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In less than a week, the much-anticipated outdoor superstore will begin to go vertical.
After a month and a half of driving 512 steel pilings into the ground, construction crews are working around the clock to put the finishing touches on the site, which was once the Cilco Ash pond just north of the Murray Baker Bridge.
“It was a steel jungle out here,” said Steve Ferguson, the city’s public works director, while touring the site last week. “There’s 36,000 feet of pilings driven to bedrock here. ... This is a fast track job.”
Ferguson said crews are now preparing the “many layers” of land before foundation construction can begin.
They are working on topping the site with CA7, or white, all-weather rock, he said.
“We’re moving a lot of trucks,” he said. “There are about 250 trucks a day moving in and out of here full of rock.”
Those driving by the site may also have seen a trailer with a sign that reads: “Coming, The Great America Outdoor Store ... Soon!”
On Thursday, Bass Pro brought the trailer with offices to the site, where the construction and project manager will oversee the store as it goes vertical.
The city also sent out plans for the underground utilities for the project last week, Ferguson said. Those will go to bid Oct. 18.
“Everything is going really well,” Ferguson said. “We have a great relationship with Bass Pro.”
The store, which is being paid for with $45 million in general obligation bonds, is scheduled to open September 2012, and nearly 200 construction jobs will be created until then.
In less than a week, the much-anticipated outdoor superstore will begin to go vertical.
After a month and a half of driving 512 steel pilings into the ground, construction crews are working around the clock to put the finishing touches on the site, which was once the Cilco Ash pond just north of the Murray Baker Bridge.
“It was a steel jungle out here,” said Steve Ferguson, the city’s public works director, while touring the site last week. “There’s 36,000 feet of pilings driven to bedrock here. ... This is a fast track job.”
Ferguson said crews are now preparing the “many layers” of land before foundation construction can begin.
They are working on topping the site with CA7, or white, all-weather rock, he said.
“We’re moving a lot of trucks,” he said. “There are about 250 trucks a day moving in and out of here full of rock.”
Those driving by the site may also have seen a trailer with a sign that reads: “Coming, The Great America Outdoor Store ... Soon!”
On Thursday, Bass Pro brought the trailer with offices to the site, where the construction and project manager will oversee the store as it goes vertical.
The city also sent out plans for the underground utilities for the project last week, Ferguson said. Those will go to bid Oct. 18.
“Everything is going really well,” Ferguson said. “We have a great relationship with Bass Pro.”
The store, which is being paid for with $45 million in general obligation bonds, is scheduled to open September 2012, and nearly 200 construction jobs will be created until then.
