Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:59 pm

iamjacobm wrote:18 month demo. Construction could start two years from now at the very earliest.

Holy crapbaskets, 18 months?

Is that normal?

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:02 pm

iamjacobm wrote:18 month demo. Construction could start two years from now at the very earliest.

I'm kinda surprised it will take that long. That's longer than Jobbers Canyon took, I believe...even with the lawsuits to stop it. I don't think anyone will protest demo of the Civic.

They'll most likely be recycling all of the steel and other building materials...so that could slow them down, along with asbestos abatement, if any.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:37 pm

I saw the 6:00 news report. They have to remove a large amount of Asbetos, take out several large generators... It looks like the amount of time needed to just prepare the place for demo is going to take a while.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:33 pm

Coyote wrote:They have to remove a large amount of Asbetos...

That's going to take up a large portion of the schedule. It all has to be done by hand, and most of it is probably insulation on pipes and ductwork, which will require taking down ceilings and walls, and removing it all slowly off of lifts and scaffolding. There's also could be asbestos in floor tile, which is tedious to remove.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:32 am

Yes, they mentioned how much scaffolding will be needed, especially for some high areas...

Post by **Brad** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:06 am

How come nobody can post a link anymore?????????????

City prepares to tear Civic Auditorium down
http://www.ketv.com/news/city-prepares- ... n/36762110

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:22 am

Brad wrote:How come nobody can post a link anymore?????????????

City prepares to tear Civic Auditorium down
http://www.ketv.com/news/city-prepares- ... n/36762110

MTO did on the last page, kimosabe.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:24 am

Linkin5 wrote:
Brad wrote:How come nobody can post a link anymore?????????????

City prepares to tear Civic Auditorium down
http://www.ketv.com/news/city-prepares- ... n/36762110
MTO did on the last page, kimosabe.

Thanks. Didn't go back far enough.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:50 pm

Bids are opened tomorrow. Any guess on what the final cost to tear that monster down? With absolutely zero engineering prowess I am going to say $15 million. The old UP building was about 5 if I remember right. That was 10 years ago and this sounds like a heck of an endeavor.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:24 pm

About $3.50

Post by **BRoss** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:52 am

MadMartin8 wrote:About $3.50

Get out of here you damń Loch Ness monster!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:35 am

HR Paperstacks wrote:
MadMartin8 wrote:About $3.50
Get out of here you damń Loch Ness monster!

Holy shìt how'd I miss that! Good one.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:04 am

I'm gonna go with 3.51 Bob.

ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:50 am

Demolition contract approval is on next City Council Agenda

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:57 pm

We should have a send off for the Civic when they level it.

choke · Post by **choke** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:24 am

"City Council delays vote on $3M contract to demolish Civic Auditorium, wants company to address concerns"

So, I guess I did not realize that Tetrad was off the hook when it came to the demolition of the Civic. Is this a deal like Lanoha got? Get the land for a song and then sit on it forever?

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:33 am

Concerns concerning asbestus and what not?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:45 am

MTO wrote:Concerns concerning asbestus and what not?

KETV wrote:The Omaha contractor who came in second and his lawyer raised questions over whether the city can legally let Denovo do the work. A second question surfaced late Tuesday afternoon over whether the city properly considered the use of small and minority-owned contractors on the project. The whole deal will be researched further, with a vote on the bid scheduled for next Tuesday.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:54 am

Coyote wrote:
MTO wrote:Concerns concerning asbestus and what not?

KETV wrote:The Omaha contractor who came in second and his lawyer raised questions over whether the city can legally let Denovo do the work. A second question surfaced late Tuesday afternoon over whether the city properly considered the use of small and minority-owned contractors on the project. The whole deal will be researched further, with a vote on the bid scheduled for next Tuesday.

