Winter is finally loosening its grip on Nebraska and, for construction of the arena section of the Health, Human Performance and Athletic Center, this means a quickened pace for building progress. Read the April status update from Mike Koch, project manager for the Kiewit Building Group:
The lower level concrete footings and foundation walls are complete. With these activities done, Hartmann Construction is now able to backfill these foundation walls. This work will begin on the east side of the building, this work precedes footings on the upper level that need to be completed. Once these footings on the upper level are finished, the remainder of the arena’s structural steel can be erected as well as the start of the fieldhouse footings. The fieldhouse pre–engineered building will then be erected which is scheduled to arrive the first week in May.
Activities currently occurring in the arena are the final detailing of the structural steel, mechanical & electrical rough in, masonry block walls and concrete slab on deck as well as concrete slab on grade pours. Activities soon to start are the exterior of the building’s precast concrete panels which are scheduled to start arriving on site in mid April, this as well as roofing the high roof over the actual basketball court.
With the weather changing and turning warmer the progress of the building will begin to move much faster than it has through the winter, the project teams main objective for the next few months is to have the building closed in by September to allow for the mechanical systems to condition the building, which in turn will allow for construction and finishes to be completed through this next fall and winter.
See also: Take a tour of the HHPAC