September 11, 2024
On Monday evening, Sept. 9, crews began the foundation placement for Raleigh’s new City Hall and they wrapped things up at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The process is documented in the below video.
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Oooooooo going vertical any day now!!!
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September 18, 2024
This week we will do a bit of a recap of activities that crews have completed and then look forward to what we can expect in the next few weeks.
As we saw in last week’s construction video, the contractor completed the main tower foundation. Before pouring the nearly 3,420 tons of concrete, crews installed a rebar network that helps maintain the concrete’s integrity. Before the rebar installation, they drilled about 30 to 50 feet down and installed more than 100 deep foundation peers. In short, our new City Hall has a solid foundation.
Crews are forming the basement walls. Rebar is being installed, and in the next couple of weeks, the team will pour the concrete into the wall forms. After completing the basement walls, they will waterproof and backfill around them.
The team is also working on a foundation pad for the backup generator for the new building.
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September 23, 2024
Last week, the contractor moved the generator and started to demolish the concrete foundation. The demo work was the jackhammer noise everyone heard at the RMB building. The good news is, weather permitting, this work is expected to wrap up on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
A crew also continues work forming the basement walls. Once they complete the forms, they pour the concrete and backfill around the basement walls.
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The weather this morning doesn’t seem to want to permit. 
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Is that object in the middle an elevator bank for the building? 
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That’s the dungeon where we’ll keep all the NIMBYs when I seize power…
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October 3, 2024
It’s October. The start of a new month!
Let’s look at the construction activity planned for October.
- Duke Energy will shut off electrical power to the Raleigh Municipal Building (RMB) beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 11. This work will impact RMB and the parking deck, which will remain without power until Oct. 13.
- Crews will finish installing the forms for the basement walls.
- The concrete contractor will place the concrete into the forms.
- A team will waterproof and backfill the exterior of the basement walls.
- A crew will excavate and pour a foundation at the electrical vault.
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What I believe should be included in the West Tower:
- Pubilc Library (3 stories)
- City-focused museum (police or fire?)
- Municipal Services, since the city will need more space soon (according to a 2018 study)
Bonus: Downtown overlook (maybe top floor museum)
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Raleigh FD does have a museum, but it would be great if they had a space large enough to house all their trucks. They’ve got an awesome collection. https://raleighfiremuseum.org/
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I mean we have a similar metro population of 40 million, so it only makes sense to me…
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Library would be nice, but the county manages those.
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I’m sure the city could convince county leaders to partner with them to build a library here but I may just be overly optimistic
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As a refresher, here is the rendering (taken from ratiodesign.com)(East Civic Tower - Ratio)
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I’m excited about Mayor ProTem Bernie Sanders on the left…
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Livable Raleigh candidate pictured 6th from the left
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You guys are too funny! LOL