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[Sigaven]

that state parking garage can't go soon enough!

[360_Ray]

The pile drillers have migrated to the northern edge of the building outline on both the San Antonio and Guadalupe street edges. I'm hoping that means they are done with piles in the center and southern sections, but who knows.

They hauled off about half of the hazmat spoil from the Crane 2 excavation, but no other work in that hole. Does someone know the dates for Crane 2 install?

Large backhoe continues to slowly expand the central core pit for the elevator mechanical space I assume.

They cleared out the NE corner of the lot and half of a 40' double wide mobile office just arrived.

[Billy Cannon]

Thanks and loving all the updates.

What you see being installed are piers not piles. Similar but different.

The large excavation you see for the elevator core will be a huge pier cap that ties all the piers together and on top of the pier cap the elevator core walls will rise to the top of the building

Keep up the updates! Myself and a lot of other lurkers on this site really appreciate it

Originally Posted by 360_Ray

The pile drillers have migrated to the northern edge of the building outline on both the San Antonio and Guadalupe street edges. I'm hoping that means they are done with piles in the center and southern sections, but who knows.

They hauled off about half of the hazmat spoil from the Crane 2 excavation, but no other work in that hole. Does someone know the dates for Crane 2 install?

Large backhoe continues to slowly expand the central core pit for the elevator mechanical space I assume.

They cleared out the NE corner of the lot and half of a 40' double wide mobile office just arrived.

[360_Ray]

The construction office is 4 trailer wide block in the NE corner.

All Crane 2 ? pad hazmat spoil has been removed.

They dug what looks like may be the Crane 3 pad in the SW corner of the lot (pic below)

[360_Ray]

[360_Ray]

Originally Posted by Billy Cannon

What you see being installed are piers not piles. Similar but different.

The large excavation you see for the elevator core will be a huge pier cap that ties all the piers together and on top of the pier cap the elevator core walls will rise to the top of the building

Thanks for the correction and insight into what they are doing! Much appreciated.

[360_Ray]

Piers on center edge of San Antonio drilled and filled. Both machines now working on Guadalupe side. More excavation in central core. You can see more piers with the closed end rebar exposed.

[bobbywest87]

They’re really digging down deep for the elevator core.

[Armybrat]

Wine cellar?

[360_Ray]

What I though was going to be Crane 2 pad where they dug out the hazmat fill has been filled with concrete and now covered with dirt.

Excavation and haul-off continues on central core.

A few more piers drilled and filled on western edge.

Some work painting on office. Looks like they are getting ready to construct wooden access to it.

[bobbywest87]

Not to bring this up again, but is there any official word on the 710' height? I know renderings aren't a good source for height info, but most of the renderings seem to indicate this as being shorter than both The Independent and The Austonian.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by bobbywest87

Not to bring this up again, but is there any official word on the 710' height? I know renderings aren't a good source for height info, but most of the renderings seem to indicate this as being shorter than both The Independent and The Austonian.

710' is from the approved elevations.

[bobbywest87]

Originally Posted by The ATX

710' is from the approved elevations.

Thank you. Where do you find info on approved elevations at?

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by bobbywest87

Thank you. Where do you find info on approved elevations at?

The elevations are in files attached to the project's site plan application that can be found in the City's building permit search portal.

The approved elevations are usually added to the site plan within a couple weeks after it is approved and released. Typically they are in one file called "Plans" but sometimes every page of the plans can be a separate image file which is annoying.

The latest but not approved elevations are usually added to the site plan application during the approval process. They are usually in a file named "AW Redlines". Sometimes they can be downloaded from Bluebeam. The Bluebeam link when available can be found in one of the City's "Comments" files.

And sometimes when elevations (or at least the approved elevations) are not available from the City, I'll make comment on here or through Twitter about not having them, and someone working on the project sends them to me.

[kmack]

Current Arch drawings show the top of the parapet at the crown elevation at 807'-10"

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by kmack

Current Arch drawings show the top of the parapet at the crown elevation at 807'-10"

So does that mean this will actually be an 800 footer???

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by kmack

Current Arch drawings show the top of the parapet at the crown elevation at 807'-10"

And the starting point is 0 and not 100?

[Echostatic]

No, you always have to subtract 100' from the numbers on the elevations, so it's 707'-10"

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by Echostatic

No, you always have to subtract 100' from the numbers on the elevations, so it's 707'-10"

Well that sucks, a couple feet shorter than we thought. boo ������

Really it's gonna be so close to the Austonian and Independent heights, from many vantage points it will look basically the same height. Overall the Austonian IMO tends to stand out the most as "taller" than the Independent except looking from the Westside. From the south the two look the same in height.

[kmack]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

So does that mean this will actually be an 800 footer???

Originally Posted by Echostatic

No, you always have to subtract 100' from the numbers on the elevations, so it's 707'-10"

I did not verify what the starting datum elevation is...