NU has construction camera operating for Lakefront Facility
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Ye of little faith.....
http://www.northwestern.edu/fm/proj.../ryan-fieldhouse-walter-athletics-center.html
A-Ha! They changed the name. #Fakenames
Old address: http://www.northwestern.edu/fm/projects/our_projects/evanston/lakefront-athletics-complex.html
Thanks for finding it for me. I was becoming very worried. I like to look at all the standing around and front-loaders moving piles of dirt from one place to another and then back again.
Gotta give Pat Ryan his due.
Looks like they are gearing up for another couple ribs for the roof of Taj Fitz.
"Thanks for finding it for me. I was becoming very worried. I like to look at all the standing around and front-loaders moving piles of dirt from one place to another and then back again."
Speaking of front loaders, there was a great story on the news here in Anchorage tonight. A pedestrian had stepped out on the roadway and got run over and ended up being pinned under the car. Other vehicles on the roadway stopped and their drivers found there was no way they could get the guy out from under the car. Just then one of them saw a front end loader on the roadway and he ran and signaled the driver to come help. Within minutes the front end loader was able to lift the vehicle so the persons helping could pull him out. Apparently he would not have lived if they had not been able to remove him so quickly. Last I heard the pedestrian was in the hospital now with non life threatening injuries. It was just by sheer luck that the front end loader had been there.
OK, I just found a link to the TV news story that includes video of the rescue:
http://www.ktva.com/passersby-rescue-man-pinned-truck-343/
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Another roof truss is being put into place today. Man, that building is going to be massive.
Sign of the times: "Truss Yourself."
Iskaboo, I hear you're London based. Where abouts? And...more importantly, what are your favorite restaurants. For my wife and me, we are partial to Summerhouse.
I have sent you a private message (I am sure the rest of the board is not interested I London restaurant chat).
Another section of the roof went up yesterday. Lots of footing have been poured for the building in the foreground.
Wow, those cranes are skyscraper sized. Either they are kicking up a lot of dust or the construction equipment is inefficiently burning a lot of diesel fuel which for the present is obstructing the view under the trusses.
I like your place . It is beautiful .Thanks for the update. Two observations. The structure looks like it is set back from the lakeshore further than I had imagined from the promo "photos" - probably due to "camera" angles. Second, that is an awfully long span that the two trusses extend without apparent support. I assume the engineers have factored in the potential of a heavy snow load which comes to mind since we just had the roof collapse on a building - also without central roof support, and of apparently even shorter length, here in Alaska this weekend. The new NU sports facility will reportedly be 500,000 square feet though not sure if that includes the portions already in place. (The collapsed Dome was 180,000 square feet. For comparison the existing Henry Crown Sports Paviilion was originally 95,000 square feet with apparently 30,000 square feet added.)
The building here was the largest inflatable athletic structure on the North American continent and was designed to withstand a snow load much greater than the one that took it down.
From Alaska Dispatch News:
"The massive inflatable roof of Anchorage's indoor sports venue The Dome collapsed just before midnight on Saturday under the weight of heavy snow, canceling athletic events for thousands of users and leaving the future of the heavily used facility in question.
No one was hurt in the collapse of the structure off Raspberry Road, which is roughly 600 feet long and 300 feet wide. The building had been evacuated eight hours before the collapse."
For an idea of the weekend's snow load, here is the accumulation being shoveled from the deck at my house.
Clicking on the site listed, comes up with a message that it's not available. Another site, please. Thanks
Just for you, willy......
http://www.northwestern.edu/fm/proj.../ryan-fieldhouse-walter-athletics-center.html
That link works for me. Funny thing is because of the quality, the computer generated video of theinteriror looks more real.
No work today because of snow I think but there are many arches in place.
The next arch (on the ground) is the middle arch. They are starting to do roofing on the back half of the dome - you can't see this but I drove up to the roof of the parking garage the other day when I was visiting my kid who lives in Bobb.
So yesterday was the first day I was aware that my computer was now able to see the video stream. Something changed. Because of the snow , nothing was going on. Tod ay there are kinds of little men and trucks and a crane in the foreground working. Watching is addictive.
I had the same problem a few days ago. Flash didn't load when I clicked on the link. It's fine now. Lots of people working today.
So, I'm looking at it now and it appears that you can see part of the sunset off to the left of the screen. That doesn't seem right to me. Is it a wide angle lens? or does that stretch of beach face a little bit North?
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Looks like they might be getting ready to place another arch today. Somebody should write on it something about the NCAA tourney like a time capsule.
I can't figure out how to post pics on this damn message board. The photo above asks for a URL and I just want to upload them. I have been meaning to ask, so if anyone knows, please advise and I will post pics as the project moves along.
You have to open and upload your picture to a picture hosting site like Photobucket (which assigns it a URL address). Then paste the URL for the picture into the picture icon box above.
The video seems stalled but it might be my feed. At any rate, they have assembled part of the next pair of arches. I'd love to see them swinging into place.
It's unfroze. Looks like they may be waiting till tomorrow to lift the middle arch.
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