Capitol District (NWC 10th & Capitol)

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun May 08, 2016 4:12 am

Great photos...loving the progress.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun May 08, 2016 4:19 am

Dare I say- Ahead of schedule?

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Great pics Mark!...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Sun May 08, 2016 4:32 am

Thanks for posting. That project is smoking! (literally, today) Great to see it rise above I480. The more of that we block, the better!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri May 13, 2016 1:44 am

Lillian Bean wrote:
Coyote wrote:Are there any examples of this anywhere?
I have only seen it in person once and it was on the west coast. This is one supplier's website which has some good information and some sample projects: http://www.infinitystructures.com/

I looked at the system for another project locally which ended up going conventional structural steel. It's ideal when you have a building too tall for wood but is laid out like a wood frame building (apartments, hotels, etc) as it is less expensive than concrete or conventional steel. Not a good option for offices or low-rise buildings.

MCL just posted on their fb today that they are using offsite modular construction techniques for this project. Will be cool to see how this goes up.

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Fri May 13, 2016 2:04 am

Lots of deliveries today on both sides of the project. Hotel received more steel for the ballroom area, and the apartment side received several truckloads of pre made framing components. The crew spent the last few rainy days doing layout so the apartments should start going verticle soon.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri May 13, 2016 5:33 pm

Spatial77 wrote:Lots of deliveries today on both sides of the project. Hotel received more steel for the ballroom area, and the apartment side received several truckloads of pre made framing components. The crew spent the last few rainy days doing layout so the apartments should start going verticle soon.

Excellent. Thanks for the Intel

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

RockHarbor · Post by **RockHarbor** » Sat May 14, 2016 7:43 pm

It's coming along nicely! I see you captured it on the day we had all that strange haze. I had no idea it was from fires in MN until that evening. I thought it was a sort of natural fog-haze or something.

choke · Post by **choke** » Sun May 15, 2016 1:31 pm

RockHarbor wrote:It's coming along nicely! I see you captured it on the day we had all that strange haze. I had no idea it was from fires in MN until that evening. I thought it was a sort of natural fog-haze or something.

It was all that "purple haze" coming from Colorado, home of the Blunt

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 15, 2016 11:33 pm

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun May 15, 2016 11:39 pm

Excellent pic update as always Mark

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon May 16, 2016 5:11 pm

Holy-moly they're pouring concrete in the rain? I didn't think they could do that. I know concrete doesn't dry it cures but still I'd think the extra water screwed with the chemistry.

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Tue May 17, 2016 3:22 pm

The apartment project has some verticality going on today. Light steel columns going up on the north end.

In regards to MTO's question... yes you can pour concrete in the rain. Unless it is a torrential downpour the amount of water in a light rainfall would not affect the strength of the concrete, especially since this was not flat work (i.e. floors, sidewalks, driveways). The concrete was placed in column forms, so there was even less chance for rain to get in. One of my professors in college said that he was on a site that had flooded shortly after concrete footings were poured. The footings were underwater for a week. They did testing on them after the site was dewatered and the concrete ended up having some of the highest yield strength he had ever seen. One of the biggest threats to concrete strength is it "drying out" too fast.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue May 17, 2016 11:12 pm

According to MCL's facebook they will put up the 10 floors of apartments in only 15 weeks.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed May 18, 2016 12:41 am

iamjacobm wrote:According to MCL's facebook they will put up the 10 floors of apartments in only 15 weeks.

Oh snap this is going to be a heck of a show.

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Wed May 18, 2016 2:16 am

Hope someone can get pictures this weekend. Looks like the steel is about done on the ballroom area, forms going up for 4th floor on the hotel, and lots happening on the apartments. If you zoom in on Coyote's pics you can see the layout lines on the floor of the apartments base.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed May 18, 2016 3:25 am

iamjacobm wrote:According to MCL's facebook they will put up the 10 floors of apartments in only 15 weeks.

I better get more parking quarters for the next few weeks..

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed May 18, 2016 3:28 am

Coyote wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:According to MCL's facebook they will put up the 10 floors of apartments in only 15 weeks.
I better get more parking quarters for the next few weeks..