But no delays coming in to jam it all up?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:11 pm

Contract says the demo needs to be done by September 2017. It has been approved and asbestos removal could start in two weeks.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:29 pm

After concerns resolved, Omaha City Council OKs Illinois firm's $3.1M contract to demolish Civic Auditorium

Workers could start removing asbestos from the Civic Auditorium in about two weeks under a demolition contract the Omaha City Council approved Tuesday.
Exterior demolition should begin in the spring. The old arena and next-door Music Hall are to be completely razed by September 2017.

nebraska0490 · Post by **nebraska0490** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:13 pm

Found this photograph circa 1952 when demolition was underway for the Civic. Funny how things go full circle...

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:31 pm

....and here's the old Civic Auditorium it replaced....

Demo'd in 1954 from 15th & Howard.

GenX · Post by **GenX** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:45 pm

nebraska0490 wrote:Found this photograph circa 1952 when demolition was underway for the Civic. Funny how things go full circle...

That is a great view of the Northwestern Bell building!

asherballa · Post by **asherballa** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:19 pm

Oopsies...

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/civic-a ... 57966.html

Nonetheless, sounds like everyone is confident the project will go forward. Hooray for surety companies

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:16 pm

Well at least they have a performance bond that at worst another company will be hired to complete the work.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:37 pm

There's the potential of more delays due to lawyers doing lawyerly things and stuff.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/federal ... d1348.html

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:00 pm

jessep28 wrote:There's the potential of more delays due to lawyers doing lawyerly things and stuff.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/federal ... d1348.html

For |expletive|'s sake anyway...

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:30 pm

jessep28 wrote:There's the potential of more delays due to lawyers doing lawyerly things and stuff.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/federal ... d1348.html

Wowzers. The Omaha Civic Auditorium- "Die Hard with a Vengance" comes to mind...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

choke · Post by **choke** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:51 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote:
jessep28 wrote:There's the potential of more delays due to lawyers doing lawyerly things and stuff.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/federal ... d1348.html
Wowzers. The Omaha Civic Auditorium- "Die Hard with a Vengance" comes to mind...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Most definitely. I say, renovate and reopen: Halloween outlet store.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:32 pm

choke wrote:
Omaha Cowboy wrote:
jessep28 wrote:There's the potential of more delays due to lawyers doing lawyerly things and stuff.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/federal ... d1348.html
Wowzers. The Omaha Civic Auditorium- "Die Hard with a Vengance" comes to mind...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Most definitely. I say, renovate and reopen: Halloween outlet store.

LOL.. Right on

...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:15 pm

Sounds like demolition is proceeding... Asbestos abatement to be finished within the next 60 days... Music Hall demo in May 26, Auditorium demo on June 22, site completed before Christmas.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:39 pm

Coyote wrote:Sounds like demolition is proceeding... Asbestos abatement to be finished within the next 60 days... Music Hall demo in May 26, Auditorium demo on June 22, site completed before Christmas.

That's actually faster than I was expecting given the rigmarole.

daveoma · Post by **daveoma** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 4:04 pm

Good to see progress on this

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon May 09, 2016 1:06 pm

Anybody know the name of the company which ended up getting hired to tear this down?

yellowcolumbia · Post by **yellowcolumbia** » Tue May 10, 2016 5:53 pm

MTO wrote:Anybody know the name of the company which ended up getting hired to tear this down?

One of the OWH articles above says that the bonding company that took over selected Spirtas Wrecking Company out of St Louis. All of the vehicle markings I've seen there so far have been New Horizons, which is the abatement contractor.

Athomsfere · Post by **Athomsfere** » Wed May 11, 2016 12:28 pm

Maybe I missed the updates if there are any.

Are we still looking at 16 floors? Any idea the final height expectations? Or just ballparking 16*20ft? Something else?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed May 11, 2016 12:34 pm

Athomsfere wrote:Maybe I missed the updates if there are any.

Are we still looking at 16 floors? Any idea the final height expectations? Or just ballparking 16*20ft? Something else?

If I were to guess you could put a pin in those questions for at least a year.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed May 11, 2016 12:37 pm

Not much more was talked about on official channels in those regards. But once the civic is no longer I'd expect the discussion to pivot to the project and its details.

Athomsfere · Post by **Athomsfere** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:43 am

Thanks, sort of the answers I was expecting! It's just difficult to keep up sometimes!