Another busy week of construction at USC Village. Highlights include the completion of formwork and rebar for the final area of the Level 1 concrete floor slab for Building 9, establishing the parking entrance/pavilion and bringing the surrounding portion of the plaza up to grade.
Building 9 parking ramp (right) and future pavilion, looking towards Building 4.
Building 9 parking ramp wall rebar, nearly ready for concrete to be poured.
Building 9 Parking Pavilion slab formwork.
Building 4, with the clock tower at the shear walls in the middle.
North side of Building 4, with its tower crane.
Removal of steel and preparation for precast wall panel base installation around the perimeter of Building 9.
Formwork and shoring for Building 9 Level 3, Pour Area 1.
Building 4 from Building 9 level 2.
Dense rebar and MEP in the fifth and final pour area of Building 9 level 2. This is a particularly thick slab at 22″ deep.
Building 4 and the central plaza from Building 9.
Building 1 (the central utility plant), seen from Building 9 level 3. Underground MEP work continues.
Moment frame column rebar cage, on Building 9 level 3.
The new USC-funded LAFD Fire Station No. 15, viewed from Building 9 level 3.
View across Building 9 toward campus from the first section of the third level to be formed (at the north side).
View across the future North courtyard in Building 9 from level 3.
Building 9 overlooking level 2 and Hoover St. from level 3.
Round yellow cast-in-place concrete columns on Building 4. These will be partially exposed and are colored to match the precast concrete arches that will connect them.
Building 4 clock tower.
The future paseo between Buildings 4 & 6 is beginning to emerge.
MEP overhead work continues in the recreation rooms and residential lobby in Building 4.
Partition wall layout continues in preparation for metal stud installation in residential units in Building 4 on level 2.
Formwork and shoring on Building 4 level 3.
View across the courtyard at the low roof (level 5) on Building 4.
View of Building 6 (and the main USC University Park Campus) from the Building 4 low roof (level 5).
Building 4 and Building 6, looking towards the Shrine auditorium to the east.
Building 4 from the future dining hall.
Building 4 dining hall food service area.
Building 4 dining hall kitchen, where MEP is mostly complete.
Formwork for the precast concrete panel bases at Building 1.
Street trees along 30th Street in front of Building 1. These will be replaced, along with the sidewalk, before the completion of the project.
Building 1, still in the underground MEP phase, looking toward Building 9 and Building 4.
Building 1, the central utility plant.
A 5000-gallon grease interceptor is installed between Buildings 9 & 1.
Future DWP Yard in Building 1.
Future restrooms and food court in Building 4.
Service hallway in Building 4.
Building 7 and the old Fire Station No. 15. The tower crane #3 base can be seen to the right.
Building 7 columns & shear walls.
Building 7 shear walls, columns, and tower crane #3.
Building 7 columns at the ground level.
Building 7 and the Jefferson Boulevard sidewalk. The pine trees here need to be removed soon to make way for a wider sidewalk.
Building 7 from the north sidewalk of Jefferson Boulevard. The old fire station building at the back will be removed soon, along with the street trees at the left.
Shear wall with openings along the Jefferson Boulevard storefront on Building 7.
Building 7 from the Hoover/Jefferson plaza.
Building 8 from the Hoover/Jefferson plaza.
Building 7 from the Hoover/Jefferson plaza. The new Glorya Kauffman International Dance Center is visible across the street to the left.
Building 8 along Hoover Street, with Building 9 in the background. The sidewalks aren’t being widened here, but they will be redesigned and street trees will be added.
Building 8 columns & shear walls.
Underground MEP work continues in Building 8.
Shear wall fronting across from Building 9 in Building 8.
The first layer of rebar is mostly complete in the final section of concrete slab at the ground level of Building 9, at the parking pavilion.
Shear wall on the north side of Building 8.
Building 8 from the central plaza, currently storing soil reserved for backfill over structural and MEP underground excavations.
Future Building 4 arcade along the central plaza.
Building 4, from Building 6 level 2. Only the roof is not yet formed.
Rebar and MEP in the Building 6 level 2 final concrete pour area.
Building 6 level 2 pour area 3, which will receive concrete next week, with Building 4 in the background.
View across Jefferson to the new dance school from Building 6 level 2.
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