At the end of the day today, all of the concrete will be poured for the bus terminal floor. Here is a photo of pouring the final section. About 15,000 cubic yards of concrete (1,500 truck loads) were needed to complete the job.
Here is a shot from the light rail station on Wewatta Street showing progress on the bus terminal walls. Eleven, 50 foot sections have been poured so far. As I mentioned previously, the wall is 19 feet high and two feet thick.
A new development today is the start of the plenum wall inside the bus terminal. In the center of the photo below, you can see the first form for that wall being placed to the left of the new, outside wall. The plenum is the conduit through which bus exhaust will be evacuated to the outdoors. I like to think of the process as exhausting the exhaust.
Last week, crews began working on cleaning up and landscaping the area bounded by the EPA building, 16th Street, Wewatta Street, and 15th Street. It is the area that, for a hundred years or so, was filled with railroad tracks. Those tracks were removed a few months ago. There is not much to see yet in the photo below. I will update you once the project starts to take shape.
Let’s take a look at progress on the light rail station. The photo below shows a grader working on the base for light rail tracks. Dirt (road base?) was hauled in yesterday to raise the ground surface by two to three feet. Then it was graded and compacted. I’ll be eager to tell you when they start laying tracks.
For more progress on the light rail station, see the photo below. Two handicap ramps have been started. This one is at the north end of the passenger platform.
Coming soon: an update on the temporary Amtrak terminal with photos from inside the building.
Please see our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com for more photos that I added this week.
