June 27th

:::FotoCap : View from Jefferson Park

Not much to report this week. Clay Street is closed to all traffic. River Street is open only to local traffic. Utility work is being done on Clay Street. The ground floor continues to be prepped for the concrete pour. I met one of the RiverClay salespeople, Monica, while taking the weekly panoramic. She says that they will have waiver forms at the sales office shortly if anyone wants to walk the construction site. Stay tuned.

June 20th

:::FotoCap : Looking east from Clay Street at the crane and ground floor slab

The big crane is on the move! It is now situated in the northeast corner of the site, right outside my future unit. River Street is closed to local traffic and Clay Street is intermittently closed to one lane of traffic. Most of the ground floor slab, containing the second parking deck and retail spaces, is laid out with steel reinforcement bars. I would guess that the slab will be poured by next week.

RiverClay Construction Kickoff Event - May 18, 2007

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Originally uploaded by canadianco

Last month RiverClay held a construction kickoff and tree planting ceremony (despite the fact that the construction was already several months underway). Confirmed buyers, prospective buyers, neighbouring community members, realtors, subcontractors and even a few local government officials gathered at Jefferson Park (across the street from the site) on a sunny Friday afternoon to meet, shmooze and munch on solar-baked cookies. Developer David Zucker spoke and introduced United States Senator Ken Salazar, who touted the development's LEED certification. To close off the day the future condo owners who were present were invited to turn some soil in planting a new tree in the park.

Click for the photos.

June 13th

:::FotoCap : View from northeast corner looking towards Jefferson Park

Hooray! The first floor slab has been poured--well mostly--and they are already scaffolding for the next floor slab--which will be the ground floor along River Street. Starting from the northwest tower, they are laying out the formwork for the next pour. On the lower level, they are still moving dirt and getting the ground ready for the first pour at the Clay Street entry.

June 6th

:::FotoCap : View looking south at Invesco Field (Mile High Stadium)

The west foundation wall along Clay Street is complete. The ground is being prepped and compacted for the first slab pour. The underground drainage system is in place. Drainage board and dampproofing are complete around the north and west walls. The east foundation wall is complete. The south foundation wall is being formed. Formwork continues on the north elevator tower.


FLAI Notes:::

::: I had the pleasure of talking to the superintendent on the RiverClay construction project today - don't know his name though... Real nice guy.

::: Did you know that the first 3 floors are concrete construction and the upper 4 floors are wood framed and TJI wood joist construction? My floor will be concrete floor and wood walls and above.

::: There is an underground drainage system that they have been trying to get into place with all of the rainfall we have had recently. The last rainfall shut construction down for a couple weeks since there was no way to drain the water and there was no floor slab yet. They are hoping to pour the first slab next week. Woohoo!

::: The project is on schedule and first move-ins could occur as early as May, but there are no promises. Move-in will be scheduled by floor with probably no more than 10 units per week so as not to interfere with the construction team.

::: I had not noticed this earlier but the rendering on the construction sign shows the retail being on a terrace from the street level. That is good news since the building will sit up that much higher as the grade slopes down towards the stadium.

::: With the west wall in place, you can see the building setback from the power lines along Clay Street. The west-facing units should not find them noticeable.