HOUSTON—Pouring a concrete foundation for a high-rise development is a highly choreographed performance. Last weekend, Caydon, Hoar Construction and TAS Concrete held a concrete-pouring viewing party to watch the process unfold at 2850 Fannin St., the first high-rise development in Midtown, one of Houston's most evolving neighborhoods.
It took 13 days to complete the rebar installation and there were six concrete batch plants used to secure all cubic yards of concrete. About 523 trucks poured 5,230 cubic yards of concrete covering 600 tons of installed rebar to lay the foundation for the residential tower.
GlobeSt.com learns that it took 9.5 hours to complete the mat pour, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. It took 15.5 hours to finish the top (from 5:00 p.m. on Saturday to 8:30 a.m. Sunday) and roughly nine hours to install the cure blankets (from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday). The mat placement was completed by 70 workers.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
