To your point, dyed concrete is surprisingly expensive and difficult to execute without messing up the blend somewhere along the installation.
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Especially black dye. Itâs the same used for car tires.
I think he was being sarcastic 
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Lol thank you! My point was that itâs a concrete apartment building under construction. Whatâs it supposed to be, a gold cylinder?
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Too soft. Platinum is preferred. 
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I was enforcing the sarcasm by explaining that dyed concrete is exorbitant/impractical.
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thank you! lol
Thatâs not even concrete though lol. Looks like itâs sheathing?
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That lower level east side facade sure has the potential to be a lot uglier than the renders would suggest. The distance from the grade level to that overhead canopy looks taller than the renders, and the thickness of the canopy looks thinner than in the renders. I sure how that this doesnât remain as ugly as it does now. Are these the Publix loading zones?
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RightâŚI think itâs either some sort of fiber cement board to be painted, or a duroc type sheathing to apply a cladding system on top of, I hope! I know Hardie boards are yellow prior to being primed/painted.
I was going to chime in that the concrete would be dyed with the blood of my enemies but didnât want to be reported for murder.
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Actually, looking again, you can see the sheathing in purple and the insulation in yellow, and it looks like the gray is going on top of that. Itâs definitely not cladding⌠even if it was fiber cement board, they would probably be using it as a rainscreen, so there would be an air gap and a clip system.
I was wondering if itâs one of those all-in-one panels that has vapor barrier, sheathing, and insulation all in one, and maybe theyâre only using it in some places and not others. -shrug- this is beyond my level of experience lol
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I am going to give it some time to fill in before I make judgment on how good it looks. Making sausage isnât always pretty. And, I have faith in John Kane.
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Yellow is the air barrier membrane. The grey might be a second coat application for a stucco finish or maybe a different type of air barrier membrane?
Looks like insulation and metal panels still to be installed per the elevationsâŚ
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Ah, itâs so hard to tell! Youâre probably right that itâs just another kind of vapor barrier then. Maybe the grey is spray-applied? Yâall are just making me realize Iâm in desperate need of CA experience⌠too much time designing and drawing these assemblies; not enough actually seeing them go together 
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Yes itâs obviously being sprayed on and is not the final finish. You can tell if you look at the webcam or (gasp) walk by. Just for fun, hereâs the other side from Raleigh Beer Gardenâs rooftop deck.
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I drove by Smokey Hollow during lunch today and noticed that they have put up a âUS flagâ. In my opinion its the âotherâ top out option for the last floor to be completed, I believe? Unfortunately, I was not able to get a photo, as I would sure have been killed trying. Sad 
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Iâm staring right at the bldg but canât find the flag.
while looking for web cam ran across this picture from Smokey Hollow, pre downtown Blvd but has ball park.
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FYI, attended the CAC meeting tonight where Kane representatives asked for a public vote regarding the rezoning request of Phase 3 to DX-40-SH-CU. We (West Condos) had a good showing though our voting wasnât one sided. The vote was 9 to 5 in approval of the request. The vote will get passed on to the City Council as a metric for their decision. Thereâs another public meeting March 26 at 9a at the Municipal Building on Hargett to contribute this decision.
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