The pouring of concrete columns for the new Globe Life Field began on Tuesday. A total of 725 structural columns will ultimately be constructed using approximately 6,575 cubic yards of concrete. Completion of concrete column work is expected by early fall of 2018.
The work is being overseen by Manhattan Construction Company, the Construction Manager of the project.
Excavation on Globe Life Field is nearly complete with approximately 1.3 million cubic yards of dirt being removed from the site by an estimated 97,000 total truck loads over a five-month span.
The official groundbreaking for Globe Life Field took place on September 28, 2017 with construction beginning the following week. The new 1.7 million square foot ballpark, which will be located on 13 acres just south of the current Globe Life Park in Arlington, will include a retractable roof for climate control and shelter for fans during the hot summer months. Seating capacity is approximately 40,000 for Globe Life Field, which will open in March 2020. HKS is the design architect for the project.
Photos from the first day of concrete column pouring are attached. Video is also available at the Texas Rangers Media FTP Site in the file titled ConstructionBROLL022718.mp4.
To reach the FTP site, use ftp://ftp.texasrangers.com/media as the address in Firefox or Internet Explorer web browsers (Safari is not currently operational with this protocol). Please note that the ftp site can also be accessed by opening 'My Computer' and pasting the address into your browser. You will see a dialog box asking for username and password. Both the username and password for media are: rangersprftp. In Firefox, right-click (or control-click for Mac users) on the filenames to download the files). In Internet Explorer, follow the directions at the top of the window by clicking on the page menu near the top right of the screen. Select "Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer." A folder will open displaying the audio files, which you can then drag and drop to your desktop or a folder on your computer.