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Concrete pouring is up next at Stadium
Pouring Of Concrete Up Next For Stadium Project
7/2/2015 3:13:00 PM | Football
The pile-driving crane, its job complete, has left the site.
A crew dismantled the crane and loaded it onto flatbed trucks on Thursday as setup and construction work continued on UNH's new stadium site.
A small amount of concrete was poured at the site this week and the pouring pace will soon pick up.
"Concrete will start next week in earnest," said Eric Price, superintendent for PC Construction, the stadium contractor. "It takes a takes a little while to form things up, a couple of days to get organized. The first pour of any size should be done midweek."
Design for a new ticket booth and entrance plaza in the area of the tennis courts has been completed and that piece of the project will proceed in the next few weeks, Price said.
Four tennis courts have been removed to make way for the plaza and two more will be coming out.
A transformer has been moved near that spot and power to the lights on Bremner Field has been restored.
Sewer and water lines have been extended from the Field House and are in place to be connected with the new stadium, when needed.
Foundation work will be a focus through much of the next month and a half or so.
"It will seem like not much is going on until steel starts going up," Price said. "That should happen at the end of August, first of September."
Fans at football games this fall will watch steel rise during the season. The new stadium is due to be finished in time for the 2016 season.
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UNH plays its first three games of the 2015 season on the road, starting at San Jose State on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 10 p.m. The Wildcats play at Colgate on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. and at Stony Brook on Sept 19 at 7.
The first home game is against Central Connecticut on Sept. 26.
Game times have not been finalized for all home games.
The Colonial Athletics Association released a schedule of league games that will be televised this week, along with game times.
The list included UNH home games against Elon on Oct. 3 (Homecoming at 3:30 p.m.) and the Salute to Service game against Richmond on Nov. 7 (3 p.m.).
The other Wildcat home games are against Rhode Island on Oct. 31 and Maine on Nov. 21.
UNH's other road games are at William & Mary on Oct. 17 (American Sports Network, noon), at Delaware (3:30 p.m.) and at Albany (American Sports Network, 7 p.m.).
Season tickets for home games are available at http://unhwildcats.com/sports/tickets/2015-16_Season/Stories/FB_Season_Tickets.
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UNH is working on a best-in-the-nation streak of 11 consecutive appearances in the FCS tournament and has advanced to the semifinals each of the last two seasons.
The Wildcats finished 12-2 last year and were 8-0 in the CAA to win the league championship. They lost their opener at Toledo, 54-20, and then went on a 12-game winning streak that included FCS playoff wins in Cowell Stadium against Fordham, 44-19, and Chattanooga, 35-30 in the quarterfinals.
UNH lost a semifinal match to Illinois State, 21-18, also at home.
Allen Lessels
@UNHInsider
Allen.Lessels@unh.edu
A crew dismantled the crane and loaded it onto flatbed trucks on Thursday as setup and construction work continued on UNH's new stadium site.
A small amount of concrete was poured at the site this week and the pouring pace will soon pick up.
"Concrete will start next week in earnest," said Eric Price, superintendent for PC Construction, the stadium contractor. "It takes a takes a little while to form things up, a couple of days to get organized. The first pour of any size should be done midweek."
Design for a new ticket booth and entrance plaza in the area of the tennis courts has been completed and that piece of the project will proceed in the next few weeks, Price said.
Four tennis courts have been removed to make way for the plaza and two more will be coming out.
A transformer has been moved near that spot and power to the lights on Bremner Field has been restored.
Sewer and water lines have been extended from the Field House and are in place to be connected with the new stadium, when needed.
Foundation work will be a focus through much of the next month and a half or so.
"It will seem like not much is going on until steel starts going up," Price said. "That should happen at the end of August, first of September."
Fans at football games this fall will watch steel rise during the season. The new stadium is due to be finished in time for the 2016 season.
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UNH plays its first three games of the 2015 season on the road, starting at San Jose State on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 10 p.m. The Wildcats play at Colgate on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. and at Stony Brook on Sept 19 at 7.
The first home game is against Central Connecticut on Sept. 26.
Game times have not been finalized for all home games.
The Colonial Athletics Association released a schedule of league games that will be televised this week, along with game times.
The list included UNH home games against Elon on Oct. 3 (Homecoming at 3:30 p.m.) and the Salute to Service game against Richmond on Nov. 7 (3 p.m.).
The other Wildcat home games are against Rhode Island on Oct. 31 and Maine on Nov. 21.
UNH's other road games are at William & Mary on Oct. 17 (American Sports Network, noon), at Delaware (3:30 p.m.) and at Albany (American Sports Network, 7 p.m.).
Season tickets for home games are available at http://unhwildcats.com/sports/tickets/2015-16_Season/Stories/FB_Season_Tickets.
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UNH is working on a best-in-the-nation streak of 11 consecutive appearances in the FCS tournament and has advanced to the semifinals each of the last two seasons.
The Wildcats finished 12-2 last year and were 8-0 in the CAA to win the league championship. They lost their opener at Toledo, 54-20, and then went on a 12-game winning streak that included FCS playoff wins in Cowell Stadium against Fordham, 44-19, and Chattanooga, 35-30 in the quarterfinals.
UNH lost a semifinal match to Illinois State, 21-18, also at home.
Allen Lessels
@UNHInsider
Allen.Lessels@unh.edu
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