I looked for it there when I went to the Iowa basketball game on 12/3. Did not see any steel there. There were a lot of orange traffic partitions, some big concrete tubes (for sewage/drainage?) and some construction equipment. But no steel. It is fenced in and they have a mesh over it to make it hard to take a look so maybe I missed it. But I don't think so.
The PFTE part of the roof was originally going to be a lot more translucent than it is going to end up being. Heck, at one point, they were seriously considering using ETFE, which is completely translucent.
They have all the back stays (temporary steel) in place on the north side of the building necessary to join the two sections of box girders together.
with good weather and learning curve, I'm thinking they'll make it. fingers crossed for low wind conditions.
Link?
instead of Cali awards, we should do Craney awards to hit certain predictions. date of Full ring closure. date of North side connection. date of End zone connections, etc.
They already have that , just go to espn fantasy games and click “Crane Mania pickem “
The Dome is what, 40 now? 40 more and it will be older than Archbold was when it was removed. That was once state of the art too.40 or 50 years from now they will have to replace the new roof. The complexity of this project has me wondering if they factored in any engineering challenges with that future decision. If they want to build a new hard roof in 2065 will they be able to remove the crown truss without causing a total collapse? Maybe at that point the Dome itself will need to be demolished for a new facility.
Most of us probably will not be alive to find out.
So am I but you don’t see them putting a crown truss on my ass.
Exactly why many were/are concerned about in season work, and liability insurance.
It goes on your head silly.
My head is usually up my ass so it all works out.
But would he then be a king or a queen...or a combination.
