Barnacles - Frame Modifications For New Site

After approval by the cities engineer, we began adding extensions to the rear of the frames that will used to anchor the sculpture to the parking garage structure. As shown in renderings in an earlier post, the sculpture is mounted over a long horizontal opening on the 3rd floor of the parking garage. The above drawing shows construction and installation details for the new site.

The extensions or legs that are being added to the rear of the frames are constructed much like the rest of the frames. A spacer is welded inside the square tube to keep the tube from collapsing when the concrete anchors are tightened.

The frames that are smaller than the opening in the parking garage have three legs at the bottom with two concrete anchors per leg.

The frames that are larger than the opening have four legs. Two at the top and two at the bottom. These only use a single concrete anchor in each leg.

Detail photos showing triangular gussets that were added for strength. The piece of angle iron that is welded to the leg serves as positioning stop that will space the frames two inches off of the concrete wall.

Barnacles - New Site Plans

After getting approval of the new location for Barnacles, the next step was to submit new site plans and engineering specifications to the city. For this we enlisted the help of Davison Architecture & Urban Design and Norton & Schmidt Consulting Engineers. As soon as the city engineer signs off on the revised site plans, we'll begin modifying the support structure of the spun steel pieces for the new location.

New site plan and engineering specifications submitted to the city.

Barnacles - New Location

We're back on track with Barnacles, but as I mentioned in the previous post, the location has been changed. The new location is the parking structure at 13th and Walnut, KCMO.

A rendering of the new location.

A view of the proposed installation from the inside of the parking structure

Barnacles - On Hold

It's hard to believe it's been a little over a year since I've updated this blog. Unfortunately "Barnacles" has been bogged down in bureaucracy. The original location has been changed, and we are hoping that in the near future we'll be able to resume work on Barnacles. The new location is quite different in terms of installation, and will require some redesign and modification to the existing support structures. While the delays have been discouraging, I am happy with the new location, and look forward to resuming this project.