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WEEK OF 8/31/2026

Last Week/This Week

• Aug 26, OAC met on site. COR10 Consulting completed the third-party footing inspection that morning and the footings were poured the same day. The concrete crew, with a pump truck and two men, was on site, and the back footings were poured as well. 

• Aug 27, the site was rained out and no work was performed. Roughly 1.2 inches of rain fell with thunderstorms. 

• Aug 31, Latitude followed up with MRS on the outstanding RFI and ASI. Mill & Forge needs to begin fabrication this week to hold their shop window. 

• Aug 31, Jennifer forwarded SHEAR's responses to the structural RFI. SHEAR commented that for the steel shop drawings to be reviewed, they require piece marks, dimensioned members, and detailed connections. Mill & Forge will revise and resubmit.  LDC needs final height, slope and pitch of roof to finalize shops per the RFI

• Aug 31, Jennifer reported the site ASI was delayed by a sick day at MRS. The drawings were being finalized Aug 31 with a quality check Sep 1 before issue. Jennifer also plans to issue drawings detailing the finish ceiling condition and roof edge

• Aug 31, Latitude raised the electrical service with the design team in writing. Three-phase service is not available in the park. Providing three-phase per the approved plans would require Georgia Power to run wire from the nearest available location, likely one block from the industrial zone on Memorial Drive, plus a panel upgrade. John suggested asking District 5 given Georgia Power's recent work with the City on Krog Tunnel lighting.

• Aug 31, Latitude received a material update from Ruff Dimensional Stone for 550 SF of Savannah Gray granite veneer, 4 inch by 10 inch heights, delivered in two loads. Lead time is two weeks from order.  RFI submitted for approval by MRS

• Sep 1, Greco confirmed the first payment was recieved from Park Pride

• Latitude's W-9 and ACH information went to Park Pride on Aug 25.

• Sep 1, LDC is working on 1/12 scale model of the structure to work through the roof geometry and construction sequence, and continued coordination with Mill & Forge on the steel.

Coming up

• Masonry, linear strip pavers and granite stepping stones: Aug 31 – Sep 11

• Masonry installation labor and materials: Aug 31 – Sep 18

• Granite veneer order: needs to be placed this week to hold the two week lead time against the masonry window

• Steel fabrication release: pending revised shop drawings and design team review. Scheduled for Aug 17 and not yet released.

• Amphitheater steel structure: Sep 3 – Sep 23

• 6 inch diameter wood posts: Sep 7 – 10

Schedule status

The schedule still shows the Oct 26 – Nov 6 completion window, but steel is the item that puts it at risk. Fabrication was scheduled to release Aug 17 and is now roughly two weeks late, and the shop drawings have come back for revisions.  If Mill & Forge loses their current shop window this week, steel pushes three to four weeks and the completion window moves with it. Rain cost one working day on Aug 27; the concrete and masonry work is otherwise tracking.

Open items

• Site ASI, in quality check as of Sep 1  — MRS

• Review of the revised steel shop drawings once Mill & Forge resubmits with piece marks, member dimensions and connection details. This is what releases fabrication, LDC still missing a few pieces of info before M&F can finalize 

• Architectural drawings for the finish ceiling condition and roof edge detail — MRS

• Direction on the electrical service: run new three-phase from Memorial Drive or use the existing panel. Cost and Georgia Power timeline are both unknown and this needs a decision before the Sep 24 electrical window — John and Jennifer, with Maklain

• Updated sidewalk ramp plans on upcoming ASI — Carley

• Extent of the additional grading to slope the site down to the rip rap. Latitude was not issued a grading plan, so additional haul-off is likely — MRS to confirm

• Accela portal will not allow a footing inspection request to be selected. Latitude used a third-party inspector for the footings - LDC

WEEK OF 8/24/2026

Last Week/This Week

• OAC met on site Aug 19. One tandem load of spoils left the site, stockpiled concrete was restaged, and Latitude met David from Mill & Forge on site to review the steel and pick up the plate template for the footings.

• Aug 20, footings and centerline were re-laid out to the direction the design team gave on the layout RFI. Five post footings were dug, the first terrace was demoed and dug out, and another load of dirt was hauled off.

• Aug 20, Mill & Forge issued the steel shop drawings. Latitude forwarded them to MRS the same day with three questions: confirm the roof height, whether to clip the I-beams to the posts instead of bearing them on top, and confirm the front I-beam, which is angled forward off the front posts and is not bearing in line with them. Jennifer confirmed on Aug 24 that MRS is reviewing.

• Aug 22, footings on the back side of the structure were dug, rebar was picked up, and rebar cages were started. Tree debris was removed. Latitude also walked the site with the electrician.

