I'm trying to find pictures of Carsland construction for comparison but I can't find shots of the rockwork in-progress over the RSR show building. But in any case, I'm guessing they need to start from the top down on the rockwork due to the fact that work is still being done on the Falcon show building.Wow I wonder if they want to get the upper parts of the rockwork done so that the sitelines are taken care off way before the rest of the land opens in 2019.
Hopefully we start seeing more and more rock shapes take place to get an idea of how the mountain range will look.
So far the parking structure and all the air equipment on the roofs of the show buildings are quite visible from anywhere within the outer edges of the river
I'm trying to find pictures of Carsland construction for comparison but I can't find shots of the rockwork in-progress over the RSR show building. But in any case, I'm guessing they need to start from the top down on the rockwork due to the fact that work is still being done on the Falcon show building.
Wow I wonder if they want to get the upper parts of the rockwork done so that the sitelines are taken care off way before the rest of the land opens in 2019.
Hopefully we start seeing more and more rock shapes take place to get an idea of how the mountain range will look.
So far the parking structure and all the air equipment on the roofs of the show buildings are quite visible from anywhere within the outer edges of the river
I'm trying to find pictures of Carsland construction for comparison but I can't find shots of the rockwork in-progress over the RSR show building. But in any case, I'm guessing they need to start from the top down on the rockwork due to the fact that work is still being done on the Falcon show building.
They always start from the top and work down through all phases, from the ironworkers all the way through the final painting touch ups. Here's Cars Land in Fall, 2011 about 9 months before opening. The tops of the tailfins are now complete.
Which structure are you referring to? I have a hard time making out individuals structures in photos of this model.As for the view of Mickey & Friends from the river, this entire structure to the south of the Battle ride warehouse has not yet begun construction but will shield that view.
I'm not surprised that you two came through with those photos! Yes, this is basically what I was hoping to find. And this makes total sense.
Which structure are you referring to? I have a hard time making out individuals structures in photos of this model.
They always start from the top and work down through all phases, from the ironworkers all the way through the final painting touch ups. Here's Cars Land in Fall, 2011 about 9 months before opening. The tops of the tailfins are now complete.
They have to work from the top down because when the top layer is finally painted like the Carsland example, they remove the wood floor and railing from that tier of internally supported scaffolding and, working from the tier below, cut off the horizontal steel "toothpicks" sticking out and patch and paint over them. They repeat this tier-by-tier. I have seen this referred to as toothpick scaffolding or toothpick construction.
This method is far more efficient for an irregular type of facade like the rockwork of Carsland and SWGE. Conventional scaffolding would slow things down because it would require a very large level or semi-level footprint on the ground preventing the development of that base level of build-out and decoration, as well as horizontal anchor points all the way up the facade, almost as numerous as the toothpicks themselves. Contrast this with the relative ease with which they built the vertical rented scaffolding up the facade of Tower/Guardians.
Very interesting. When looking at various rockwork construction photos I've noted that the scaffolding wasn't the traditional model, but hadn't sussed out what the actual engineering was. Thanks for that.
It was exactly the same for me. But as I saw the progression at Carsland and someone on one of the Disney Fan boards ID'd it as toothpick construction, it all clicked and I could infer the various benefits from a lay perspective. Perhaps some of our more knowledgeable contributors can enlighten us further.
Yes I believe Joe Rhode and the Imagineers invented this type of scaffolding construction when creating Everest! I watched a making of Everest recently and they discussed this exactly! Way easier for them then setting up regular scaffolding!
Here's the video!
starts @ 13 mins!
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