French Broad Place

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.