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Tyser Tower/Byrd Stadium Improvements
February 2008
As luck would have it I decided to take
some shots of Tyser today when 2 men with hard hats approached.
They are part of the lead team for the building project
at Tyser. Mike Grinnell, Project Superintendent, and Abe
Vogel, Project Engineer, from Clark Construction took me
on a tour inlcuding a trip to the top of Tyser where some
of these shots were taken. They will be updating me on this
and I will add to this so you will be aware of waht's happening
with the project. Right now most of the work is getting
the ground support ready for the tower. I also saw the beams
for the new scoreboard go up as well. Very exciting!!!
First hand report from Mike Grinnell, Project
Superintendent:
On the west side of the stadium we
are well underway installing Auger Cast Piles. These grout
filled piles extend into the earth 60’ and support
the structure above. There are over 200 on the project.
After the Piles are complete we will begin the concrete
below grade structure that will anchor all of the piles
together.
On the east side of the stadium we are completing work
to the infrastructure. In the pictures you can see us
tying in the last of the sanitary sewer manholes to the
existing line. This connection was made 16’ underground.
Soon we will be working along Stadium Drive on the site
utilities, which will include tying in a new water line
and a new sanitary sewer line.
In the month to come the most noticeable difference will
be the erection of our tower crane. The base of it is
being completed now on Stadium Drive. It will sit on 8
auger cast piles that are tied together with a 25’
x 25’concrete cap that is six foot tall. This will
be the first tower crane on the University’s campus
and will nearly be 300’ tall. Once in place the
above ground concrete structure will start to go up.
JANUARY 2008
Here are a few shots of the Tyser Project
taken on January 5th, 2008. We will try to upload and
provide info as we move along on the project.
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