:::FotoCap 1: View from the third floor as workers assemble the framework for the column caps prior to the concrete pour.
:::FotoCap 2: [Bonus Foto] View from Unit 301 (my unit), looking east at Downtown Denver.
Intro:::
This is the first week that I will be posting following a guided on-site construction tour, given by David Zucker, or other RiverClay personnel. I will be providing the expanded format roughly every two weeks. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to report more in-depth observations about the construction progress and hopefully this will give anyone reading the blog better insight into how a building comes together and views that you can not get from street level.
Observations:::
This week's progress on RiverClay is very exciting. The scaffolding and formwork from the lower two floors are being transferred up to the third, and last, level of concrete floor slab. The remaining upper floor construction will be wood framed. The northern half of the third floor is plywood formed and they are working on framing the column caps on the southern half of the building. They will be pouring the entire third floor slab in a continuous pour later this week.
Flai notes:::
Walking through the first two cured concrete floor slabs, you can already visualize the finished plan with the two retail spaces on the first floor, the fitness room, and the parking decks. Plumbing sleeves, trash chute, and other penetrations are evident in the first two floor slabs. The main stairs are due to arrive in the coming weeks and will be metal pan with concrete treads. They will be installed acoustically isolated from the rest of the building.
The demising walls between units will be above the required standards for STC or sound transmission coefficient. What this means is that you will be more isolated from your neighbors acoustically. I'm pretty excited about this as the walls will be made of two layers of gypsum on both sides with staggered studs and staggered wall penetrations. Most of the places I have lived around Denver tend to have paper thin walls and your sense of privacy is greatly compromised. This is just another characteristic that I hope will help distinguish RiverClay from other buildings.
Also, contrary to my previous assumptions, the wires visible on the west side of the building span the entire height of the third floor. However, the poles and wires will have to be replaced when the building is complete and the hope is to be able to consolidate these wires into fewer wires as well as at a height so it does not obstruct anyone's great views of Jefferson Park.
:::Weekly Slice of RiverClay PAN
2 comments:
Great post, and I'm glad that the developer has opened the construction site to one of the future residents of the project. So how is the view to the west from the third floor? ;)
I would like to know what the view is like from the west also! I am very interested in just how the power lines will look and be placed when finished. I hope the demising walls will allow us to listen to music and watch movies at a reasonable volume. Also, is there a set schedule for your walk through tours with David Zucker? I would like to join on the next one if possible.
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