SAN JUAN | RÍO PIEDRAS | Centro de Ciencias Moleculares - UPR | 8p | Com

[D-MAN]

Progreso de la construcción al día de hoy:

[yosoyelrey]

Ojala y pongan los cables electricos bajo tierra, porque le quita la vista...

[sbstn]

wow.
i cant wait for this to be done. its really ganna look incredible.

[Cayey]

La foto esta bien algarete pq cuando la fui a tomer cambió la luz y me pegaron un bocinazo jeje ... pero mas o menos da una idea de como van (al 4/6/2009)

[crasho]

a mi me enfogona que me toquen bocina.

[yosoyelrey]

Originally Posted by Cayey

La foto esta bien algarete pq cuando la fui a tomer cambió la luz y me pegaron un bocinazo jeje ... pero mas o menos da una idea de como van (al 4/6/2009)

Lo que cuenta es la intencion gracias Cayey

[maracaibo152]

absolutamente espectacular

[sbstn]

this really is a great bld.. i cant wait for it to be finished.. also, did they take out the electric poles?

[DreamerGuy]

True!!! They took them out!! YAY finally the government thinks! :P

[saygy69]

Originally Posted by Cayey

La foto esta bien algarete pq cuando la fui a tomer cambió la luz y me pegaron un bocinazo jeje ... pero mas o menos da una idea de como van (al 4/6/2009)

Cayey,

Gracias por el update. Te quedo bien nice; y que se joda el que te tocó bosina.

[yosoyelrey]

Originally Posted by saygy69

Cayey,

Gracias por el update. Te quedo bien nice; y que se joda el que te tocó bosina.

Imaginate, y quien no toca bocina en PR? lol asi que se jodan todos

[sbstn]

lol
appreciate it!
today i was in the car waiting behind two people at a STOP SIGN. no one honked.. we waited like 2 mnts while the guy did who knows what.. no one went around him or honked or revered their engines or shot a gun or nothing.. it was SO ANNOYING

I CANT WAIT FOR SUMMER

[yosoyelrey]

Originally Posted by sbstn

lol
appreciate it!
today i was in the car waiting behind two people at a STOP SIGN. no one honked.. we waited like 2 mnts while the guy did who knows what.. no one went around him or honked or revered their engines or shot a gun or nothing.. it was SO ANNOYING

I CANT WAIT FOR SUMMER

Eso es buena calidad de vida... viajar relajado en su carro, sin que te toquen vocina o te den un corte de pastelillo...

[Bori427]

Aquí casi no tocan bocina, cortes de pastelillo sí...

[yosoyelrey]

Originally Posted by Bori427

Aquí casi no tocan bocina, cortes de pastelillo sí...

en el area metro si... te tocan la bocina y la dejan pegada por las proximas dos millas

te tocan la bocina segundos antes de cambiar la luz verde lol

[crasho]

Originally Posted by yosoyelrey

te tocan la bocina segundos antes de cambiar la luz verde lol

Que si que, no hace mas que cambiar la luz a verde y ya estan pegao tocandole bocina a uno.

[sbstn]

Construction of UPR’s Molecular Sciences building on track
By : JOSÉ L. CARMONA
josec@caribbeanbusinesspr.com
Edition: May 21, 2009 | Volume: 37 | No: 20

Island’s most advanced research facility is 60% complete; $77 million state-of-the-art structure is on schedule for delivery in late December

Construction of the island’s first-ever molecular sciences facility is on track for its late December 2009 delivery date to the University of Puerto Rico, Lorenzo Dragoni, president of construction firm AMS Construction Managers, told CARIBBEAN BUSINESS.

The $77 million, 149,000-square-foot, eight-story structure is designed to meet the island’s advanced scientific research needs for the next 25 years. It sits on a one-acre lot across the street from the Urban Train station in Cupey.

“The reinforced concrete structure features a sophisticated foundation system that provides a near-zero vibration tolerance, architecturally striking glass curtain wall enclosure and innovative project management to assure its construction stays within budget,” Dragoni explained.

The first phase of the project, at $12 million, began in May 2007 and consisted of site preparation, which involved demolition of existing structures at the site, asbestos and lead mitigation, installation of 869 foundation piles and designing and ordering the structure’s trademark exterior glass enclosure from Canadian glass manufacturer Glasstra. Currently, the project is 60% complete and well into its construction, or second phase, which began in September 2007 at an estimated $55 million.

“This is the first time this type of glass enclosure has been done on the island, which AMS did in collaboration with Glasstra. Typically, glass buildings don’t comply with green building requirements, but this glass has high-efficiency capabilities. It features a mesh-type curtain that allows visibility, but modulates the light that comes in,” Dragoni explained. The building will have a small number of parking spaces, as most scientists working at the facility will travel by Urban Train, either from the Río Piedras Medical Center or UPR’s main campus in Río Piedras.

Given the building’s proximity to the Urban Train station and to vehicles passing along PR1, the structure required a near-zero vibration tolerance because of the sensitive and delicate scientific research instruments to be used inside the structure. The near-zero vibration tolerance was achieved through the 869 foundation piles and the use of isolated five-foot-thick tiles on the first floor, which will house most of the specialized equipment, including an electron microscope and some 100 researchers and their support staff.

According to Dragoni, the construction-management method used in this project, called construction management with a guaranteed maximum price-at risk (GMP-at risk), assured UPR the project would be built within budget even before construction began, by separating the different construction phases into packages and involving various local subcontractors in the process.

Construction of the building is a joint venture between AMS and Providence, Island-based Gilbane Building Co. based on a design by Hillier Architects. Some 400 local construction workers have been involved in this project since its inception, including local subcontractors Enrique Blanes Palmer (civil engineering), Aireko Construction (concrete structure) and Bermúdez & Longo (mechanical engineering).


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[sbstn]

wish the day would have been better for a nicer sky :/

[DreamerGuy]

Excelentes fotos!! gracias por compartirlas )

pase por ahi los otros dias y en vdd que necesitan arreglar esa interseccion y hacerla un poquito más bonita, además de pavimentar y arreglar RUSH los cruces peatonales.

El edificio está quedando brutal

[saygy69]

Gracias por el update. ::