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It's time for concrete! Workers prepare for a busy day of pouring the concrete for the first elevated parking deck level. Photo taken July 6, 2006. The view from University Drive as workers prepare to pour concrete on the first deck level. Photo taken on June 30, 2006. This view looking towards University Drive is going to change dramatically over the next few months. Photo taken on July 6, 2006. Concrete is being pumped to pour the first elevated parking level today! Photo taken on July 6, 2006. Concrete pumping hose is being moved into position to pour the next section of garage deck. Photo taken on July 6, 2006.
Aerial view taken from the rooftop at the University Drive Division of the concrete pumping for the parking garage first level deck. Photo taken on July 6, 2006. Is it soup yet? Workers pour concrete for your long awaited University Drive parking garage. Did you ever imagine that you'd see this day? Photo taken on July 6, 2006. Float that concrete! Workers screed and float concrete for the first elevated parking deck level. Photo taken on July 6, 2006. The concrete pour of the first elevated deck level is complete. Forms are now being placed for the second level. Photo taken on July 18, 2006.
Concrete work is complete for the ramp leading up to the second elevated level. Form work is well on it's way to completion for this second level. Photo taken on July 31, 2006. Concrete is being poured on the second elevated level as the forms for the ramp up to the third level take shape. Photo taken on August 15, 2006. The ramp to the third elevated level is complete as forms go up for the third level deck as well as the fourth level ramp. Things are really moving now! Photo taken August 31, 2006. Concrete forms start to go up for the first elevated deck of the smaller three level parking garage. The University Drive Division Bed Tower is seen in the background. Photo taken on September 7 ,2006. Concrete forms are in place for the third level elevated deck. The parking garage is really starting to take shape as it rises from the former parking lot site. Photo taken on September 7, 2006.
A view of the parking garage from a lower angle. The area occupied by the cement mixer and pump truck is the future site of the smaller three level parking garage. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. Preparing to lift concrete forms from the three level parking garage site. The nine level garage, under construction, is seen in the background. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. Bundles of rebar are seen in the foreground awaiting their use in the fabrication of the deck structures of the parking garage. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. Concrete is pumped into forms for walls in the parking garage structure. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. Concrete forms are being positioned for the parking deck sections that will tie the garage into the existing building. Photo taken on September 7, 2006.
The parking garage structure as viewed from University Drive. Two parking levels are not visible from this angle due to being below grade. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. A slightly different view of the parking garage structure looking up University Drive towards the University of Pittsburgh's Falk School. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. This photo, taken from the rooftop of the University Drive Division, gives you an idea of the massive scale of this parking garage project. The entire foreground area is the site of the smaller three level parking garage. The larger nine level garage is seen here, under construction, in the background. Photo taken on September 7, 2006. Concrete forms are almost completely in place for the fourth elevated parking deck level. Photo taken on October 10, 2006. The concrete forms are starting to take shape for the first elevated parking deck level of the smaller three level garage, in the foreground. The fourth elevated parking deck of the nine level garage, in the background, is almost ready for concrete. Photo taken on October 10, 2006.
The concrete deck is in place on half of the fourth deck level. Forms go up for the ramp to the fifth deck level, actually sixth parking level, counting the ground level. Photo taken on October 18, 2006. The final structure of the garage takes shape. The nine and three level garage decks are nearly complete. Photo taken on April 30, 2007. The ninth deck level of the garage is almost complete. The concrete decks of the nine and three level garages are complete. Note the beginning of placement of pre-cast concrete exterior panels. Work will continue over the summer with completion in late 2007. A view of the top deck of the nine level parking garage.

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