COTA Austin - construction and infrastructure

[FW17]

Elroy?

[hairy_scotsman]

Elroy?

[img]http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4120/4852 ... _z.jpg[img]

Yep. The track property is just ahead on the left. Elroy starts to the right about where the hill is.

That's one of them (FM 812). In the long run it's supposed to be expanded. In the short term it's going to be re-striped to 4 lanes, with 3 being used for track traffic on race day (3 Inbound before the race, 3 Outbound after).

There are 3 roads into the track from the west (812, McAngus, and Elroy). COTA is still in negotiation with the county over expansion of Elroy Rd. The latest from the county is that it will be expanded, but not before the race. Yet there are survey and utility markers all over the section that needs expansion. WeWillSee.

[Pup]

Shame on you Pup

I strive for perfection.

I've only been to two places in Texas. So just be thankful I'm not confusing Austin with Killeen.

[Pup]

Oh, I spent two weeks in El Paso once too! I forgot.

[hairy_scotsman]

Well, looks like the PSL/Season Ticket Pricing surveys are going out. Just completed mine.

[mclaren777]

Austin Timelapse

[hairy_scotsman]

For some reason that youtube video "has been removed by the user". Weird. Still works at the COTA FB page though: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=24 ... =2&theater

[hairy_scotsman]

I took a bunch of construction photos yesterday morning & posted them to the FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 878&type=1


I'm just now getting around to posting some samples here. Enjoy:

The Media center on the left, then the west and east ends of the Pit/Paddock building:


Connecting the ends of the Pit/Paddock complex:


The Media Center:


Work on the Medical Center is just beginning:


East end of the Pit/Paddock and the Medical Center:


Pit/Paddock viewed from out around Turn 11 hairpin:


The "Longhorn Straight":


Turn 10 (downhill 130R?):


Trucks coming down from Turn 10 to the hairpin, delivering their loads, then returning home along the Longhorn back straight:


You're doing it wrong. Rookie.

[Pup]

Looking good, HS.

[Richard]

The medical centre looks like its timber framed. I wonder what they are going to do for sound insulation? You'd expect a medical centre needs to be quiet and calm inside.

[hairy_scotsman]

The medical centre looks like its timber framed. I wonder what they are going to do for sound insulation? You'd expect a medical centre needs to be quiet and calm inside.

Yeah...I was a little surprised when I saw that.

[Pup]

It looks to me like they're just framing the interior walls with studs. At least there are some steel columns and beams in place on the front and back. I also guess that they're going to use a stone veneer like the other buildings.

[hairy_scotsman]

AustinRaceHotels.com (@AustinRaceHotel) posted 18 new photos last night from her COTA tour of Monday afternoon. I shot some yesterday as well that I'll try to get uploaded today. Enjoy!

From the front of the Pit/Paddock looking toward Turn 1:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/austinracing/

Highlights:



Standing at Turn 11 looking down the back straight toward the stadium section:



From Turn 1, looking at the Medical Center, Pit/Paddock, and prep for Main Grandstand construction:



From the parking lot area looking to Turn 1:

[Pup]

Thanks, HS.

It looks in this photo like the curtain wall is going up on the pits and it also looks on the right like the grandstand is going vertical...

[hairy_scotsman]

Very bad news. Please keep this gentleman in your thoughts & prayers:

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ ... orted.html

By Patrick George | Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 03:49 PM

A man has suffered critical injuries after a tractor rolled over onto him at the Formula One construction site in Travis County, officials said.

Austin-Travis County EMS spokesman Warren Hassinger said multiple units, including an ambulance and a StarFlight helicopter, are on the way to the site. The man, reported to be 30 years old, went into cardiac arrest, Hassinger said. His condition is unknown, as are the circumstances of the incident.

Check back for more details.