Archives for the ‘FlatGrass Development’ Category

4230 Raleigh Street Construction Update – Framing, Windows, & Plumbing are Underway

Things continue to progress at 4230 Raleigh Street. Framing has finished up for the most part and we’re on our way to getting the exterior wrapped up. We passed our bulk plane inspection with the city of Denver so we are full steam ahead on the exterior finishes. We’ll be multitasking for the remainder of [...]

4230 Raleigh Street Construction Update – Framing is underway

We are finally coming out of the ground with 4230 Raleigh Street. Framing has come along quickly and should be finished up later this week.
Lumber is on site and the crew are getting started.

The steel beam is in place and the basement slab is cured.

Below is a close up showing the brick ledge as well [...]

4230 Raleigh Street Construction Update – Foundations are Complete

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve updated the blog regarding our construction progress. The combination of a two week delay as we waited for Xcel Energy to hook up power to the site and some adverse weather conditions put a damper on visible progress. We are now well on our way and figured we [...]

4230 Raleigh Street Construction Update – 12/10/08

 We are making steady progress over at 4230 Raleigh Street. Nothing incredibly glamorous or exciting has been going on but we are making steady progress and should optimistically be framing in the next week or so. As you can see below, the job site signage is up. A more legible PDF can be found here.
 
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4230 Raleigh Street Construction Update: Excavation & Foundations are Underway

Now that our shoring has had time to cure we have been moving forward with things at 4230 Raleigh Street.

Excavation was pretty straight forward as we have a flat site and a pretty square footprint for the foundation. 

Once the excavation was complete, we were able to get the installation of the drilled piers underway. The [...]

FlatGrass projects highlighted in November issue of The North Denver News

The following article was front page material in the November 2008 Issue of The North Denver News:

New single family home redevelopment options arrive

Written by Guerin Lee Green   

Friday, 21 November 2008

With re-zonings passed in the spring to go into effect at the end of the year, the question is open— will re-development continue in [...]

Shoring and excavation are under way at 4230 Raleigh Street.

Prior to actually getting the foundation for 4230 Raleigh Streetbuilt, we are installing shoring piers along the edges of the adjacent property boundaries. Below I will run you through some photos of the work but it might be worth a little explanation on what exactly shoring is and why it is necessary.
Shoring is used to [...]

Demo day at 4230 Raleigh Street… let the fun begin.

After a six week delay due to asbestos mitigation and tree protection issues with the City of Denver Building Department we were finally cleared and ready for demo on 4230 Raleigh Street.
The demo contractor hadn’t given us a start time but as Jenn and I walked to Tenn Street Coffee to get her some caffeine [...]

FlatGrass Development project progress posts are on their way.

So the time is here and we’ll be posting on a regular basis starting this week as we work through our current projects located at 4230 Raleigh Street and 4721 W 30th Avenue.
The intent with blogging through the process is to provide a glimpse into our construction methods and specifically point out what it is [...]