• Aug 24, cages were built for the wood post footings, large footing rebar was started, and another load of dirt was hauled off.

• Aug 25, rebar is complete for all footings that are dug. Third-party inspection and the concrete pour are both set for tomorrow morning, pump truck included.

• Third-party footing inspection is covered. There appears to be an issue on the Accela permit portal becuase we cannot select request a footing inspection.  Latitude engaged a third party inspection COR10 Consulting on Aug 22.

• Aug 25, Latitude issued an additional structural RFI to MRS and SHEAR covering roof and shear conditions, along with a SketchUp model of the framing to make the questions easier to read. 

• Aug 19, W-9 and certificate of insurance were provided for both Latitude and Greco for the first payment request. MRS added Holly Jeffreys of SHEAR Structural to the project portal for construction administration.

• Weather cost no working days this week. Conditions were clear to mostly clear with trace rain on Aug 20 and Aug 22.

Coming up

• Third-party footing inspection: Aug 26 (tomorrow)

• Footing pour, pump truck on site: Aug 26 (tomorrow)

• Release of steel fabrication: pending close-out of the shop drawing review and the structural RFI

• Linear strip pavers and granite stepping stones: Aug 31 – Sep 11

• Masonry installation labor and materials: Aug 31 – Sep 18

• Amphitheater steel structure: Sep 3 – Sep 23

• 6 inch diameter wood posts: Sep 7 – 10

• Carpentry labor: Sep 9 – Oct 13

• Concrete sidewalk: Sep 14 – 16

• PTP framing material and wood decking material: Sep 14 – 25

Schedule status

The project is still tracking to the Oct 26 – Nov 6 completion window. The footing inspection and pour moved from Aug 24 and 25 to Aug 26, a one to two day shift that does not affect the completion date. Fabrication was scheduled for release on Aug 17 but has not been released yet; the shop drawings and structural questions are still under review, but the review is in progress. The Sep 3 steel start depends on that review closing out.

Open items

• Steel shop drawing review and the three connection questions: roof height, clipped versus bearing I-beams, and the angled front I-beam — Jennifer and Carley, with SHEAR. This is what releases fabrication for the Sep 3 steel start.

• Response to the Aug 25 structural RFI on roof and shear conditions — MRS and SHEAR.

• Three-phase electrical — Maklain & Jennifer.  It appears no three-phase service is available from the power poles around the park.  This would likely require running 3 phase service from Memorial.  Latitude will submit an official RFI but wants to discuss at the meeting and see if we want to pivot to using the existing panel or adding 3 phase.

• Updated sidewalk ramp plans — Carley. Carried from Aug 12. Needed ahead of the concrete sidewalk work on Sep 14 – 16, and the ramp is being extended to the bridge.  Latitude will try to do a small sample of the using the existing concrete in the sidewalk to see if it's feasible

• Extent of the additional grading to slope the site down to the rip rap — MRS to confirm. Latitude was not issued a grading plan, so additional haul-off material and fees are likely.

• ACH details for the first payment — Andrew. W-9 and COI are in for both Latitude and Greco. 

• OAC day and time — group decision. Maklain cannot make Wednesday at 9:00 going forward. MRS offered Tuesdays after 3:00 or Thursdays after 2:00, and Andrew confirmed Tuesday at 3:30 or 4:00 works.  Latitude most likely cannot attend that late in the afternoon. No decision has been made, so tomorrow stands as scheduled.  

WEEK OF 8/17/2026

Last Week / This Week

• OAC met on site Aug 12. Carley submitted two RFIs through the project portal the same day.

• RFI, pavilion layout: the stakes showed the pavilion off the centerline of the concrete steps. The design team responded that the back center footer should be parallel to the amphitheater seating and aligned on the center of the amphitheater. We are setting the footings to that direction.

• RFI, hardscape clarification: the demo plan and the hardscape plan conflicted on what stays and what comes out at the linear paver. MRS returned marked sheets L2.0 and L9.0.

• Aug 13, mini excavator on site working on footing layout. Footing elevations were reviewed on site with John and Carley. Carley confirmed the stage is to float above the rip rap elevation, which means additional grading to slope the site down to the rip rap.

• Aug 14 through Aug 17 were down days. That was not weather. We were lining up a bobcat and a trucking company for the spoil haul-off. Rain last week was light and cost no working days.

• Aug 17, Latitude released Mill & Forge to proceed with the steel shop drawings as originally designed, without the additional i-beam roof support the fabricator had proposed. That closes the review loop that started with the MRS notes on Aug 6 and the SHEAR Structural comments on Aug 10.

