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Photos: Laying the ground floor (literally) at Xtream Arena
Feb. 21, 2020 1:31 pm, Updated: Feb. 21, 2020 8:27 pm
Xtream Arena gets closer to completion.
Workers from BCI Concrete install the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
A worker uses a power trowel to smooth the freshly-poured concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete follow along using a concrete vibrator to remove air bubbles and level during installation of the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete follow along using a rake and a concrete vibrator to remove air bubbles and level during installation of the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Concrete is poured from a Line Dragon as workers from BCI Concrete install the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete install the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete install the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete follow along using a rake and concrete vibrators to remove air bubbles and level during installation of the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. The Line Dragon is operated by remote control and can drive across the rebar reinforcement as trucks unload outside the arena. On Friday, four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously to finish the ice rink floor. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete follow along using a rake and concrete vibrators to remove air bubbles and level during installation of the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. The Line Dragon is operated by remote control and can drive across the rebar reinforcement as trucks unload outside the arena. On Friday, four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously to finish the ice rink floor. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Workers from BCI Concrete install the concrete floor of the future Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Four hundred cubic yards of concrete were poured continuously Friday morning to complete the floor of the ice rink. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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