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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3456264, member: 27"] I stopped by the site Sunday for a little while. They were working. I believe they put in a full day all Saturday and Sunday. Still seems to be a sense of urgency about the project right now. Also took a couple of pictures. One confirms that the arcs in the Hendricks Field storage area have the cuffs welded on them that are believed will be used to secure the PTFE material to the arcs. There weren't many of them on site but we know there is at least one truckload stored in the dome as well. Also included a picture of the large wooden crates. They are big; at least 6 feet wide. Maybe 8. There are at least 8 of them stored here. I was originally thinking they held the big opaque tiles Pfeiffer featured prominently in their videos on stadium roof installations. But maybe they are holding reels of PTFE fabric. There is a also a big Pfeiffer enclosed tractor trailer there that might be holding PTFE rolls. There is also a lot of lumber. They look like plywood sheets. A lot of them, stacked neatly. A bunch of big timbers too that look like railroad ties like they were using to protect the crane pads from Walt, Skylar and the cranes in the dome. And some fairly narrow planks. Not sure if this stuff is old and has no future use or if it will come into play later. I guess we will find out soon. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Arcs 072520.jpg"]184833[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="Crates 072520.jpg"]184834[/ATTACH] Lastly, I thought originally they would build out from the 4 starting triangles in both directions. It is clear now that that is not the case. They are building to the right on all of them. When they finish and get to the other side, they will be at the starting point for the next wall over and when this happens for all 4 sides, the framing will be complete. What happens next? Will they cross hatch the frame, dividing it into squares and lay files on top? That would in theory make the facility water proof again, and they would remove wind and rain from the equation for the rest of the project. This would allow them to remove the water proofing, get work started on installing the new scoreboards, etc. But it would get really hot working inside in the middle of summer with no AC. They might want to do some of the install of other things (lights, speakers) at least in part from the outside. And, worst of all, it would prevent fans of the project from seeing what is going on. I am guessing once the framing is in place, they put the exterior of the roof up very soon afterwards. If for no other reason than it has to make it easier to get the arcs and the PTFE material up and in place if they have a base surrounding it that is solid and secure. [/QUOTE]

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