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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jul 24, 2023 9:27:17 GMT -8
Does anyone know what's happening on the quad? They let all the grass die this summer and now are digging holes in several areas. I know it will come back and get green again when the rains return but it looks awful. webcam.oregonstate.edu/ |
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Post by ftd on Jul 24, 2023 9:39:18 GMT -8
Does anyone know what's happening on the quad? They let all the grass die this summer and now are digging holes in several areas. I know it will come back and get green again when the rains return but it looks awful. webcam.oregonstate.edu/looks like more that just dead grass..looks like they removed the old sod...my guess is new grass or maybe turf (uggh) |
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jul 24, 2023 12:22:12 GMT -8
From this list of the 15(!) construction projects occurring over the summer, looks like the MU Quad is having "grass renewal" done and not turf...... I was also wondering where the ROTC obstacle course was going after its removal from south of Goss, I will wonder no more. The map gives a good idea of the footprint of the Huang building as well. Go Beavers! |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 24, 2023 12:39:47 GMT -8
Does anyone know what's happening on the quad? They let all the grass die this summer and now are digging holes in several areas. I know it will come back and get green again when the rains return but it looks awful. webcam.oregonstate.edu/looks like more that just dead grass..looks like they removed the old sod...my guess is new grass or maybe turf (uggh) Astroturf on the Quad? At an Ag school? With a grass seed science department? Seems highly unlikely. Who knows how old the existing irrigation system. Could be older than the average posters age on this board. And that’s probably about the age it needs to be dug up and replaced. 🙂 |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jul 24, 2023 13:07:29 GMT -8
From this list of the 15(!) construction projects occurring over the summer, looks like the MU Quad is having "grass renewal" done and not turf...... I was also wondering where the ROTC obstacle course was going after its removal from south of Goss, I will wonder no more. The map gives a good idea of the footprint of the Huang building as well. Go Beavers! Thank you! This place never fails as a source of information. The Huang Building is going to be huge. The biggest $$$ academic project in school history. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 24, 2023 13:28:55 GMT -8
From this list of the 15(!) construction projects occurring over the summer, looks like the MU Quad is having "grass renewal" done and not turf...... I was also wondering where the ROTC obstacle course was going after its removal from south of Goss, I will wonder no more. The map gives a good idea of the footprint of the Huang building as well. Go Beavers! Anyone know of any plans for the old Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center? It is a historical building, one of the oldest on campus, so I would doubt they plan to remove & replace it with a brand new building. But its position at one of the main entrances to campus is very desirable. I always thought it would be a great spot for an on-campus brewpub for OSU’s fermentation science department’s offerings. Although you would certainly encounter objections from local business establishments having to compete against a university subsidized “business”. |
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Post by ftd on Jul 24, 2023 15:01:42 GMT -8
looks like more that just dead grass..looks like they removed the old sod...my guess is new grass or maybe turf (uggh) Astroturf on the Quad? At an Ag school? With a grass seed science department? Seems highly unlikely. Who knows how old the existing irrigation system. Could be older than the average posters age on this board. And that’s probably about the age it needs to be dug up and replaced. 🙂 hens the ugggh...but also see Reser and Goss...Heart of the grass seed capital of the world! Yeah I know they are sports fields and get lots of abuse.... |
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Post by fishwrapper on Jul 28, 2023 20:06:14 GMT -8
The MU Quad was damaged by the big-ass "tent" constructed last fall in the center of the quad by the OSU Foundation to kick off the capital campaign.
Believe it - they killed the quad. That is to say, the heavy equipment and structure damaged a few of slabs in the sidewalks, and crushed some irrigation lines. The Foundation put up signs afterward saying, essentially, "Thanks for the use of the lawn - we apologize for breaking it and will fix it soon."
If you know Deb, yes, she was a bit torqued as it played out in real time. Apparently there was a lot of "You can't do that there without breaking something..." said in meetings but the event specialists called in from out of town to put on the big show essentially said, "What do you know? We're the experts here."
At any rate, I have been unable to determine who's paying. All I know is that Bard In The Quad is supposed to start on the 3rd, and they just spread some foul-smelling black mulch along with the seeding...I can't imagine it being useable in time.
Ah yes, the play is, as the line goes, the thing...and the thing this year was to be Much Ado About Nothing.
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 29, 2023 7:30:27 GMT -8
The MU Quad was damaged by the big-ass "tent" constructed last fall in the center of the quad by the OSU Foundation to kick off the capital campaign. Believe it - they killed the quad. That is to say, the heavy equipment and structure damaged a few of slabs in the sidewalks, and crushed some irrigation lines. The Foundation put up signs afterward saying, essentially, "Thanks for the use of the lawn - we apologize for breaking it and will fix it soon." If you know Deb, yes, she was a bit torqued as it played out in real time. Apparently there was a lot of "You can't do that there without breaking something..." said in meetings but the event specialists called in from out of town to put on the big show essentially said, "What do you know? We're the experts here." At any rate, I have been unable to determine who's paying. All I know is that Bard In The Quad is supposed to start on the 3rd, and they just spread some foul-smelling black mulch along with the seeding...I can't imagine it being useable in time. Ah yes, the play is, as the line goes, the thing...and the thing this year was to be Much Ado About Nothing. The repair costs directly caused by the event should be paid for by the event organizers. If they can kick it downstream to their event structure subcontractor who promised there’d be no associated damage/problems, that would work too. Either way, if you give the MU Quad to someone for a week and they give it back to you broken, they need to pay for the fix. |
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Post by speakthetruth on Jul 29, 2023 13:50:03 GMT -8
Just curious how did espn construct their stage etc...on the MU quad a dozen or so years ago when it was a muddy mess without permanently damaging irrigation, cement, etc...