Coming up

• Spoil haul-off from the grading work: Aug 19

• Form and rebar concrete footings: Aug 19 – 21

• Footing inspection: Aug 24

• Footing pour: Aug 24 – 25

• Dumpster and haul-off allowance: Aug 24 – 25

• Steel materials have landed and awaiting shops, M&F is creating plate templets for LDC

• Linear strip pavers and granite stepping stones: Aug 31 – Sep 11

• Masonry installation labor and materials: Aug 31 – Sep 18

• Amphitheater steel structure on site: Sep 3 – Sep 23

• 6 inch diameter wood posts: Sep 7 – 10

• Concrete sidewalk: Sep 14 – 16

Schedule status

The project is tracking to the Oct 26 – Nov 6 completion window. The pause from Aug 14 through Aug 17 did not move the footing dates. Forming still starts Aug 19 and the pour holds for Aug 24 or 25. The item to watch is steel fabrication, since the Sep 3 structure start now depends on the shop schedule.

Open items

• Updated sidewalk ramp plans — Carley. Noted on Aug 12 that they were coming. Needed ahead of the concrete sidewalk work in mid September, and the ramp is being extended to the bridge.

• Extent of the additional grading to slope the site down to the rip rap — MRS to confirm before the footing pour.  LDC was not provided with a grading plan so additional haul-off material/fees will likely be needed

• Close-out of the hardscape RFI. Latitude to confirm the marked L2.0 and L9.0 sheets settle the linear paver scope before ordering paver material.

• As-built survey to the City inspector before final approval at closeout — Latitude, coordinating with GeoSurvey. Carried from the pre-construction meeting.

WEEK OF 8/9/2026

Last week

• The City pre-construction inspection was completed on Aug 5 and the inspector signed off, which released field work. He asked for an as-built to be sent to him before final approval at the end of the job.

• Site is mobilized. Temporary construction fencing is up, silt fence is installed. Permit box and the approved plan set are posted on site.

• Rip rap staged at the entrance and around the back of the pavilion.

• Demo and grading started this week. Existing concrete at the bridge was removed per MRS direction, and usable concrete was stockpiled on site for potential reuse.

• Steel submittal review came back. MRS issued notes on the preliminary steel submittal on Aug 6 and SHEAR Structural returned its comments on Aug 10. Latitude forwarded the consolidated feedback to the fabricator on Aug 11 and is waiting on a revised submittal.

• Weather: thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday afternoons, roughly a tenth of an inch each day. Crews worked both days and no full days were lost.

Coming up

• Demo, site prep, dumpster and haul-off: through Aug 14

• Rip rap staging: through Aug 12 (complete)

• Pre-construction phase closes: Aug 17

• Order steel fabrication: Aug 17-20th, contingent on the revised shop drawings

• Wood post footing material and steel post footing material: Aug 19 – Sep 1

• Concrete footing labor: Aug 19 – Sep 1

• Linear strip pavers and granite stepping stones: Aug 31 – Sep 11

• Masonry installation labor and materials: Aug 31 – Sep 18

• Amphitheater steel structure: Sep 3 – Sep 23

Schedule status

The project is still tracking to the Oct 26 – Nov 6 completion window. The permit release and pre-con inspection pushed the start of field work by about a week, which moved the concrete footing start from Aug 17 to Aug 19 and the steel structure start from Aug 31 to Sep 3. Neither shift affects the completion date. The item to watch is the steel fabrication release, since that order drives the Sep 3 steel start.

Open items

• Revised steel shop drawings incorporating the MRS and SHEAR comments — Mill & Forge, with Latitude tracking. Needed before the fabrication order releases on Aug 17-20th.

• Design side coverage through Aug 16 — Jennifer is out of the studio, Carley is in the office and responded for MRS as needed. This overlaps demo, site prep and the fabrication release.

• Invoicing cadence. Latitude and Greco proposed billing on the first of the month for work completed the previous month.

• Discussion item: confirm demo extents on first terrace for granite pavers.  Demo plan shows some concrete to remain, site plan shows all new pavers

• Discussion item: replace material for additional sidewalk demo scope,

• As-built survey to the City inspector at closeout — Latitude, coordinating with GeoSurvey. Noted here so it is on the record from the pre-con.

WEEK OF 8/3/2026

Current:

• Permit BB-202601657 released on Aug 3. MRS sent approved permit set with stamped drawings.

• Pre-construction inspection settled August 5th. Field work can begin.

• The surveyor staked the amphitheater footings and the tree save fence on Jul 28. Latitude cleared shrubs around the stage area ahead of the crew and walked the layout with them on site.

• We compared the permit set against the CAD that went to the surveyor and found the structural footing locations did not match. Jennifer confirmed on Aug 3 that the footings were made symmetrical after the boardwalk was removed, and that the redlined locations we staked are the correct ones. No restaking is needed.

