My, Hasn't It Grown! RSA Battlehouse Tower Update - Page 65

RSAHort · #**1281** Posted **May 16, 2007, 1:04 PM**

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Also, we gotta get the maintenance folks trained up on the system.
monty

Are you working with Lee? He is the building manager down there. Have you met RJ? He is our and Lee's supervisor here in Montgomery. RJ spends alot of time down there.

10101000 · #**1282** Posted **May 16, 2007, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by montysano

The building apparently took a lightning hit, and it knocked out some control components. Eventually the control system will be connected to the Internet and we'll have programming and fault diagnosis capabilities from our shop. Also, we gotta get the maintenance folks trained up on the system. But everyone was so wiped out from the push to get ready for the Friday night lighting that a few things slipped through the cracks.

As I noted earlier, the owners have asked for the lighting to be white until we all decide on a long term programming plan.

monty

Do you know of anything new that is coming to Mobile?

Brown Duckz · #**1283** Posted **May 16, 2007, 4:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by RSAHort

Are you working with Lee? He is the building manager down there. Have you met RJ? He is our and Lee's supervisor here in Montgomery. RJ spends alot of time down there.

You wouldn't happen to be talking about RJ Caldwell?

RSAHort · #**1284** Posted **May 16, 2007, 5:35 PM**

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You wouldn't happen to be talking about RJ Caldwell?

Yes. You know RJ?

Brown Duckz · #**1285** Posted **May 16, 2007, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by RSAHort

Yes. You know RJ?

Well, I'm only 20, I'm friends with his son Josh & I just knew that he worked for the state and dealt with most of the RSA properties... so, yeh-small world, hah.

Sulley · #**1286** Posted **May 16, 2007, 7:18 PM**

Everyone in Alabama knows each other...

thoraudio · #**1287** Posted **May 16, 2007, 7:23 PM**

RJ Caldwell? I was in the war with his uncle!

ok.... not really. just wanted to fit in

Musicisright · #**1288** Posted **May 16, 2007, 7:36 PM**

Ohh! Good ol' RJ! I used to go to church with his mama!

bystander1 · #**1289** Posted **May 16, 2007, 11:10 PM**

What-up, RJaaay?!!

montysano · #**1290** Posted **May 17, 2007, 12:07 AM**

HSVTiger said

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What's to keep a person from falling right out of it? Yikes!

Exodus said

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It appears to have glass.

Nope, no glass up top!

RSAHort asked:

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Are you working with Lee? He is the building manager down there. Have you met RJ? He is our and Lee's supervisor here in Montgomery. RJ spends alot of time down there.

Several of our crew met RJ, and yes, I believe he'll be our contact. I haven't met him yet; all my contact has been with the electrical contractor, who is technically my customer.

Bama_75 · #**1291** Posted **May 17, 2007, 11:40 AM**

Got down to see it lit up last night and it looks great.

There was a lot of people out walking around.

elb401 · #**1292** Posted **May 17, 2007, 3:02 PM**

They turn it off about mid-night right?? I was down there at 11:53 pm and they turned it off.

pkp · #**1293** Posted **May 17, 2007, 3:10 PM**

Went on a tour of the hotel earlier this week and wandered around the tower some as well. I can hardly beleive this facility is in Mobile. Its just about as nice as any property I have been in, anywhere. I don't imagine there is anything quite like it in a similar sized city anywhere in the U.S.

10101000 · #**1294** Posted **May 17, 2007, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by pkp

Went on a tour of the hotel earlier this week and wandered around the tower some as well. I can hardly beleive this facility is in Mobile. Its just about as nice as any property I have been in, anywhere. I don't imagine there is anything quite like it in a similar sized city anywhere in the U.S.

It is hard to believe. When I was home over the weekend it did not feel like Mobile anymore. I think that this is just the start for Mobile. It will grow.

Musicisright · #**1295** Posted **May 18, 2007, 7:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by pkp

Its just about as nice as any property I have been in, anywhere. I don't imagine there is anything quite like it in a similar sized city anywhere in the U.S.

Totally. Walking around the site the other day, I got the same feeling. Every aspect of that property is just 100%. No corners were cut. I haven't been in either hotel or tower. Can you just walk right in either one? What were the tours of the hotel I heard somebody talking about?

In other news, my sister-in-law brought me THE blueprints for the RSA Tower. It's huuge and has like 600 drawings in it. There's so much detail in each drawing, it just makes me respect the ones who built her even more.

thoraudio · #**1296** Posted **May 18, 2007, 12:45 PM**

All of the RSA/Mariott places are top notch. From The Shoals to Ross Bridge to Capitol Hill to the Battlehouse. They really are a boon to the State.

The thing about it is, I don't think you could have convinced a private developer that 5 star locations would work in Alabama. But they do.

pkp · #**1297** Posted **May 18, 2007, 8:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Musicisright

Totally. Walking around the site the other day, I got the same feeling. Every aspect of that property is just 100%. No corners were cut. I haven't been in either hotel or tower. Can you just walk right in either one? What were the tours of the hotel I heard somebody talking about?

In other news, my sister-in-law brought me THE blueprints for the RSA Tower. It's huuge and has like 600 drawings in it. There's so much detail in each drawing, it just makes me respect the ones who built her even more.

Yes - you can pretty much wander the public spaces of the hotel (lobby, bar, dining, meeting and ballrooms, etc...) all you want. If you want to see rooms, etc..., go the front desk and ask for a tour - not sure how long that will last. You can wonder around the tower lobby some, but there is not access to the elevator banks without a security badge. Just go through the hotel to the tower.

DruidCity · #**1298** Posted **May 18, 2007, 11:59 PM**

I saw the RSA Tower yesterday & it looks absolutely perfect

Musicisright · #**1299** Posted **May 23, 2007, 7:23 AM**

I know this isn't news, but I just checked the webcam and it seems there is a red light on each of the four corners of the first setback. They don't look decorative...More like for aviation purposes. Have they always been there?

montysano · #**1300** Posted **May 23, 2007, 12:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Musicisright

I know this isn't news, but I just checked the webcam and it seems there is a red light on each of the four corners of the first setback. They don't look decorative...More like for aviation purposes. Have they always been there?

No, they haven't. I'll check the webcam tonight. Up until now, the only FAA light was on the top of the spire.