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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
That makes sense. The link to the article you posted said a street closure would be going on for North St. Mary's Street, Crockett and Dolorosa streets from 4:30 a.m. until 6 p.m., and all of those streets are near this building. It sounds to me like they're planning a mat foundation pour. That makes sense with the river being so close to the site. A mat foundation makes it possible to not need to dig or drill as deep, and that would help avoid water issues. That means a whole lotta concrete trucks supplying concrete to the pumper trucks. It's not uncommon to have a thousand or more concrete trucks bringing concrete to the site one after the other.
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Again, this part of the work was already done. They used a hydraulic hammer pile driver. The article is old and states nothing about a "6 week period". There is wood at the site, which often means (note I am not using definitive dialogue to indicate absolute knowledge) they are getting ready to set up a crane. Who knows. I see less and less workers each day. This might be a project that takes three years. Reminds me of this site in Austin where the building is only now finishing and it started 5 years ago. They left a hole in the ground for years. It was also a few projects before it become what it is today.
Edit: I was referring to Hotel Zaza & Apartments in downtown Austin, Texas.