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(12-13-2018 11:21 AM)joelwj Wrote:  Those are crane mats. Wouldn't be surprised to see a crane traversing across the field soon. I've seen a lot of you all asking for more details in layman's terms of some of the things going on. I work for a Heavy Civil Contractor, and we perform a lot of the work that is going on at the stadium, if and when I have time i'll try to chime in with my 2 cents.

We actually bid the piling portion of the project but were not successful. Based on what little bit that I have seen from the camera's, I'd guess they are in the ball park of 30-40% complete with driving pile.

The east side as someone has indicated the form work for the concrete footings has started. Once they get to a certain point, rebar (reinforcing steel) will be put into the forms, and then concrete poured. I wonder how they are going to handle this and pile driving activities at the same time. We typically try not to pour concrete within 120-150 ft of pile driving due to the vibrations on the concrete.

I have to say overall, i'm been impressed with the approach that SB Ballard has taken to managing, pushing this schedule. All along I thought the 9 month window was very daunting and was glad that we did not get the piling portion due to that constraint.