1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million

[MontanaGuy]

Pretty busy today, a bit of new equipment has arrived.  I wasn't able to upload all of my photos, I'm getting an error code of 200. 

[MontanaGuy]

Three machines working today and the grinding unit is now on the other end of the site.  

[MontanaGuy]

They're apparently doing foundation preparation today.  The crane was dropping that long pipe into a hole and they're pouring concrete into it.  It will be interesting to see how it progresses in the next few days.

[MontanaGuy]

There's no activity today but I see that they've got a few more of those tubes filled with concrete and pipes done since yesterday and they've also put out some of those marker flags.

[Luvemtall]

I’m definitely not an Engineer or anything like that, I’m just wondering if those pipes they placed in the ground, have anything to do with something like radon gases. A vent of some sort, doesn’t seem like they connected them to anything just put them in a drilled hole.

[MontanaGuy]

13 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

I’m definitely not an Engineer or anything like that, I’m just wondering if those pipes they placed in the ground, have anything to do with something like radon gases. A vent of some sort, doesn’t seem like they connected them to anything just put them in a drilled hole.

That's an interesting thought, I really don't know, I thought it was to provide extra support for the building but I don't have any background in construction either.  There's quite a few people here who do have extensive experience or knowledge of construction techniques so maybe one of them could explain it.

[MontanaGuy]

Something new is taking shape today with metal rods being put into place.  The grinding of the rock wall also continues next to the old YMCA. 

[Luvemtall]

Definitely something different than what we usually see. Is this possibly something to do with a new swimming pool area ? Or is there parking garage across the whole surface excavated? 

[MLBrumby]

10 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

Definitely something different than what we usually see. Is this possibly something to do with a new swimming pool area ? Or is there parking garage across the whole surface excavated? 

Interesting observation. IIRC that is the location of the pool in the plans I saw. I bet you're right. 

[Luvemtall]

Looks like heavy rebar for some kind of wall. 

[MontanaGuy]

More progress on the rebar structure although I still don't know what it is.  I guess we'll find out soon enough. 

[MontanaGuy]

The rebar structure is getting taller and panels are being attached to it.  I'm wondering if Luvemtall is onto something when he said that it might be related to the swimming pool, it seems like such an odd looking thing but that might be it.  The amount of rock on the site is really dwindling too!

[MontanaGuy]

Work continues on the rebar structure and new supplies have been delivered.  They're digging deeper into the other end of the site as more rock is being hauled away.  I'm wondering if those are six concrete forms for pillars in the last photo, it sure looks like it! 

Edited September 14, 2023 by MontanaGuy

[MontanaGuy]

If you look closely at this photo of the new YMCA is looks like there's going to be four pillars on the wide side, one more on the side facing Church St. and I'm guessing another one that you can't see in this render which would be facing the old YMCA but set back from the street.  That seems to match up with the six concrete forms that are sitting in the site today that I posted above.

[MLBrumby]

4 hours ago, MontanaGuy said:

Work continues on the rebar structure and new supplies have been delivered.  They're digging deeper into the other end of the site as more rock is being hauled away.  I'm wondering if those are six concrete forms for pillars in the last photo, 

 

Exposed stone brick foundation! Is that from a train depot that stood there in the late 1800s? 

[Luvemtall]

3 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Exposed stone brick foundation! Is that from a train depot that stood there in the late 1800s? 

Oh, that could be good and bad. Good for the history, but hopefully it doesn’t stall out the project to look for artifacts. 

[Auntie Yock]

18 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Exposed stone brick foundation! Is that from a train depot that stood there in the late 1800s? 

It may be support for part of the alleyway road that ran between 10th and McLemore.

[MontanaGuy]

New digging taking place in the middle of the site so I'm wondering if this is the beginning of the core for the main tower!  I hope so! 

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Church Street Viaduct and Upper 10th Ave. North (Platform Way):

[ThreatLevelMidnight]

Never in my life have I checked on the progress of a hole being dug more than I do every day now.

[MontanaGuy]

A bit more equipment is on the site today.  The new hole is a bit deeper and they're still digging away in the corner where the old stone bricks are located. 

[MontanaGuy]

More equipment again today.  They've expanded the digging area at the other end of the site to a wider area.

[MontanaGuy]

There's not that much loose rock left as more trucks are there to haul it away.  

[Luvemtall]

I’m thinking that hole in center is for the second tower crane, of course I can be wrong but it looks like it has the possibility. 

[MontanaGuy]

12 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

I’m thinking that hole in center is for the second tower crane, of course I can be wrong but it looks like it has the possibility. 

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw it but then I noticed that the machine is actually breaking down those big rocks into smaller ones and that really small grader is then pushing the pieces away.  I saw them doing the same thing at another part of the site a week or two ago.  You might be right though, I'll check it out tomorrow!