re: Kyle Field and other Facility Upgrades

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it looks like that 2nd section is 100% complete when you drive by it

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Project Director visited class and spoke about the project and answered questions. Some of the take a ways.

- Close to 700 laborers a day working on the project. At night no less than 40 people working.
- Doing about 20 million of work a month at this point
- Expect south lower bowl to be built out by next 2 weeks with the 2nd deck being built out by end of the month
- The SE corner will not have escalators. It will only be a ramp going up.
- Kyle Field Cam has an hour delay
- When looking at the east construction cam, the cluster column at the bottom right on the ground is the first part of the canopy. It will go up around the 21st.
- At the NE 1st deck area where they started the new firstdeck (The area where there is a large separation in the northeast bleachers and student section bleachers) This area will have a wall built. Stadiums now build walls to separate classes. Student pays $275 in this section and 1 section over donor pays $10,000.. etc.
- Tall crawler cranes have a wind gage inside. If wind speed on top of crane is over 35 mph they have to stop operations with crane. Happened past 2 days. However still able to do work. Use smaller cranes and place bolts in steel that has already been placed. When they see high wind forecast they work quick in the morning before wind speeds get high in late morning/ early afternoon.
- There is an empty space between student section 2nd & 3rd deck where the old Reed Building Basketball courts were. This area will have air handlers and other equipment.
- Playing surface will be lowered 1 more foot before sod is laid in early August. They kept 1 foot higher for a working surface.
- The new sod was the 2nd contract signed behind the steel contract. Sod contract cost around $700K-800K
- West side will be imploded minus the 1st deck. They will crunch up the 1st deck west side similar to the east side. They will be given the field at midnight after the last game and it will take 4-5 weeks to set the charges.
- They noted everyone on Texags for concern the cranes would not make it out! haha. They said they will take them apart in pieces on the playing field area. Expect this to happen mid-late June.
- Would have lost 8,000 student seats if they redid entire student side due to ADA standards.
- Student side will be 17' off center of new playing field. New West side will be centered. They noted that it will not seem off center to the students due to the bowl in the south making the view seem normal.
- The playing field will have the same slope to it that the players currently practice on.
- Hoping sod has 4 weeks to grow before 1st home game. Joked they would lay the sod the night before the first game.

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