2 floors every 3 weeks ain't a bad pace.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed May 18, 2016 3:33 am

iamjacobm wrote:
Coyote wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:According to MCL's facebook they will put up the 10 floors of apartments in only 15 weeks.
I better get more parking quarters for the next few weeks..
2 floors every 3 weeks ain't a bad pace.

If I weren't doing a photo shoot of NBC Tap House tomorrow, I'd be all over this...
Thursday pics up...

Post by **Brad** » Thu May 19, 2016 3:08 am

Coyote wrote: If I weren't doing a photo shoot of NBC Tap House tomorrow, I'd be all over this...

lol, speaking of your Yelp event tonight... One of your fellow Yelp peeps drink too much and drive in to the front of a house in Regency? Just saw on KETV a red car with the Yelp logo hanging from the rear view mirror! Said alcohol was involved...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu May 19, 2016 4:57 pm

This process is going to be very interesting to follow. The skeleton of the building is going to look pretty crazy when it is topped out.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu May 19, 2016 7:19 pm

Looked like they were in the process of adding a new floor to the apartment building when I drove by today

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Thu May 19, 2016 11:11 pm

I think they would have gotten more work on the apartment side done today if they didn't have to unload so many trucks full of prefabricated wall units

This thing is going to fly up fast!

Post by **Brad** » Fri May 20, 2016 3:55 am

Quick sunset photo from tonight
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Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat May 21, 2016 10:08 am

Nice pic Brad

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat May 21, 2016 3:07 pm

Can't wait to see those construction lights in it at night.

Post by **Brad** » Sat May 21, 2016 4:30 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote:Nice pic Brad ...

Thanks Lou! It was nice to have the time to get out a few times this week!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 22, 2016 8:33 pm

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Mon May 23, 2016 1:13 am

Two thoughts:

1. If the weather is good this week they may have the first level of apartments framed in by the end of the week.

2. The hotel is going to be a much more impressive edifice than the Hilton Motel across the Interstate.

Thanks for the photo update. I really appreciate them.

Tornado · Post by **Tornado** » Mon May 23, 2016 2:29 am

Most definitely! It's looking like the hotel will be much more impressive than the renderings. I can't believe the ballroom section itself is going to be noticeably taller than the freeway. Thanks for the pics. I love the ground level pics looking West, really shows off the size of this project.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon May 23, 2016 3:07 am

Excellent progress. Thanks for the pic update as always Mark..

As it relates to the hotel piece if the development, I agree. I stated it a few months back- this hotel will look much more impressive along the skyline partially due it being right next to the interstate. I think the skyline photos driving west on 480 heading into downtown, once the Capitol District project is complete, will really have more impact than some might expect...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Post by **Brad** » Mon May 23, 2016 1:11 pm

Photo Update from Sunday 5/22/2016. Beautiful skies for update photos!

1. Looking SE from the NW Croner

2. Looking SE from the NW Croner

3. Looking ENE from the west side

4. Looking NE from the garage

5. Looking ENE from the garage towards the hotel.

6. Looking NE from the garage towards the apartment building.

7. Looking NW from the garage.

8. Looking ENE along Capitol Ave.

9. Looking SE towards the hotel ballroom.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon May 23, 2016 1:29 pm

Excellent Brad

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

Post by **Brad** » Mon May 23, 2016 1:54 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote:Excellent Brad ...

Thanks Lou! Yesterday was a perfect weather day for update photos!

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Mon May 23, 2016 10:16 pm

How about sitting on a giant lightning rod when you see this in the distance (from the Capitol District construction cam today at 4:30)

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon May 23, 2016 10:43 pm

Hope those cranes are grounded they're effectively giant lightening rods. Cool capture.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue May 24, 2016 2:23 am

Wow, that is amazing that the construction camera caught that.

Post by **Brad** » Tue May 24, 2016 2:32 am

skinzfan23 wrote:Wow, that is amazing that the construction camera caught that.

Darn good timing!

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue May 24, 2016 4:24 am

That is very cool Spatial77

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu May 26, 2016 2:26 pm

The framing is nearly complete for the 2nd floor of the apt building.

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:43 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:The framing is nearly complete for the 2nd floor of the apt building.

On the north end they have put down the subfloor and the columns are going up for the third floor!