Ascent Uptown - 33 stories (3rd and Poplar)

[grodney]

Long view Aug 15 2015.

[CLTProductions]

I love your pictures but woah, you can take pictures 10 days into the future????? How cool! :p

[grodney]

Crystal Ball photography!

[Guest]

I love your pictures but woah, you can take pictures 10 days into the future????? How cool! :p

I Hope its further along in 10 days.

[AirNostrumMAD]

Either it's my imagination but I feel like the trees are noticeably larger and fuller now. Gonna look amazing when those trees are much bigger.

 

 

 

[tozmervo]

The trees are irrigated and have great access to sun, they're going to do very well very quickly. Right now the shady spots are premium space at lunch time, can't wait until shady spots are the norm!

[archiham04]

This is a little off topic... but relates to the above comment about watering trees.... does Bearden have underground detention and/or water catchment cisterns?  Same question for 1st ward park. If not, then why not?

[CarolinaCrown]

Lots of activity going on here.

Edited August 11, 2015 by CarolinaCrown

[CarolinaCrown]

Ascent update

[Jrlooney88]

Has anyone else noticed the leaning column in the middle of the pictures? 

I am not a licensed Engineer but I also don't think structural columns should look like the Tower of Pisa.

[dcharlotte]

They are going to feature the Grove at Grand Bay style now. 

It is probably for the parking structure or to make way for parking. 

[navigator319]

Has anyone else noticed the leaning column in the middle of the pictures? 

I am not a licensed Engineer but I also don't think structural columns should look like the Tower of Pisa.

That column is exactly how they built and formed it.

[CarolinaCrown]

How many levels of parking is this going to have?

[Prodev]

Parking up to the 11th floor. Units start on level 12.

[dylansukkert]

Parking up to the 11th floor. Units start on level 12.

So the first 11 floors should go up fairly fast?

[Guest]

So the first 11 floors should go up fairly fast?

Parking decks actually take a good amount of time to pour. Once the parking deck is done, the apartment floors will zoom up faster.

[dcharlotte]

Parking decks take longer because the slope of the parking ramp has to be adjusted for buildings with smaller footprints.

As much as people probably hate 11 floors of parking, this is probably going to be one of the most car-free buildings in Charlotte. If you're parked on the 5th floor or above you're not going to want to wind your car out of the awful parking garage just to go a short distance. 

[navigator319]

Parking decks take longer because the slope of the parking ramp has to be adjusted for buildings with smaller footprints.

As much as people probably hate 11 floors of parking, this is probably going to be one of the most car-free buildings in Charlotte. If you're parked on the 5th floor or above you're not going to want to wind your car out of the awful parking garage just to go a short distance. 

Based off my own experience this is true.  I got unlucky P8 of Trademark, which is the last level.  In 3 years I have only 10k miles on my car.

[dubone]

Plus from past examples, whenever the deck is also the foundation for the tower, there is more complexity, so it takes even longer than a deck alone. 

 

The decks that go up fast are from prefabricated panels. 

[CarolinaCrown]

Ascent update:

[dcharlotte]

Still fidgeting with that ramp, I see. Stabilizing the supports for those also takes some time on the ground floor as things settle. Shouldn't be too long before this first one is poured. 

[CarolinaCrown]

Looks like they're hitting their stride, but as RDF stated, pouring a parking deck is a time consuming process.

[Guest]

Looks like they're hitting their stride, but as RDF stated, pouring a parking deck is a time consuming process.

 

especially this one. How complicated does this ramp look?!

 

 

Edited September 2, 2015 by Guest

[dcharlotte]

I love when people quote photos. I did want to view them a 2nd time. 

[CarolinaCrown]

Slow but steady progress on the parking deck.