April 30, 2008 Site Meeting

Brick being laid on the Grace Street side of the building.


Inside shot of bar area.

Front entrance.

This a shot of Bryant Denny Stadium from the roof.

Shot of bar area looking down from second floor storage room.

Back of building.

April 16, Site Meeting

The Houndstooth is starting to come together nicely. The brick work has begun. You will notice the accent brick with the rough surface every seventh course on the way up the side of the building. This will break up the look of the brick nicely. The roof joists have also arrived. In the pictures below, you will see the crane setting the roof joists in place. These pieces will be welded to the steel structure. This will allow the roof work to progress in a timely manner. The block has been damp proofed on the outside of the building. The black color is from the application of the damp proof material.



Brick work being completed on the side of the building. This gives you a good look at the accent brick course.

This shows the front right brick work. This door will open onto the patio.

The crane crew is setting on of the roof joists.

This is another shot of the roof joists.

April 9, 2008

The Houndstooth continues to make good progress. The initial layer of asphalt has been completed in the back parking lot. At our meeting, we reviewed change orders that involve a protective bollard fence on the back of the property, canopy and roof drainage systems, an emergency roof drain and electrical wiring for the pool hall. It appears that all of these items will be implemented, though some of them are not necessarily required. They are all in the best interest of the building and property for the long run. The pictures below begin outside the front of the building. You can see that the block has been completed up to its total height. Studs and drywall will complete the walls to the top of the steel frame, and, of course, brick will be on the outside.

This crane is laying steel on top of the block wall after concrete has been pumped into the cavities of the block.

You can see a shot of the crane truck as well as the concrete pump truck arm coming over the building from the back.

This is the right front entrance that will lead to the patio.

You can see the arm of the concrete pump truck that is being used to pump concreted into the cavities of the block wall. This will provide support and insulation.

This is an inside shot of the bar area.

Another inside shot.

April 2, 2008 Site Meeting

The block work progress continues on the Houndstooth. The block does not go up to the top of the building. Metal studs and drywall will go on top of the block wall to complete the walls up to the metal frame. You can see the final heighth of the of the block in the second picture below. Scott, with K&A, says that the project is still about two weeks behind due to the site work that had to be done in the beginning. He believes that this lost time should be picked up by May. The project should be back on schedule at that time. Roof joists will be in by the middle of April.

This is a picture of the bar area. You can see the center counter stand in the middle.

This is the left side of the front of the building. This door will open into the patio area.

This is the front of the building. You can see the main entrance in the middle.

The back side of the building is shown in this picture along with the fire hydrant that the fire department required us to put in for them.

This is a sample of the brick pattern selected for the outside of the building. You will notice the accent pattern on the top and bottom.

March 26, 2008 Site Meeting

The Houndstooth building is coming along at a good pace. The nice weather has definitely been a positive.

The block work has begun at the back left corner of the building if you are looking at the Houndstooth from University Blvd.

This is a shot of the bar area. The bar top will go on top of the block support.

This is a close up of the steel connections. They all look real good.

As you can see, all the steel structue is now in place.

March 12, 2008 Update

Houndstooth Update

The slab has now been poured. The contractor will be cutting the expansion joints in the slab over the next several days. The concrete that you see is basically what the finished floor will be and look like. It is a colored concrete, it will be very durable with little maintenance. The next steps will include laying the block for the walls and putting up the structural steel. The fourth picture below shows one of the building footings that the steel will be bolted to. This is what will support the structure and roof system of the building. Scott, with K&A, says that the project is still a couple of weeks behind due to the dirt work and weather. However, Scott is confident that these two weeks will be made up over the course of the project.

March 5, 2008

The pictures below are from todays site meeting. the retaining wall has been completely poured. The first pictures shows the wall from the back property line all the way to the corner. The concreted subcontractors are currently adding a finish to all exposed surfaces of the wall in order to fill in the holes and give it an even look.

The next three pictures show the footings and first 2 to 3 rows of block for the building walls. Also, you can see that all the underslab plumbing has been roughed. The electrical contractor is on site at the time of the pictures working on the underslab electrical conduit. Once all the plumbing and electical is done, the slab floor will be poured. This should take place later this week.