I looked in while driving down Cedar today, and site prep has begun. It looks like they have removed the curbs and have started removing the asphalt. It looked like they had already ground all the pavement down.
There is quite a bit more equipment on site today, hopefully they take out that mound along Michigan soon. Lmich can you change the status of this building on Emporis to "under construction."
There was a quick meeting of property owners and the EDC today for the Stadium District to start talks about using the cool cities grant to reshape the district. I think we might want to have a forum for the Stadium District and the Stadium Project.
I chatted with Pat, you guys are going to see alot happen this next week. They will be pouring footings for the next few weeks, and should have steel in the air by February.
The reason I care so much is largely because it makes for a much impressive building in the construction stage when it is concrete or steel. However for tenants in the building a concrete or steel structure is extremely important for sound, and to a lesser extent peace of mind and vibrations. The steel and concrete structures, if used with other measures such as double studded walls can almost eliminate unit to unit noise, from stereos, TV's, vacumes and voices. I would never spend a lot of money on an apartment or condo unless it is reasonably sound insulated, I love my home theater system.
Yeah, the concrete residential buildings where the walls and floors are cement offer excellent oundproofing between units, although the floor-to-floor sound insulation is the same for concrete and steel. One thing I still don't get is how it is that much cheaper to build buildings with the ground floor stel or concrete then the upper floors with wood. I think when you look at the cost-benifit steel or concrete is worth the extra money. Stonehouse Village was the first building I seen built like that and I was, and still am, suprised at that method of construction.
They are continuing to dig a trench around what will be the perimeter of the building and there is rerod in place for some of the footings near Cedar St.
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Site prep appears to be well underway, now that there is equipment onsite I would expect the project to begin to move forward at a steady pace.
I chatted with Pat, you guys are going to see alot happen this next week. They will be pouring footings for the next few weeks, and should have steel in the air by February.