They responded to public sentiment and addressed it, everyone should be happy with that.
quote:quote:It was the gayness of sand storm. There was a great trembling in new army's loins that day.
He said something along the lines of it was the frequency of sandstorm? Hmmm
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I'm a lifelong Texas fan, so I've never truly experienced a hyped home stadium
quote:Sounds like they were able to do this without increasing the amount of steel already built into the budget. I doubt the cost of this was so substantial that it would definitively eliminate one of those other projects.
Understanding from the BZ article that the inclusion of this support steel will not "increase" the cost of the renovations, does the resolution of this "comfort issue" mean the project will still miss out on some possible extras? It has been my understanding from the discussions on these boards that if there were extra funds available in the budget, they might be used for things like facade for the South EZ exterior, paving of Houston Street, or the revitalization of Spence Park. I would imagine these will definitely remain on the shelf now.
quote:Does this mean Sandstorm would have gone away had these reinforcements not been added?
Now, thanks to eight expansion joints (two in each corner) and modern know-how, stadium swaying is expected to be at a minimum starting in 2015. Ray said A&M will be able to play whatever songs it wants, and fans can keep swaying however they want.
"We're good," he said of "Sandstorm" staying on the Kyle Field playlist. "There are no restrictions on this building."
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I was hoping Sandstorm would go away. The home team always loses when Sandstorm is played. @ South Carolina, @ Auburn, LSU @ home.
quote:Right, but where there could perhaps have been cost savings by either returning or reselling that excess steel, those savings are now gone. I'm not a construction or manufacturing expert, but I can't imagine the university would have eaten the cost for unnecessary steel. My comment above was based on a presumption that those savings might have been available to fund those other aesthetic, rather than necessary, projects. Of course, who really knows whether any savings generated would have been sufficient to finance any of those projects anyway.quote:Sounds like they were able to do this without increasing the amount of steel already built into the budget. I doubt the cost of this was so substantial that it would definitively eliminate one of those other projects.
Understanding from the BZ article that the inclusion of this support steel will not "increase" the cost of the renovations, does the resolution of this "comfort issue" mean the project will still miss out on some possible extras? It has been my understanding from the discussions on these boards that if there were extra funds available in the budget, they might be used for things like facade for the South EZ exterior, paving of Houston Street, or the revitalization of Spence Park. I would imagine these will definitely remain on the shelf now.
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While Ray said he only heard from a couple of concerned fans via email, a post on the fan website TexAgs addressing concerns currently has more than 120,000 clicks - views A&M took into account. The result? Reinforcement, with the final bracing added Monday. Only some welding remains.
quote:So, that means the administration and the powers-that-be have most likely seen my art? E'erybody has murals, I think I want to be commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Joe Routt Blvd. underpass.
Ha, fair point. And, I personally wouldn't give a lot of credence to unofficial construction discussion on a sports-centric forum. However, to play devil's advocate, from the article cited above:
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While Ray said he only heard from a couple of concerned fans via email, a post on the fan website TexAgs addressing concerns currently has more than 120,000 clicks - views A&M took into account. The result? Reinforcement, with the final bracing added Monday. Only some welding remains.
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Is anyone else concerned that it required someone from a fan website to point out this problem. Makes you wonder what else needs looking at