TCF Bank Stadium Area
Construction Update
12/10/07
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Infrastructure – Infrastructure work surrounding the Stadium Site is complete. Roadways have been reconfigured, sidewalks installed and all parking lots are open. Miscellaneous landscaping work will be completed in the spring.
Lane restrictions continue on westbound UNIVERSITY near OAK STREET, however, to accommodate installation of the steam tunnel for the Medical Biosciences Building.
Stadium Construction – The foundation for the Stadium is under construction and is scheduled to be finished in early January 2008. All 2200 foundation pilings have now been installed as the underpinning of the stadium foundation. Enclosed below is a photo of the last foundation pile being driven on Friday Dec. 7th? Each piling is a steel pipe that is drilled into bedrock, filled with concrete, and then capped in concrete.
During the rest of the month, crews will be finishing pile caps, installing beams between the caps and then laying concrete over the pilings, caps and beams.
View the stadium webcams at http://www1.umn.edu/stadium/index.php.
Other Issues – Environmental cleanup continues of contaminated soil on the former Republic Creosote site (northwest portion of the Huron Avenue Parking complex). The cleanup is being completed under a Response Action Plan approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in February 2007. Under that plan, the creosote-contaminated soil is being removed from the stadium site and trucked to a permitted facility in the southern metro area. There, the soil is being thermally treated to remove contaminants and then sent to a State-licensed landfill for final disposal. Go to www.umn.edu/stadium/environmental_process.html for details.
Non Stadium related Projects – The University has begun work on a Medical Biosciences building adjacent to the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) on 6th Street SE. As part of that project, a steam tunnel is being extended underneath University Ave. There will be lane closures and/or traffic delays in the vicinity of Oak & University accommodate extension of the steam tunnel. For more information, contact Kevin Ross at 626-8283.
CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW
Major road and infrastructure construction began in March south and west of the TCF Bank Stadium site bounded by Oak, University, 6th St and 23rd Ave SE. (See enclosed map). New utilities have been installed and portions of Oak, University, Huron and Washington have been expanded and reconfigured to handle increased traffic from the Stadium and other developments in the East Gateway area of the University.
Road and infrastructure work is complete, but there could still be occasional lane closures, lane shifts and congested traffic at times. Drive carefully and allow extra time to reach destinations.
Construction of the Stadium itself has begun. The foundation is being installed and is scheduled for completion in early January after which time steel erection will begin.
Questions? Contact Brian Swanson, Stadium Project Coordinator at 612 625-6665 or bswanson@umn.edu
Read this and more on the Stadium Website at http://www1.umn.edu/stadium/index.php
NOTE: Project information may change due to weather, scheduling or other factors outside of our control. Information will be updated as soon as it becomes available.