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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 3426062, member: 6809"] Dear Mr. Campbell, I contacted you initially on June 15th regarding what the “hoops” that support the fabric portion of the new roof were called. Your courteous reply was that the steel tube arches that support the tensioned membrane (pfte-coated fiberglass fabric) are referred to as “fabric arches” although there is no established technical name for them and they develop in the course of the project organically by the construction team. You then explained, in answer to my second question, about how they are attached to the cable truss by steel fabrications that bolt to the cable intersection clamps and that the typical arch arrangement is made via a machined ball and socket so as to pin the arch to the cable truss. You added that the group of interest I describe your installation to as I did the construction of the new crown truss should be able to see them being attached on the web cam after the cable truss is pulled into place and jacked occurring over the next 4 to 5 weeks. I want to thank you again for your courtesy in informing the group through your e mail what the pieces are called. I believe we all visited the Geiger site and saw the arches stacked and being heated and also the machined ball and socket parts. Having the Engineer of Record reply to us with this information was very informative. We are grateful you took the time to do so. We do have one last question I asked in an earlier reply to you. Will we be able to view this installation only through the current web cam on Lawrinson Hall? Or will you, (Geiger Engineers), install your own camera inside the “stadium” to record the project for your own records and if so would there be a link which we could access to have a better view of the work? It seems, to many, the current camera is too far away to see the detail of the project develop or do you believe the web cam to be sufficient. We would appreciate it if you could advise us as to what will be happening in this regard since we are all very interested in your phase of this historic project. On behalf of many Syracuse Alumni and students and other people close to the university observing this, thank you for all the information you have provided to have us understand as much about the project as possible especially the most difficult phase the construction of and raising of the new roof. Sincerely, Bill Phillips SU '68 [/QUOTE]

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