I agree. The newer Gill statue is more true to form than the old one.

Proportions aside, is there a different picture that was used as source material for the first statue? I mean, clearly the second statue was based on that picture of Gill. It's been in circulation for decades, but maybe there is one that is less well known.

So we have 3 people with something positive to say about the new EKG statue????

BAN THEM!!!

I thought I saw one of McGibblets pics with what looked like escalators laying on the ground ready to be installed. I thought those escalators where going in the North West tower but that tower has stairs, so where are they going?

NW tower has stairs and escalators. Escalator is installed in that NW tower. Saw it yesterday while driving by

Escalators are going in the northwest tower just like the northeast tower. Stairs in the middle, escalators on the side for those willing to wait in line. Neither of the south towers have escalators. They also could be the escalators going into the west side similar to how their were in the zone. Look closely at pictures of the west side construction and you can see the framing that will support escalators (just to the outside of the two stairwells in the center of the west side facade).

I imagine escalators in the west side will be there to access suites, tv/coach boxes, & perhaps the club level.

It's been a while since I've posted construction cam photos, so I'll drop two here

3 non-zoo like answers to my questions. How original. Thanks guys.

Is the field/surface area smaller now? Before someone chimes in with some sarcastic answer about Kyle going to a 70 yard field, that's not what I'm asking. The surface area looks narrower now

Yes, it is narrower. It was lowered 7 ft to allow additional rows to be added cutting about 1/2 -- 2/3 the width of the track.

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Cranes galore

Is there a certain reason that certain window panels are installed later? The last two in the center above the new "smoking porch" to be more precise.

Also, anyone have any idea on the projected finish of the north plaza? I would assume well before August, but I'm not too certain.

No clue about the windows, but I'd guess between 1 and 2 months for the zone plaza. I believe that they're working on drainage right now, but I'm not entirely sure since they just leveled everything out and began working on it this week

That's what I was thinking. Thanks for the info! And as always, thanks for the great pics!

I don't really understand why they had to cut down all of the trees along Joe Routt Blvd. on the Zone plaza side. Other than that, it's looking great and I enjoy walking past it every day.

The north side looks SO much better.

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As for the N. Zone Plaza, they were pouring concrete for the East Plaza a day or two before kickoff. I imagine it might be the same for the Zone.

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The north side looks SO much better.

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That whole area is such an improvement from the MSC remod to Kyle Field and the plaza area. Our university has really taken some good steps from an aesthetic standpoint.

It looks like they but some maroon mesh up on the sides of the south end scoreboard to match the back. Not too crazy about the mesh, but at least it looks a little more complete than it did exposed....and speakers hanging out of it.

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The north side looks SO much better.

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That whole area is such an improvement from the MSC remod to Kyle Field and the plaza area. Our university has really taken some good steps from an aesthetic standpoint.

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Dammit! Bring back the Soviet Bloc architecture!!!

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It looks like they but some maroon mesh up on the sides of the south end scoreboard to match the back. Not too crazy about the mesh, but at least it looks a little more complete than it did exposed....and speakers hanging out of it.

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You do realize the speakers last year were a temporary arrangement, correct?

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Is there a certain reason that certain window panels are installed later? The last two in the center above the new "smoking porch" to be more precise.

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Air probably isn't turned on in the building so they are letting outside air in so it doesn't get too hot. Or the glass contractor didn't order enough panels.

Yes - I was just commenting that it looks better than the way it was, even though the mesh isn't the greatest.

Just took a look at the cams again. That place is going to look sweet once third deck is installed and the canopy is up. Holy crap!

That makes a lot of sense. Thank you!

I believe they sometimes install windows last (at least on some rows) so they can have a perfect size match due to the slight settling/deflection from the weight of the facade/structure. Imagine putting the windows in and then adding all of the brick and concrete above, causing the structure to deflect (window openings shrinking). Even an inch or so could cause some of the windows to shatter or pop out. If I remember/heard correctly, Don Adam's building near Copperfield & Hwy 60 had that issue during construction.

In addition, for so much construction going on, somebody's bound to bust a window somewhere.

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They can use one of those off-road forklifts or a crane to set an entire pallet of drywall inside and save a bunch of elevator trips. I've also seen them leave a hole if there's something like a large custom bar or chandelier or other oversized item that won't fit through the door or in the elevator. Sometimes they're for trash chutes, put probably not in this case. Long beams for cantilevered balconies or overhangs in a rennovation that weren't part of the original design also need a way to get in. But for this particular case, I have no idea.

In construction the longer you can wait to install glass the better. Reglazing gets expensive and there are always two knuckleheads on every job site named "Not me" and "I don't know" that tear a lot of ish up.

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Is what I read about Zachry true? They have gutted it and are re-building it? Sure is a shame to lose such an architectural gem. I had no idea there were that many different shade of beige.

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Is what I read about Zachry true? They have gutted it and are re-building it? Sure is a shame to lose such an architectural gem. I had no idea there were that many different shade of beige.

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Zachry is just a huge waste of space. Architectural gem or not, it is ugly on the outside and space inefficient.

Pretty sure that architectural gem bit was sarcasm

Looks like they've started putting up new photo galleries on kylefield.com again:

http://kylefield.com/photogalleries

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They can use one of those off-road forklifts or a crane to set an entire pallet of drywall inside and save a bunch of elevator trips. I've also seen them leave a hole if there's something like a large custom bar or chandelier or other oversized item that won't fit through the door or in the elevator. Sometimes they're for trash chutes, put probably not in this case. Long beams for cantilevered balconies or overhangs in a rennovation that weren't part of the original design also need a way to get in. But for this particular case, I have no idea.

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This is probably correct. We do it on pretty much every multi story project we build.

Bear with me - I haven't been paying attention - we're still on schedule, correct?