• Dumpster and staging location is settled. Tenant & owner at 723 Mollie Street confirmed the arrangement.

• Contacted the silt fence installer for roughly 250 LF and the tree save fence installer. Both are holding for later this week pending the pre-con inspection.

• Weather: drizzle Monday and about 0.9 in of rain Tuesday. No field days were lost, since site work was still waiting on the inspection.

Coming up:

• Temp toilet set, temp construction fence and silt fence: Aug 3 – 4 as scheduled, now moving after the inspection date

• Steel fabrication order pending shop review/approval

• Demo and site prep, including dumpster and haul-off: Aug 5 – 14

• Rip rap staging: Aug 5 – 7

• Wood and steel post footing materials and concrete footing labor: Aug 17 – 28

• Concrete sidewalk: Aug 31 – Sep 4

• Linear strip pavers and granite stepping stones: Aug 31 – Sep 11

• Amphitheater steel structure: Aug 31 – Sep 18

Schedule status

The project is still tracking to the Oct 26 – Nov 6 completion window. The permit landed on Aug 3, the same day fence and erosion control were scheduled to start, and the pre-construction inspection had not been assigned yet, so the fence dates and the Aug 5 demo start were moving day for day until the inspector met on site. That was about two days as of today, which the schedule absorbs.

Open items

• Reviewed steel shop drawings back from structural and MRS. Needed before the fabrication order is released.

• Countersigned contract and revised pay application to the Initiative 

• Design side coverage Aug 7 – 16 — Jennifer is out of the studio those dates, which overlaps demo and site prep.

• Invoicing cadence: Both LDC and Gregco will bill on the first of the month (typically the first Wednesday) for work completed the previous month. 

WEEK OF 7/29/2026

Last week

• Additional GC docs submitted for permit release

• The Cabbagetown Initiative signed updated owner contract was received on 7/22.

• CAD with the amphitheater footing locations and tree save fence was coordinated and sent to the surveyor on 7/27, along with a PDF set of the civil plans he requested.

• Surveyor mobilized Tuesday, 7/28 to stake the footings and the tree save fence. Latitude cleared shrubs around the stage area ahead of the crew and walked the layout with them on site.

• Initial steel shops were submitted and notated for review/comments by structural/MRS

Coming up

• Pre-construction meeting with the City inspector: Jul 31 (pending permit release)

• Temporary toilet set: Aug 3

• Temp construction fence and silt fence: Aug 3 – 4

• Steel fabrication order released: Aug 5

• Demo and site prep, including dumpster and haul-off: Aug 5 – 14

• Rip rap staging: Aug 5 – 7

• Concrete footing materials and labor, wood and steel post footings: Aug 17 – 28

Schedule status

The project is tracking to the Oct 26 – Nov 6 completion window. The survey moved one day (from Monday to Tuesday), which does not affect any downstream date. The permit is the gating item for the Aug 3 fence and erosion control installation and the Aug 5 demo start. If the permit is not released before Aug 3, those dates move day for day.

Open items

• Release of permit BB-202601657 — City of Atlanta, with Jennifer tracking the Accela submittal.

• Site walk to review erosion fencing and the upstream drainage areas John flagged — Carley proposed doing this immediately after Wednesday's meeting.

• Dumpster or dump trailer staging location (tentative 723 Mollie, contacting Troy to confirm). This needs to be settled before demo begins Aug 5.

• Design-side coverage during Aug 7 – 16 — Jennifer is out of the studio those dates, which overlaps demo and site prep.

PROJECT SUPPORT MATERIALS
July 1st, 2026

We'd be delighted to greet you at Agave on Tuesday April 22nd at 6:30pm.

Hosted by Chef Jack Sobel, we'll have drinks and snacks, and learn more about the design and architecture of our new Amphitheatre bandshell - dedicated to the life and work of Joyce Brookshire. Come meet the amazing design team from Martin Rickles Studio, see our construction plans, and learn more about the hidden meaning in the design, and its lore. Yes, lore. The conceptual stuff goes pretty deep, philosophically speaking.

As you probably know, Joyce is the songwriter and singer who best represents a connection to Cabbagetown's past through her profound poetry and often humorous lyrics. Whether you're an enthusiast for the arts, history, or uplifting community, building this is our path forward, part of our larger mission to lay the foundation for a stronger organization dedicated to welcoming others into our public spaces and improving quality of life for all!

We're hoping to sign up new folks and inspire current members at this event to help reach our April fundraising goal. If you wish to support the project but cannot attend, there is a donation portal on cabbagetown.com/joyce - or you may invite loved ones to join us together in our membership group: cabbagetown.com/friends

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 Celebrating the Life & Legacy
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