while you were sleeping...

[Shamoan]

the concrete was being poured to complete the lower deck of the endzone.....very ninja-esque if you ask me. im expecting us to have a completed lower bowl by late morning or early afternoon....concrete stretching all the way from the east to the west...a beautiful sight.

taken at 2:10 A.M.

 

[121Josey]

taken at 2:10 A.M.

Bats are nocturnal and not normally photogs. You must have posted that on site. (I see that the site clock is off.)

 

[SpiritofSuttleHall]

A beehive

the concrete was being poured to complete the lower deck of the endzone.....very ninja-esque if you ask me. im expecting us to have a completed lower bowl by late morning or early afternoon....concrete stretching all the way from the east to the west...a beautiful sight.

There were five or six cement trucks lined up at the student gate around 6:30 this morning. They are making a serious push... it looks completely different overnight. I fully expect we will be picking our jaws up off the ground by quitting time today.

 

[bulldogbaja]

You must have a great flash**

 

[Elmer]

Concrete stuff that you probably already knew

Large pours in the summer are usually done after the sun sets or in wee hours of the morning because of the heat. Combine the outside temperature with the heat generated form the chemical reaction of the concrete curing, it's really the only way to get it right.

One of the few things I remember from Dr. Rendon's Pavements class from my days in Civil Engineering. That, and the fact that he loved the Talking Heads.

 

[dawgstudent]

I know you are being sarcastic but he embedded the picture from the construction cam which updates every so often. So it won't be the pic he saw last night.

 

[af102]

It will be interesting to see when they start bringing in the middle level's seating panels. I'm really hoping they have the majority in place for LSU so we can just hear the sound benefits closing in the end will give us.

 

[Xenomorph]

That's a lot of cement they're pouring into those molds. **

/pronounced "SEE-ment" for proper effect.

 

[maroonmadman]

No doubt that's some hard work but you can take it for granite they're making good $$ for it.**

 

[gtowndawg]

Two questions for anyone that knows...

because as Sgt. Shultz said, "I know nothing!"

1. On jobs like this that take a while, is the crew from the area or do they like stay in hotels or what?
2. Since we are an engineering school, do/can we use a project like this for some sort of hands on teaching? What better way to learn than to go down the street and watch it happen, right?

Again, I know nothing so go easy.

 

[uptowndawg]

From my experience:

1. Most of these guys are from out of town. There's just not enough craftsmen that live in starkville to man a job like this. They usually rent something for a 1 year lease like a trailer or camper since it's cheaper than a hotel.

2. If a professor has a good relationship with the company, or one of the on site Project Managers then it's not uncommon for an upper level class to take a site visit. My Steel Design class took a trip to the Greenville bridge when it was under construction because our Professor taught, and still had a good relationship with one of the PM's on that job.

 

[Crucifictorious]

Most of the crew is staying at Aiken Village. I see them leaving and walking to the stadium every morning around 6am when I am on the way to the Sanderson Center.

 

[patdog]

Pretty common for crews to stay in hotels for big projects like this. I know a few hotels in Columbus that have been overrun at times with crews working on the projects near the airport. They'll usually pack them in 2-4 per room and the guys will use their per diem to buy ground beef, buns and beer and cookout in the parking lot. Those hotels lost our business pretty quickly.

 

[fishwater99]

Here are a few pics from this morning from a friend..

 

[gtowndawg]

Sounds like Cloyd Rivers dream

thanks to all for answers.

 

[NashLA]

That would be concrete, not cement.