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Im fairly sure that Astroworld plot project is dead unfortunately. It seems that all it really was, was just some architects invisionment of what could be where Astroworld once was. But I may be wrong.

^^^ Nice pics Complex01!

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Originally Posted by photolitherland (Post 4198068)

If AstroWorld is redeveloped right, along with the old proposed Gaylord AstroDome renovation, Reliant Park has the potential to be more then just an event mecca.

This was found today, by a HAIF member...

GBI INTERNATIONAL (Central Park) Houston

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...tral_park1.jpg

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Mix-use project
7 20-Story towers
812 Multi-family Units
20 Acre Site
491,000 SF of Retail
824,000 SF of Residential
1,120,000 SF of Parking

http://www.ediarchitecture.com/Galle...Central%20Park

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Originally Posted by ()_T (Post 4204454)

This was found today, by a HAIF member...

Nice renderings.

Too bad they're not happening. GBI is a bit more ambitious than most in attempting to pitch their ideas, it seems.

P.S. Bellaire doesn't have an Asiatown. There is one on Bellaire though.

Thanks for the update rdavis and rackacielos.

I added two more forums in the "General Developments" section.

HOUSTON | Earth Quest Adventures

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168199

HOUSTON | Astrodome Studios

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168203

Looks like the 10 story building that was planned for Vision Park (near The Woodlands) has been scaled back to 8 floors. Still a nice building though.

http://www.graniteprop.com/Home/Prop...8/Default.aspx

An interesting bit on the two seperate mat pours at MD Anderson's new tower in the medical center.
http://texas.construction.com/news/building/default.asp

Mat Pour at Houston Medical Facility May Be State’s Largest

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Baker Concrete and Vaughn Construction recently completed the larger of two mat pours for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Administrative Support Building in Houston.

Baker Concrete Construction project manager Garrett Benson recently helped coordinate the biggest mat pour he has ever seen. For that matter, it was the biggest mat pour the Houston office of Baker Concrete had ever done.

If research holds true, it may be the biggest such project ever in Texas and only the second largest in the nation behind the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Baker Concrete Construction, headquartered in Monroe, Ohio, together with Vaughn Construction of Houston, completed the larger of two mat pours for The University of Texas System, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Administrative Support Building in Houston.

The size of the mat, itself, is more than 21,000 cu yds,” Benson told Texas Construction.

Baker completed the first pour - 4,000 cu yds - at a rate of 570 cu yds per hour. The larger second pour, completed totaled 17,500 cu yds, and 100 Baker co-workers pitched in to complete the job in less than 24 hours, at a rate of 730 cu yds per hour.

The entire project involved seven pump trucks, 97 concrete trucks, 1,960 tons of installed rebar, and 2,400 man-hours.

The biggest challenge was a matter of coordination,” Benson says. “We were working 24 hours straight. We were trying to coordinate seven different pumps that have to move to different locations we were making the pour.”

Benson says it is bringing 92 trucks from five or six different batches and keep a consistent flow was no easy logistical feat.

He says he coordinated more than 100 workers.

You have to keep in mind that you can’t let concrete get too far out in front of you,” he says. “You can only pour one ft an hour and you have to make sure that concrete you have sitting 50 yds in front of you doesn’t get old before you get to it. You have to get the pump trucks going and not leave any one pump truck sitting without working. That was another logistical concern.”

We have to get all this done while still being safe,” Benson adds.

Although originally designed to be completed in three separate pours, the hurricane season amended that plan, and New Caney-based Jayco, the rebar subcontractor, worked overtime to complete the installation of steel. That efficiency enabled Baker to merge the second two pours and complete the job early.

The sheer scale of the second pour required detailed logistical planning by team members with Baker; Vaughn; Haynes Whaley of Houston, the engineer of record; WHR of Houston, the architect; and consultants Earth Engineering of East Norriton, Penn; Ulrich Engineers of Houston; and Carrasquillo Associates Ltd. of Austin.

For the job Baker managed a concrete temperature monitoring system that used thermo couplers to record the temperature of the material as it cured. The specifications called for the concrete mix to reach a temperature in the core no higher than 140 degrees Fahrenheit. No two points in the mat could have a temperature difference of more than 40 degrees.

The thermo couplers were located throughout the mat at various depths, and were monitored twice a day for 28 days. The monitoring system allowed Baker to better control the curing process utilizing winter blankets, and ultimately resulted in zero thermal cracks.

The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Administrative Support Building is scheduled for completion in 2012. Baker has started the concrete work for the structure.

More info has been found regarding the secret Hines north tower (block 69).

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/...3_64_99325.jpg

Here's the rendering that was posted on an achitect's website but was later taken off, fortunaetly Wattleigh saved a copy of the rendering.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/6964/renderingmg7.jpg

New Downtown Convention Center Hotel East of 59 ?

Houston needs to make this the fun hopspot of the city. It's prime for it. Build more bars, clubs, and of course more residential mixed used projects with retail in this area. The potential is great for this part of downtown. It's already there with the MMP and Toyota Center. With the proposed Dynamo Stadium and with DG and the Houston Pavilions, this area could be a grand hotspot. There are many parking lots to build over it.

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Rendering for the 28-story tower at Regent Square! Awesome :banana: Very Miami ish in my opinion.

Here's the link. Don't know why I couldn't get the pic. to load. This is from HAIF....

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/...=390&start=390

those are awesome news! and yeah TexasBoi I'm with you, they need make that into the hot spot of Houston

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