yesterday is now 50 feet wide, it then continues around the edge of the rounded parking. Thereâs one fairly large boulder in that part they havenât moved yet.
Mr. Boj is probably right about them lowing the upper field to the lower field level, which is interesting cause thatâs not been shown in any renderings so far. I think theyâll just lower the rest of the field in the middle though below that level. Near where the treeline used to be on the lower field they looked to be redistributing the dirt from the upper field. They left a grove of trees in the middle and completely cleared the trees around it. No idea if they plan to leave that to partially block the practice fields or if the terrain was difficult and they go in later to clear it out with chainsaws.
Looks like weâre going to win our football games WW1 style.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.
We def need to take a sat in the fall and go tailgate the construction.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
Anyone that has a Bobcat please get this rock for 49erfootballnow, Iâm sure the first rock found on the football site would be a good keepsake for him.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Didnât that happen with Halton? The contractor went broke because of the amount of rock found? Or is that just a Charlotte Urban Legend?
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Didnât that happen with Halton? The contractor went broke because of the amount of rock found? Or is that just a Charlotte Urban Legend?[/quote]
Urban legendâŚthe company did go broke but not for that reason.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Didnât that happen with Halton? The contractor went broke because of the amount of rock found? Or is that just a Charlotte Urban Legend?[/quote]
Urban legendâŚthe company did go broke but not for that reason.[/quote]
I heard the company went broke because of Bonnie Coneâs grandsonâŚ
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Didnât that happen with Halton? The contractor went broke because of the amount of rock found? Or is that just a Charlotte Urban Legend?[/quote]
Urban legendâŚthe company did go broke but not for that reason.[/quote]
Thanks - half true half legend and now I know!
Rodgers has built so much stuff on our campus Iâm sure they knew what they were getting into.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Shallow bedrock is not an uncommon condition. Iâve been to plenty of job sites with rock outcropping.
They have already performed the borings and Iâm certain that they took long samples of rock cores and investigated the depth and hardness of the bedrock. And Iâm certain thereâs a geotech investigation report with all the findings. If the contractor doesnât know exactly what heâs getting into, heâs either an idiot or heâs about to get a nice settlement from the people who did the study incorrectly.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Anyone who knows anything about the geology of that area KNOWS about the rock out there. When they were building the Charlotte Motor Speedway back in the late 50âs, early 60âs, the rock they ran into almost bankrupted the project. Look it up.
From photo 4, it looks like they have already hit rock. I hope they have taken that into account with the schedule and budget. Could be a lot more out there.[/quote]
As much rock as there is on campus I would be shocked if it wasnât bid unclassified which would put all the liability on the contractor with regards to rock/soil conditions.[/quote]
Anyone who knows anything about the geology of that area KNOWS about the rock out there. When they were building the Charlotte Motor Speedway back in the late 50âs, early 60âs, the rock they ran into almost bankrupted the project. Look it up.[/quote]I was told Halton actually did bankrupt the contractor who built the project. I donât know if there is any truth to that, but the guy said he worked on Halton and they had to blast a lot of stone they werenât expecting.
Nothing too different today except they pulled the rock out and found another.
