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Amphitheater Renovation

These are images of the actual renovation of the Upper Quarry Amphitheater that has been going forward for the past several months. Select any of the thumbnail images below to scroll through the slideshow and see the improvements as they happened. All photos are taken by Flint Builders.

With its unique fusion of natural, industrial, and architectural features, the Upper Quarry Amphitheater is a visually stunning space. Take a tour of the digital exhibit and see it's history and development;

https://quarryamphitheater.library.ucsc.edu

It has been a special place for ceremonies, music and dance, faculty-led classes, graduations, inaugurations as well as lectures by people prominent in their field. The renovation is now complete for the new Quarry Amphitheater and we're ready to host the many events to come. What will be the one you remember?

 

  • Moving in equipment to begin work.
  • Demo begins
  • More demolition
  • Truck emptying gravel for fire lane
  • Gravel laid down for fire lane
  • Workers looking at their work after laying down gravel road.
  • Demolition of main staircase
  • Preparing straw wattle for storm water control
  • Image of site being surveyed
  • Grading and surveying area
  • Grading completed
  • Panorama view after demo is complete.
  • Image of construction of access path.
  • Excavation begins to install A/V
  • 2nd photo of installation of AV
  • Image of excavation for bench seating.
  • Overview of construction.
  • Image showing flooding during heavy rains.
  • Panorama view of current construction.
  • Grading and trenching for seating
  • Saw-cutting in prep for bench seating.
  • Grading and trenching continues for bench seating.
  • Marking area for bench seating.
  • Current picture of work in amphitheater.
  • Electrical main lines installing down seating area.
  • Showing mock-up of concrete benches for seating.
  • Concrete pour of new benches
  • Close-up of concrete being poured for new benches.
  • Temporary roadways installed for construction vehicles.
  • Trench being dug to place power lines in ground.
  • Men in trench digging storm drains.
  • Digging holes for slope protection installation.
  • Installing webbing to protect hill in backof amphitheater.
  • View of part of the hill protection webbing after installation.
  • Up close view of webbing installed.
  • Full view of installed slope protection completed.
  • Colored marks on path show where existing utilities are located.
  • Demolition of path to make way for new electrical services.
  • Capping communication conduits with concrete.
  • Slabs poured for bench seating
  • Heavy machinery digging trench, man with shovel digging.
  • Heavy machinery removing boulders.
  • Wooden forms for benches arrived, waiting in a stack.
  • Forming the walls of the benches with wooden forms.
  • Electrical lines being installed, covered with concrete
  • Completing installation of 10" sound tube at stage area.
  • Picture of the wooden forms showing where the new concrete benches will be placed.
  • Filling in behind poured bench rows with dirt, to be compacted in prep for more benches.
  • Shows wood forms stripped from concrete benches. Wood grain is visible.
  • Panorama shows some benches poured and some framed and ready to be poured.
  • Workers placing new electrical and communications conduit in ground behind Grad commons and Student Union Building.
  • Image of rebar dropped inside the benches.
  • Machinery and workers preparing for the days' work.
  • Fog in the air, the first bench pours are done.
  • Workers stripping forms off newly poured benches
  • Image of conduit running horizontally then vertically.
  • Night shot of setting up forms for another pour of benches.
  • Workers finishing the tops of the benches by hand.
  • Photo of benches nearing completion.
  • Man is doing finish work on a bench.
  • Workers building wood forms for concrete stair pours.
  • Close-up image of the new stairs, forms removed.
  • Wide view of amphitheater, workers doing various finishing work
  • View of Amphitheater from top of bowl, workers have gone home
  • Photo of ADA ramp wall to be backfilled and prepared for concrete.
  • Panorama of large concrete pouring machine, pouring landing on east side of bowl.
  • Places for lightpoles marked along stairs.
  • A misty, foggy view of Amphitheater near completion.
  • Concrete pour of the ADA ramp.
  • Measuring and conversing about size of seat top.
  • Wide angle view of workers, all busy performing different tasks.
  • Panorama shot of the Amphitheater.