Highrise Tower Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 @ the annoyed neighbor, Amy. Another option is ear plugs, or white noise. I bought earplugs but thankfully I never had to use them. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Amy, did you live in that unit during the demolition of the Houston Club? They took that building down with a wrecking ball and would run into the am hours. I was in unit 713 at the time and pretty close to where it appears your unit is. With white noise machines you can cover a lot of it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Amy, when they took down the Macy’s building, my office was across the street. Before construction started going vertical, they needed to jackhammer something. Seems like it went on for a couple months........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 11 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said: @ the annoyed neighbor, Amy. Another option is ear plugs, or white noise. I bought earplugs but thankfully I never had to use them. Good luck Thanks, ekdrm2d1. I've been an ear plug wearer from years in NYC and Philly. I find it ironic that I'm in Houston now with the loudest noise. If I could escape to an office it would be great, but I've got the "perk" of working from home. ;) I'll have to ask the construction guys what they wear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 7 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: Amy, when they took down the Macy’s building, my office was across the street. Before construction started going vertical, they needed to jackhammer something. Seems like it went on for a couple months........ Thank you! That's good to know. I can take a couple of months. That jackhammering demolition of the Chronicle building was unreal, lasted almost a year? I know the vertical will be noisy too, but it'll have to be better than the non-stop pummeling. Here's some weekend work/excavation– 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 11 hours ago, kbates2 said: Amy, did you live in that unit during the demolition of the Houston Club? They took that building down with a wrecking ball and would run into the am hours. I was in unit 713 at the time and pretty close to where it appears your unit is. With white noise machines you can cover a lot of it up. No, I lived in Franklin Lofts during that time. Ugh, that had to have been tough as well! But they did implode it, right? I had the joy of the Chronicle demolition - do you or does anyone know why the Chronicle wasn't imploded? I prayed nightly for it... my thought was they couldn't do it because of potential damage to the Rice (Historic Registry)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 They imploded part of the Houston Club but took the rest down slowly with a wrecking ball starting at like 9 pm each night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 1 hour ago, kbates2 said: They imploded part of the Houston Club but took the rest down slowly with a wrecking ball starting at like 9 pm each night. Seems like it was the parking garage portion that they took down bit by bit. Perhaps it is more difficult to implode a parking garage? If so, that would mean a slow start to the Block 42 tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 It was the northeast corner that came down the slowest. If I remember correctly, it was due to a problem during the implosion. This corner held up to the implosion and posed a safety risk thus requiring the wrecking ball. As downtown residency was still below 4K, they did everything after business hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Getting rid of old foundation to lay the new will be over relatively quickly. Once construction starts on the new building the most annoying noise will be the guy blowing the whistle for the benefit of the construction workers when the crane has a load. Whether you hear that or not depends on where the whistle guy is. Beyond that, construction vehicles, lane closure, and street closure is the most annoying part you'll have to live with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 2 hours ago, samagon said: Getting rid of old foundation to lay the new will be over relatively quickly. Once construction starts on the new building the most annoying noise will be the guy blowing the whistle for the benefit of the construction workers when the crane has a load. Whether you hear that or not depends on where the whistle guy is. Beyond that, construction vehicles, lane closure, and street closure is the most annoying part you'll have to live with. Thank you for the insight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 34 minutes ago, Timoric said: https://youtu.be/prAe-Fs3tyE That's hilarious. I needed that laugh while the jackhammer symphony plays on today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 On 8/25/2018 at 10:52 AM, AmyP said: . How was your week? Did you try the white noise? I enjoy neighbors commenting on these developments. Gives another aspect of the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 22 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said: How was your week? Did you try the white noise? I enjoy neighbors commenting on these developments. Gives another aspect of the build. The construction symphony goes on! It's now becoming its own white noise ;). I'm grateful it stops at 5pm, but it makes a tough work day when you work from home... not grateful, however, that it starts up at 7:30am on a Saturday. Even through ear plugs it's my alarm. It took a day break this past Sunday - I wondered why it was quiet – "is it a holiday??" No, it was Theater District Day. And there can't be dust and noise on that day. Kind of like when the demo on the Chronicle stopped during Super Bowl Week. It's progress in front of residents; unsightly and noisy in front of visitors. Enjoy the pics from the end of the week! (taken 8/31) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 AmyP, if that is the view from your apartment, I'd be willing to decommission one of my web cams (here: http://webcam.rechlin.net/garage/) for you to to setup to allow us to monitor the construction progress, if you are willing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 9/1/2018 at 8:16 PM, rechlin said: AmyP, if that is the view from your apartment, I'd be willing to decommission one of my web cams (here: http://webcam.rechlin.net/garage/) for you to to setup to allow us to monitor the construction progress, if you are willing. These pics are from the top of the parking garage. I get all the joy of hearing it but not seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (photos taken 9/9) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Lots of progress. Looks like most of the concrete has been removed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) some light jack hammering was finished earlier this week. I think that it's all done with. they brought in some concrete today and there's a rectangular box that's now sitting at the bottom. Edited September 28, 2018 by samagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Gilbane's advertising is different than their normal solid red. Partnership with OSHA is written on it, perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I would update with photos, but I've reached my attachment quota. Interesting to see the progress... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Upload to imgur.com and then drag-and-drop the image from the imgur page into the post editor textbox and it won't use your quota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) If anyone is having better luck getting the uploader to work than I am, feel free... https://i.imgur.com/D8nIXKp.jpg Edited October 10, 2018 by Nate99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Nate99 said: If anyone is having better luck getting the uploader to work than I am, feel free... https://i.imgur.com/D8nIXKp.jpg Here you go: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 32 minutes ago, phillip_white said: Here you go: Thanks, the upload prompt never showed up, just a little swirly graphic content to keep on spinning on my screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Wow, wish Hines went with HOK's design proposal : ( See page 86: https://issuu.com/hoknetwork/docs/hok2018annual__issuu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Screen shot 2018-11-03 at 5.56.37 AM by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr Screen shot 2018-11-03 at 5.57.02 AM by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr Screen shot 2018-11-03 at 5.56.58 AM by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr Screen shot 2018-11-03 at 5.56.53 AM by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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