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- May 12th, 2015, 7:24 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: U.S. Bank Stadium
- Replies: 2080
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Re: Minnesota Multi Purpose Stadium
2nd to Last Queens Post going in Right Now: http://www.vikings.com/stadium/new-stadium/webcam.html Do you mean the second to last section of the spine truss? The queen post trusses are those framing off of the spine, with the arcing bottom chords and two vertical posts each. The spine truss is a ki...
- May 8th, 2015, 7:09 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Elan Uptown
- Replies: 422
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Re: Elan Uptown (all phases) - 2837 Emerson Ave
Is it the current lack of handrails? The riser height looks atypical too.
- March 30th, 2015, 11:32 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Portland Tower - 516 S. 8th St.
- Replies: 321
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Re: Portland Tower - 516 S. 8th St.
Driven piles are used for building on poor soil conditions, where the soil is too weak to support spread footings. Most downtown projects are digging out 3 stories of parking below grade. At that point you are near bedrock, if not right on top of it, so the foundation will either be spread footings ...
- March 30th, 2015, 11:10 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Portland Tower - 516 S. 8th St.
- Replies: 321
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Re: Portland Tower - 516 S. 8th St.
They are drilling holes for caissons, not pile driving.
- March 6th, 2014, 12:23 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
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Re: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
The rent here isn't that outrageous compared to the other recent luxury apartment projects around town. Units here look like they run about $2.30-$2.50/sqft (including the 3 bed penthouse), which is comparable to the Soo Line Building. Nic on 5th starts at around $2.50/sqft. Recent 6-story wood buil...