While there is no big Union Station construction news this week, there are a few noteworthy items that you might finding interesting.
The crane came to life, lowering a rebar “basket” into one of the utility holes (see the photo below). It was interesting to watch how nicely it fit into the concrete box. Since I took the photo, similar baskets have been placed into the other two utility boxes in the foreground.
In Update #20, I mentioned that an insulated pipe would be installed over 20th Street to supply water to the temporary Amtrak passenger platform at 21st and Wewatta streets. Here’s a shot of that pipe (it is parallel to the top of the fence). In the background, the westbound California Zephyr takes on fuel and passengers as it sits behind Union Station at about 9:00 this morning.
On Tuesday night, 9News reported on some unique flowers that are now decorating the project fence along 16th Street. Here is the 9News report. Below is my photo. Thank you to the Ladies Fancywork Society for adding some original artwork to the neighborhood.
Throughout the day, everyday, I admire the hard work by the Kiewit construction crew, especially on hot days like we have had this week. Here is a worker getting some morning refreshment at an oasis in the middle of the project. I doubt it is hot coffee, and given on-the-job-risks, it’s probably not a cold beer either.
I’ve posted another 14 photos this week to our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com.
This is pretty big Union Station-related news: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15519229.
A bit off topic, but since you noted Kiewit I believe there are doing the BIG Asian Tropics exhibit at the zoo. There’s link on the zoo web site tracking progress…
http://denverzoo.org/AT/construction_updates/photos_updates/index.html
There appears to be some fairly impressive infrastructure involved with that as well. They’ve done some nice documentation on site at the view windows along the construction. The whole thing sounds fascinating in it’s own right and I believe I read there that it will be the first LEED certified major zoo exhibit.
Obviously, not as much direct impact to the city, but it does fall into “infill” around City Park. Plus, designing/building for elephants must present challenges as unique as buses and trains!
CN’s news is fantastic…but I couldn’t tell from the rendering just exactly which site they’ll be occupying–is it the space in between 1900 Sixteenth and the CML?