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Post by fishwrapper on Jul 29, 2023 15:19:35 GMT -8
Just curious how did espn construct their stage etc...on the MU quad a dozen or so years ago when it was a muddy mess without permanently damaging irrigation, cement, etc... ESPN's stage was a lightweight affair by comparison - essentially a stage made from regular 4x6-foot platforms/risers, with standard stage truss on the corners to support horizontal truss above to hang lighting and some PA gear. To get some perspective on how big the tent for the campaign kickoff was, see this photo from the Barometer. The ESPN staging was at most 24 feet on a side - it could easily fit inside the concrete square in the middle of the quad - though they did build in on a lawn. The corners of the ESPN stage were basically two 4x4-foot pieces of 3/4" plywood, as were the middle sections where the platform pieces met, so the weight of the entire thing was spread out a bit under each footing. By comparison you can see some kind of scale in this photo published by the Gazette Times back on Gameday. Stage truss usually comes in sections of 6-8 feet - so the height of the ESPN stage was not more than 16 feet. There was also a screen built off to one side, but that was even less total weight than the stage itself. The game day van was parked on a concrete walkway. All those pieces could be put up by manual labor. If you look at the first photo, you'll see the height of the "tent" for the campaign was in the 50-foot range. Those skeletal members were heavier-duty than simple box truss used for stage shows, and they supported the roof and walls, which the ESPN stage did not have. To build the frame for this beast, a crane was brought in to do the lifting - after the event was done, we noticed that where one of the crane stabilizer had been was now creaked sidewalk. It is thought by those of us who discussed it that one of the lifts was parked over some of the irrigation system and that was enough to be too much, and one of the crane stabilizers also have contributed to the lawn's plumbing problems. Worth noting that there was some minor excavation and a bit of underground work happening two weeks ago in the area where the crane is in that first photo. Hung inside the campaign tent was a lot of lighting - stage lighting and work lights, with lots of electrical cabling, and if you've every hauled 100-foot 12-3 extension cord, you'll agree that copper has mass, and there there was more than the equivalent of one extension cord in that roof... Also they flew a few speaker arrays and the associated cabling for those systems. The campaign built a temporary metal-framed building, not a mere tent. All that by way of saying: comparing ESPN's Gameday stage the campaign's temporary building is like comparing a go-kart to a Sherman tank. |
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jul 29, 2023 15:23:53 GMT -8
Just curious how did espn construct their stage etc...on the MU quad a dozen or so years ago when it was a muddy mess without permanently damaging irrigation, cement, etc... ESPN's stage was a lightweight affair by comparison - essentially a stage made from regular 4x6-foot platforms/risers, with standard stage truss on the corners to support horizontal truss above to hang lighting and some PA gear. To get some perspective on how big the tent for the campaign kickoff was, see this photo from the Barometer. The ESPN staging was at most 24 feet on a side - it could easily fit inside the concrete square in the middle of the quad - though they did build in on a lawn. The corners of the ESPN stage were basically two 4x4-foot pieces of 3/4" plywood, as were the middle sections where the platform pieces met, so the weight of the entire thing was spread out a bit under each footing. By comparison you can see some kind of scale in this photo published by the Gazette Times back on Gameday. Stage truss usually comes in sections of 6-8 feet - so the height of the ESPN stage was not more than 16 feet. There was also a screen built off to one side, but that was even less total weight than the stage itself. The game day van was parked on a concrete walkway. All those pieces could be put up by manual labor. If you look at the first photo, you'll see the height of the "tent" for the campaign was in the 50-foot range. Those skeletal members were heavier-duty than simple box truss used for stage shows, and they supported the roof and walls, which the ESPN stage did not have. To build the frame for this beast, a crane was brought in to do the lifting - after the event was done, we noticed that where one of the crane stabilizer had been was now creaked sidewalk. It is thought by those of us who discussed it that one of the lifts was parked over some of the irrigation system and that was enough to be too much, and one of the crane stabilizers also have contributed to the lawn's plumbing problems. Worth noting that there was some minor excavation and a bit of underground work happening two weeks ago in the area where the crane is in that first photo. Hung inside the campaign tent was a lot of lighting - stage lighting and work lights, with lots of electrical cabling, and if you've every hauled 100-foot 12-3 extension cord, you'll agree that copper has mass, and there there was more than the equivalent of one extension cord in that roof... Also they flew a few speaker arrays and the associated cabling for those systems. The campaign built a temporary metal-framed building, not a mere tent. All that by way of saying: comparing ESPN's Gameday stage the campaign's temporary building is like comparing a go-kart to a Sherman tank. Good information, thanks for posting |
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