Wednesday, February 3, 2010 became a historic day for the Portland soccer community when the Portland City Council passed the funding and renovation plan to improve PGE Park for Major League Soccer and create a world-class soccer facility in the heart of downtown. With the move to MLS, PGE Park will undergo a significant renovation with several modifications being made to the structure over the course of the next six months. Check in every Friday to view a picture update directly from the construction site at PGE Park. For more construction pictures, visit the Timbers Facebook page
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October 22 - Eastern Grandstands Start to Fill In
400 pounds of steel out of a total of 800 pounds have been installed in the stadium along with 750 cubic yards of poured concrete. |
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October 15 - Steel Structures Take Shape
Cranes safely swung I-beams to and fro, cement trucks kept pouring, dump trucks made increased deliveries and the jackhammering continued with construction this week. |
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October 8 - Steel I-Beams are Delivered
Steel is the word of the week as enormous steel I-beams arrived and began to be placed around the grounds |
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October 1 - Warm Weather Brings More Demolition
Though the weather feels like mid-July, the PGE Park fall renovation second stage nears the end of its first month of activity |
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September 24 - Structures Begin to Rise
More debris is removed but crews begin creating forms for cement walls in the southwest corner |
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September 17 - Turf and Deck Removal
Centerfield deck is removed with the rubble broken down and trucked away while the metal rebar gets recycled. |
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September 10 - Deconstruction
Phase 2 of construction begins a few days after the Timbers 2010 regular season home schedule ends. |
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March 26 - Turf Installation
Turf Installation is complete. PGE Park Crews will begin prepping the field and bullpens for play. |
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March 19 - Turf Installation
Turf arrived onsite Thursday and installation began Friday 3/19/10 |
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March 12 - South Retaining Wall
The south retaining wall is scheduled to be poured this week |
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March 5 - Concrete Pours
Tuesday was the first of two large concrete pours. The crews placed approximately 480 cubic yards of concrete. They are planning another very large pour for Tuesday of next week. |
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Feb 26 - Auger Cast Pile
The final auger cast pile went in this afternoon. This completed one of the major milestone activities for this phase. 203 auger cast piles were installed from 8 February 8 though February 26. |
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Feb 19 - South Access Road
Footing for South Access Road widening will be poured next week. |
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Feb 12 - Foundations Work
Work continues on the foundations along the eastern edge of the park just south of the Fred Meyer deck. |
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Feb 8 - Foundations Start
Work started on the foundations Monday February 8. The drill rig is working on the piles for the foundations along the eastern edge of the park just south of the Fred Meyer deck. |
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Feb 4 - Restroom Work
Photos of the start of work on the facility restrooms. |
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Feb 2 - Prep Work
Tanner Creek crossing work |
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January 20 thru January 29 - Foundation Prep Work
Prep work prior to starting the foundations. Turf Removal, survey, excavation and Tanner Creek crossing. |
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December 22 thru December 24 - Tile Pile Work
This information was used to verify the foundation design. |
