COTA Austin - construction and infrastructure

[Steven]

Locked temporarily.
Was it so hard to take my post into account?


A few days later: second attempt, be nice!

[hairy_scotsman]

A little night construction for you:

[FW17]

Moore told AUTOSPORT: "The race is on. Construction is happening six days a week. The paddock buildings are being topped off, work on the main grandstand has started and we are looking at mid-August for completion."

[mcdenife]

AFAIK Epstein isn't a member of this forum. Hence voicing an opinion of him is fair play. How often people make denigrating comments of Bernie Ecclestone or called the former president of the FiA names? Nobody on this board cares about that.

Ahem...thats not quite true now is it WB? Mario Thiesen (yes I still reserve the right to misspell his name) Vettel, (or anyone German for that matter) spring to mind.

[hairy_scotsman]

Construction is happening six days a week

7 days a week, and at night.

The paddock buildings are being topped off

Seriously?

There are pilings for only about half of the 2nd floor, much less the 3rd floor. I took this photo 5 days ago:



I took 40 photos that day. Here they are:

The front side, from Piland Triangle... http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 878&type=1

The back side from near Turn 11, and the front from McAngus Road... http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 878&type=1

[hairy_scotsman]

BTW, here's the article WilliamsF1 was quoting from:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97091

[FW17]

7 days a week, and at night.

The paddock buildings are being topped off

Seriously?

14 Jan


Some days later


That is the last floor (or roof) that is being cast, so it is termed as topped off.

[hairy_scotsman]

That is the last floor (or roof) that is being cast, so it is termed as topped off.

Yes, that photo was taken by my buddy and posted on our FB page. What you can't see in that photo of only about the western 1/4 of the pit building is that less than 1/3 of the building even has a 2nd floor. Less than 1/2 of the pilings have been set to support the 2nd floor, and less than 1/2 of the 1st floor has even been poured, so isn't that a wee bit misleading? Saying the building is being "topped off" would imply to most people that the other floors are complete.

Here's one I took on the 14th:



When finished, the pit building will extend to the right (east), well beyond the edge of the photo.

...and this one from the Statesman's recent visit almost shows the whole pit building footprint:

[WhiteBlue]

The thing that we can probably all agree on at the moment is a much increased activity level since the conflict around the F1 contract was resolved.

Many people think that this activity level is sufficient to complete construction in time for the race if it is maintained. The question that some people still have is about the sustainability of the funding.

I'm not so sceptical. The previous stoppages were caused by internal power struggles which seem to have come to an end now. So let's hope that we will be able to follow a speedy progress of the works.

Btw, many thanks to hairy_scotsman and his friends for keeping up the information flow on other sites. I have petitioned the admin to reopen the thread to make it possible to share the progress reports here on F1technical. Steven was nice enough to help us out. And I suggest we respect his wish to stop the off topic bickering about the people behind this project. Let us keep this thread positive!!!

[FW17]

That is how construction resources will be deployed for a long building that extends some 300 m.

Piling is term used for foundation.

What you mean to say is columns on first floor and second floor not been completed/started.

Topping off is term used for any slab casting of roof slab for any part of building. Pit building in this case may be split to 5 - 7 segments and one if those segments has been topped off.

Thankx to you and your buddy for the pictures.

[Mr Alcatraz]

All elements of this facility need to pass inspection. Generally Inspectors have a good relationship with builders. It's not uncommon that builders will take one phase until it is ready to be zippered up, call out the inspector/s to check the nailing schedule, structural, mechanical, telecom, electrical, and any problematic or ambiguous issues on the actual plans as well as change orders. The inspectors are happy to look at the work and say if or if it will not pass and tell you exactly what is required to pass it. The contractor may go on from there, depending on which subs he has out there and just move on. Many inspections are required before the job if finished as per plan, and per code. There really is not any set universal order they will work in beside the obvious. I'm curious what their largest continuous concrete poured and finished in one day will be?

[FW17]

600 cubic yards in a night is a sizable quantity considering the size of the project

[Mr Alcatraz]

Not bad at all, that is about 40 trucks worth! But how often are they pouring. Their is a lot of underground in many areas. If they have most the underground done and are cruising with the con crete, it's just a matter of when they reach the toughest part........finishing down to the last detail.

[hairy_scotsman]

That is how construction resources will be deployed for a long building that extends some 300 m.

Piling is term used for foundation.

What you mean to say is columns on first floor and second floor not been completed/started.

Topping off is term used for any slab casting of roof slab for any part of building. Pit building in this case may be split to 5 - 7 segments and one if those segments has been topped off.

Thankx to you and your buddy for the pictures.

Thanks to you for the clarification!

ETA: Sorry, I meant columns. Thanks for straightening that out.

[FW17]

Not bad at all, that is about 40 trucks worth!

I think it will be 100 with these. And to think it was done in about 7 hours, it is quiet amazing (if true).