French Broad Place

2009-01-22T11:12:00.003-05:00

This is a sneak peek of Dugans interior. The whole inside is finished with antique oak barnwood. It's truely going to be one of the most attractive restaurant in Brevard. We are looking forward to their opening in February.

2009-01-22T11:08:00.001-05:00

Sidewalks are being prepped and the Curbs are being poured today.

2009-01-22T11:06:00.001-05:00

Interior Framing is going in.

2009-01-22T11:04:00.000-05:00

This is the corner over Dugans Pub

2009-01-22T11:02:00.001-05:00

Another view down North Broad.

2009-01-22T10:21:00.003-05:00

New photos with roof, balconies, windows and doors in.

2008-09-11T11:41:00.003-04:00

Here are a couple of view shots.

2008-09-11T11:39:00.001-04:00

This is a dated photo but it shows the primary corner well.

2008-09-11T11:31:00.004-04:00

On September 8, 2008 Davis Erecting set the last piece of the precast structure. On the night of the ninth the crane was disassembled and removed that night and the next day. The structure is complete, and now we have begun the upfit of the interior. We have poured about 80% of the interior slabs on the 2nd 3rd and 4th floors and have begun the plumbing. One of the stairwells is completed and access is much easier. We have moved the fences out the the street sides to begin leveling out the exterior so that the windows and balconies can be placed. Those items will begin around the end of the month.

2008-07-23T10:31:00.002-04:00

We have begun preparing for the interior slabs and have poured this 3,000 square foot section already. We will be doing 2 pours a week.

2008-07-23T10:28:00.002-04:00

As this picture shows, we have completed the erection of the structure down French Broad Street and have turned the corner. This photo shows the height of the building at its highest point, the fifth floor element of the main penthouse.

2008-06-16T09:26:00.002-04:00

The structure began going up two weeks ago. This picture is about a week old, so it only shows about half of the progress. Thi section is the corner of French Broad and Caldwell.It is built up to the roof and is a bit longer to the left in this picture.

2008-05-24T09:24:00.001-04:00

It's very impressive, probably the biggest crane that has been used in Brevard!

2008-05-24T09:20:00.002-04:00

The crane has a 230 ton capacity and the boom is 200 feet long. It will set in the area of the parking structure until it has completed the building, and then it will move out to the alley and build the parking structure.

2008-05-22T10:28:00.002-04:00

By May 20, 2008 we finished the on-grade foundation, and the entire site had been graded to finsh elevations and covered with gravel. The crane for the erection of the building was delivered on the 20th and it tooke two days to off load the parts and put it together. This is a brand new crane just delivered into the U.S. to Davis Erecting out of Greenville SC.

2008-04-15T16:39:00.002-04:00

Concrete pump used to pour the footers. There will be approximately 2,000 yards of concrete in the foundation, half of which is in the pilings that are finished.

2008-04-15T16:34:00.002-04:00

Our grade beams for our foundation are being handled in 5 phases. We began the at the beginning of April, and they will be dug and poured over a 7-8 week period. This photo shows the steel that was engineered for the beams. We are building under the same seismographic standards as southern California.

2008-04-02T10:18:00.003-04:00

The two panels on the right with brick are some sample panels created by Metromont. Metromont is the subcontractor building the structure. These panels are now on our site so that buyers can see them. The tops of the panels are a sandblasted concrete to add variation in color and texture.

2008-04-02T10:11:00.003-04:00

This is a photo of the crane that we brought in to drill our auger pilings. We used this method, as opposed to driving the pilings, so that it would be quieter and have less vibration. We drilled 323 pilings at an average of 50 feet deep to pass the load of the building to the rock below. Berkel, the contractor who did the drilling, finished up in late March.

2008-04-02T10:02:00.003-04:00

In January of 2008 we installed our underground storm water retention system. This system is to capture the first inch of rain and holding it for 48 hours. This will help the city storm drains from flooding over, and allows us to settle out 90% of the solid particles before they would go out into King's Creek.

2008-04-02T09:58:00.003-04:00

We hand sifted through the rubble and removed all of the wood, plastic and metal to recycle. Then we brought in a crusher to run the brick, block and concrete through to reuse it on site in leu of quarry gravel.

2008-04-02T09:48:00.002-04:00

Shortly after city coucil's approval of our master plan, we began the demolition of the structures on the block.

Beginning

2008-04-02T09:40:00.003-04:00

The developers began the project by identifying this block as an area in need of redevelopment. Some of the properties were particularly unsightly. There were six parcels that were all placed under purchase contract and upon closing, were resurveyed into one 1.25 mol acres lot.

2008-03-14T10:39:00.001-04:00

First Annual Squirrel Box Derby

French Broad Place created and sponsored the first annual Squirrel Box Derby. It took place at the White Squirrel Festival whick takes place in May. The turnout was awesome and the action was nerve racking! Visit the Heart of Brevard website to enter your car for this year.