Author Topic: BSFS Expansion Thread (Read 4662165 times)

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #850 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:59:34 PM »

So, Populous, which is right down the road from Manhattan, one of the premier sports arch firms in the country, full of K-State grads, with K-State grads as founding partners gets a major KITN?

One has to wonder if that Manbeck article wasn't a purposeful attempt to sabotage Populous.

Is this the firm that Currie got all buddy-buddy with at Tenn??

CHONGS · « **Reply #851 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:02:34 PM »

eff DIS crap

KITNfury · « **Reply #852 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:02:41 PM »

I just want the pimpest press box in the universe, don't care who designs it.

_33 · « **Reply #853 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:03:09 PM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on July 05, 2011, 03:59:34 PM

So, Populous, which is right down the road from Manhattan, one of the premier sports arch firms in the country, full of K-State grads, with K-State grads as founding partners gets a major KITN?

One has to wonder if that Manbeck article wasn't a purposeful attempt to sabotage Populous.

Is this the firm that Currie got all buddy-buddy with at Tenn??

Has Populous done all of our KSTATEO projects in the past? If so, good riddance. Welcome Atlanta firm.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #854 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:07:22 PM »

Quote from: Nuts Kicked on July 05, 2011, 03:59:28 PM

Why does this matter?

This is the reason we left www.ksufans you know.

CHONGS · « **Reply #855 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:09:52 PM »

whole flock of squawks in this thread. this site is overrun with them...something needs to be done, I suspect high level employees might be squawks as well

something must be done indeed

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #856 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:12:25 PM »

Quote from: Chingon on July 05, 2011, 04:09:52 PM

whole flock of squawks in this thread. this site is overrun with them...something needs to be done, I suspect high level employees might be squawks as well

something must be done indeed

Sounds like some Salukis need to be outed.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #857 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:12:46 PM »

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Has Populous done all of our KSTATEO projects in the past? If so, good riddance. Welcome Atlanta firm.

They did not do the turf, they did the East Side expansion, but I can tell you, you can blame how that turned out on Max Urick. Had Populous then HOK Sports gotten their way, the West Side would now look basically like the same expansion that was done at Texas at about the same time. You know, with Restooms and what not.

They did the Basketball Practice Facility, they did the loge boxes in Bramlage, but remember, they were doing that work for Tim "can you do that for free" Weiser.

Boakai · « **Reply #858 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:40:52 PM »

Populous seems to have bigger fish to fry with from-the-ground-up Olympic, and World Cup projects, so maybe they didn't bid competitively on a job they didn't really want badly?

Or maybe Currie wanted to put a personal stamp on the project.

http://www.heery.com/ I think it's these guys possibly, but just guessing. They did 96' Atlanta Olympics stuff, T.Boone Pickens, Cotton Bowl renovations etc. etc.

EDIT oh and: http://www.heery.com/portfolio/university-of-texas-at-austin-darryl-k-royal.aspx?market=116

CHONGS · « **Reply #859 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:41:37 PM »

I thought we won a war so we didn't have to make deals with these kinds of companies anymore.

ArchE_Cat · « **Reply #860 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:45:28 PM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on July 05, 2011, 04:12:46 PM

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Has Populous done all of our KSTATEO projects in the past? If so, good riddance. Welcome Atlanta firm.

They did not do the turf, they did the East Side expansion, but I can tell you, you can blame how that turned out on Max Urick. Had Populous then HOK Sports gotten their way, the West Side would now look basically like the same expansion that was done at Texas at about the same time. You know, with Restooms and what not.

They did the Basketball Practice Facility, they did the loge boxes in Bramlage, but remember, they were doing that work for Tim "can you do that for free" Weiser.

Watching Urick try to manage anything to do with construction was like watching a monkey trying to screw a football. As someone in the AEC industry, I hate the east side expansion.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #861 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:48:40 PM »

Yep, all it would have taken was another $3 or $4 million in bonds, that would almost be completely paid off by now, and the West Side Expansion could have turned out a lot nicer.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #862 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:51:03 PM »

Maybe it's just me, but when one of the best sports arch firms in the Country is full of EMAW, then I say KSU goes with EMAW, and I could be wrong, but I doubt it has anything do with money. Because I suspect the EMAW at Populous would have done a bunch of this stuff for nothing or next to nothing in relative terms.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #863 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:53:48 PM »

not sure which way to go on this one. I'll wait and see.

Trim · « **Reply #864 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:55:50 PM »

Manbeck article link?

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #865 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:01:27 PM »

Quote from: WillieWatanabe on July 05, 2011, 04:53:48 PM

not sure which way to go on this one. I'll wait and see.

I am hopping on the anti-Currie bandwagon with Trim. This is Currie scratching someone's back so they back him for the AD job some other place.

I'd bet that Atlanta firm has some Utenn guys there or something.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #866 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:04:40 PM »

and the day after 07/04 even?

Heery Gains an Investor and Parent Company: 1986-90

In 1986, Heery gained a new parent company when British construction firm BICC (British Insulated Callender's Cables), later known as Balfour Beatty plc, acquired a 50 percent interest the firm

Trim · « **Reply #867 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:05:33 PM »

Quote from: Limestone on July 05, 2011, 05:01:27 PM

I am hopping on the anti-Currie bandwagon with Trim. This is Currie scratching someone's back so they back him for the AD job some other place.

I'd bet that Atlanta firm has some Utenn guys there or something.

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #868 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:53:48 PM »

Quote from: Limestone on July 05, 2011, 05:01:27 PM

Quote from: WillieWatanabe on July 05, 2011, 04:53:48 PM
not sure which way to go on this one. I'll wait and see.

I am hopping on the anti-Currie bandwagon with Trim. This is Currie scratching someone's back so they back him for the AD job some other place.

I'd bet that Atlanta firm has some Utenn guys there or something.

Sounds like a bandwagon looking for an AD who wants to be here.

DQ12 · « **Reply #869 on:** July 05, 2011, 06:21:49 PM »

So the question on everybody's mind: When do we get some renderings??

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #870 on:** July 05, 2011, 06:23:17 PM »

so we maybe hired a SEC level company...hmmm...still waiting till i see renderings.

pike · « **Reply #871 on:** July 05, 2011, 06:24:48 PM »

Hope the ATL company goes through with the pakhead with lasers part of the project

steve dave · « **Reply #872 on:** July 05, 2011, 06:37:53 PM »

I just want it to be nice

Trim · « **Reply #873 on:** July 05, 2011, 07:20:01 PM »

Quote from: Stevesie60 on July 05, 2011, 05:53:48 PM

Quote from: Limestone on July 05, 2011, 05:01:27 PM
Quote from: WillieWatanabe on July 05, 2011, 04:53:48 PM
not sure which way to go on this one. I'll wait and see.

I am hopping on the anti-Currie bandwagon with Trim. This is Currie scratching someone's back so they back him for the AD job some other place.

I'd bet that Atlanta firm has some Utenn guys there or something.

Sounds like a bandwagon looking for an AD who wants to be here.

Pete · « **Reply #874 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:29:41 PM »

Guys, guys....I'm sure Currie will explain, in detail, why they went with the Atlanta firm. Just sit back and let Currie inform us of his precise reasons.

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