(Note: I will be traveling for much of June so my updates will be based on my presence rather than Union Station construction activity.)
If you take a close look at the photo below, you can see several interesting things:
- Workers atop the dirt pile are coating it with a material that will prevent erosion over the next many months while that dirt sits exposed to the elements.
- The current phase of excavating the bus box hole appears to be getting very close to completion.
- A stone roadway has been built into the bus box. Heavy traffic must be expected soon.
- The crane boom was hoisted this afternoon for the first time. As you try to gauge the height of it, be aware that I took the photo from about 90 feet off the ground.
Underground utility work has been underway constantly in various parts of the project. For once, I was able to get a good shot of conduit being placed near the intersection of 18th Street and the Consolidated Main Line tracks.
One more thing. Is this crane actually trying to lift the Qwest building?
I’ve uploaded 17 more photos, including two that I took late last week, to our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com.
Yup, that crane’s trying to lift the Qwest tower and move it to Lousyana, or wherever CenturyTel’s headquarters is located.
Any word on how the work is progressing on the ‘temporary’ Amtrak station facility?
David, I walked by the temporary station early in the week. There wasn’t any noteworthy progress. Foundation work was continuing on the site of the temporary tracks on the city-side of Wewatta Street. It appeared that a new utility entrance was being installed on the northwest side of the building, and renovation was underway inside. Amtrak is still expected to occupy the building this fall.
I haven’t been able to find any information on what will happen with the Market Street Station bus facility. Will it end up like several other multi-million dollar pieces of property that the RTD is just sitting on or will it be re-purposed or sold?
Jason, as part of the overall development and financing plan, Union Station Neighborhood Company (the developer which is a partnership between East West and Continuum) has the right to buy the Market Street property and develop it. Other than that, there is no specific information available yet. I expect that the development process, which is years into the future, is likely to be a public affair.