Construction Site, April 2008. Despite record rainfalls this spring, work on the piers and foundations of the museum buildings continues at a fast pace. Visible in the middle foreground is the mat footing of the dining bridge’s east buttress. The grade beam on the east clearly defines the shapes of the museum store and administration building.
Photo by Brad Higbee, Eagle Eye Photography |
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March-April 2008 |
Overview looking east. This photo was taken from the temporary exhibitions gallery on the west side of the construction site; it shows the various levels of the museum complex. The construction workers in the foreground are walking on what will eventually become the bottom of the reflection pools.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
Milestone – First Major Pour Saint Patrick’s Day 2008 marks the first major pour on the construction site – the east buttress of the dining pavilion bridge.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
Teamwork. . Successfully orchestrating a major pour requires teamwork and precision. Concrete trucks moved from the construction yard batch plant to the site of the pour in a continuous stream for four hours. In all, 270 cubic yards of concrete were placed.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
Micro Piles. Work continues steadily on the installation of the museum’s 1,200 micro piles. These micro piles are a critical part of the museum’s foundation structure. They will provide resistance to the forces of the soil backfilled behind many of the buildings’ exterior walls. In the background, soil nailing with shot-crete is taking place along the western perimeter of the museum’s temporary exhibitions pavilion.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
Footing Excavation. Crews continue to excavate the rock for the footings of the perimeter retaining walls of the upper reflection pool along the administration building.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
Another Milestone – First structural shear wall to be poured. This foundation wall along gridline B18 in the administration building marks another first in the construction project. The shear wall will distribute lateral loads that are placed on the building’s perimeter by backfill.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
Parking Deck. Piers are now installed for the parking deck. In the background, the building where all of the concrete forms for the building project will be assembled has also been completed.
Photo Courtesy of Liz Workman |
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March-April 2008 |
View from within the temporary exhibitions building (along the lower pond)
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View from within the temporary exhibitions building (along
the lower pond)
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View from the visitor orientation area to the lower pond
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View from the visitor's orientation area to the lower
pond
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View from outside the temporary exhibitions building
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View from outside the temporary exhibitions building
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View from outside the temporary exhibitions building
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