Moving the Murillo and Henshie-Briggs Row House

[DMRyan]

I see the rowhouse is elevated on a set of wooden jacks and being placed on rollers now. Hopefully she withstands the impending blizzard of late winter 08.

[Ingersoll1978]

I moseyed (sp.?) on over

Here is some help BLD...LOL

mo·sey
intr.v. mo·seyed, mo·sey·ing, mo·seys Informal
1. To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter: moseyed over to the club after lunch.
2. To get going; move along.

[Better Life dude]

Thanks for the clarification. I was too lazy to pull up dictionary.com

[Better Life dude]

I see the rowhouse is elevated on a set of wooden jacks and being placed on rollers now. Hopefully she withstands the impending blizzard of late winter 08.

Hasn't this winter just sucked?

[Aulus]

We have been spoiled for the last several winters. We are getting the winters we had whent I was a kid in Fifties rural Illinois

[WesternIaGuy]

I saw the Hensie rowhouse was moved away from the building next to it. Did they get to move it Saturday or did the weather stop them? Does anyone know what time the murillo is being moved? i saw that was Jacked up and waiting.

[ShermanHillGuy]

They’re still planning on moving the row house tomorrow (2/19/08) night, but it looks like it’s going to be very cold that night, so I won’t be surprised if it’s pushed back again. I'll update when I know more.

[ShermanHillGuy]

The row house move has been moved back to late 2/21, early 2/22 due to the cold weather. If it hasn't warmed up enough by 2/21, then the move will be scheduled for late 2/26, early 2/27.

[dogbo]

Real nice, interesting article with pics in today's Register:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/p ... 9/BUSINESS

[Better Life dude]

Great article. I hope the row house doesn't fall apart in its move and I hope High Street doesn't fall apart in the Murillo's move.

[WesternIaGuy]

Does anyone know what time on the 1st they plan on moving it? and is the move on the for the 22-23rd?

[ShermanHillGuy]

MidAmerica Energy continues to feel that it is too cold to move the row house - so the move is pushed back to Tuesday, 2/26/08 - weather permitting.

[wmjindsm]

Just curious, shouldn't they be digging the foundation soon for the Murillo building?

[Better Life dude]

Just curious, shouldn't they be digging the foundation soon for the Murillo building?

Good question. I spoke last week with one of the people involved with the saving of these two buildings. He told me that the mover of the Murillo likes to do their building moves this way:
1. Dig hole for the basement out at the new site w/o building the basement walls
2. Move building to new site and park building directly above hole in ground
3. Then build basement walls underneath the building
4. Lower building onto the new foundation.

Drove by the new lot today and all the snow has been removed from the lot. The outline of where to dig has been marked with red spray paint. Perhaps digging will start Monday? The move is a week from today.

[DMRyan]

A few close up pre-move photos:

Murillo Building










Henshie-Briggs Rowhouse

[Better Life dude]

We need to have a party next Saturday for the Murillo move. It happens in the daytime. Anyone game?

[WesternIaGuy]

Has anyone heard what time they plan on moving the murillo? all i know is in its in the day? But no time given! Anyone?

[QuadCityImages]

I'd even consider coming over to see that. I didn't realize it was currently scheduled for a Saturday. I'm sure I could convince the girlfriend by throwing in a trip to Jordan Creek...

[ShermanHillGuy]

The row house move is now tentatively planned for Friday (2/29) night.

[QuadCityImages]

Has anyone heard what time they plan on moving the murillo? all i know is in its in the day? But no time given! Anyone?

Anybody? Will it take all day, or is it morning, afternoon?

[Better Life dude]

I don't know for sure, but the whole distance for Murillo's move is only about 4 blocks straight down the street without hills or turns, so it would be relatively "quickly". I'd say if your there by 9am or 10am that would work. I'll be around. If you send me a private message, we can swap cell phone numbers and coordinate our efforts. Quadcityimages, are you going to try and make the trip over?

[QuadCityImages]

Probably not, I was hoping it was in the afternoon. My girlfriend and I both work 3rd shift Friday night, so it doesn't look like its going to work out. I hope all you guys take a lot of pictures and videos.

[wmjindsm]

They are digging at the new Murillo site Friday Morning

[Mastermind]

Looks like they are about ready to move!

[zubbylove]

Looks like they demolished the building next to the row house this morning. Per the interview on KCCI they say the Murillo is set to be moved tomorrow between 7am and 9am. Here is a link from KCCI talking about the BIG move.

http://www.kcci.com/video/15449915/index.html?taf=des

[Aulus]

Yesterday afternoon,I drove by the lot where The Murillo is going and they were in the midst of breaking up the asphalt on the lot. today, they have just the start of a basement hole. Also, they had The Murillo rotated about an eighth of a turn, counter-clockwise from its original position and had half of High St. blocked off.

The building next to the row house is now missing its entire 2nd story.

Addtionally, there was a row of three or four cement trucks lined up, ready to go at the Stockbridge construction site.

Things are really going now!

[Better Life dude]

Can't wait till midnight tonight for the moves to get underway. It's sad when this is your idea of fun on a friday night. I'll probably be out there tonight watching. LOL.

[Topothehill]

I forget what order the moves will be. But I was told today that one will take place at 12:01 AM Sat. morning. The other will start the move at 6AM Saturday

[Opus]

Stopped to talk to the Kinter guys after work today on Woodland, the Rowhouse starts moving at 12:01am tonight for sure! Carls Place has an acoustic guitar guy playing tonight too, so maybe a few beers beforehand and we'll call it cheap entertainment!

Also, the Stockbridge project on High Street was going full tilt today too, Koester Const on that project. Weather has really slowed them down, so hopefully see some progress soon.

Anyways, hope to see lots of people out tonight and tomorrow, watching 900 tons of house being moved!

[Better Life dude]

Row House: midnight.
Murillo: Starting in the morning. As the story states: It will be the biggest building moved in the United States this year.

Here's a story from KCCI-TV:

Crews Prep 705-Ton Downtown Building For Move

POSTED: 1:42 pm CST February 29, 2008
UPDATED: 2:52 pm CST February 29, 2008

A specialty moving crew is preparing for the largest building relocation project in the U.S. this year, and it's happening this weekend in downtown Des Moines.

The Murillo Building at 533 14th St. is being moved to make way for the new headquarters for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The new building will span two blocks on Grand Avenue.

The project will cost close to $1 million.

"The Murillo will easily last 200 more years," said contractor Mike Kinter. "It'll be the biggest structure moved in the United States this year."

But how do you move a 705-ton century-old brick building more than three blocks away? That's the project a Des Moines developer presented to the moving crew.

Iowan Jeremy Patterson is tacking the gigantic job.

"You know, we go nationwide. We hunt the big jobs," Patterson said.

Patterson's crew has been working for 17 days to prepare for Saturday's move. The crew slowly jacked the entire building up off its foundation and then moved in an enormous dolly with 192 wheels.

"Now our dollies have motors inside them. We plug in and they actually drive theirself," Patterson said.

Saturday morning, the wheels will start rolling, very, very slowly. They will move the Murillo only 3.5 blocks, but it will take eight hours to get there.

The new site for the building is at 16th and High Street.

"We'll have less pressure per square inch than a semi rolling down the road," Patterson said.

Patterson said anyone who wants to watch is welcome.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A TV crew is also documenting the mega move. The video will be shown on the National Geographic Channel later this year.

Link to story and video:
http://www.kcci.com/news/15451645/detail.html