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February
Following the end-of-year celebrations and a 10-day holiday break, work on the new Club building resumed with gusto on January 4. As the steel erection and concrete pouring continued on the aboveground floors, finishing work began on the basement levels.
December
The end of the year was commemorated on the construction site with a large-scale mochi tsuki ceremony on December 25. Hundreds of workers took part in the auspicious New Year custom, pounding steamed rice into a sticky paste with a heavy mallet.
October
After a little more than one year of construction and just over a year to go before the new Club is completed, progress of the facility is on schedule. While construction was delayed earlier in the year by the discovery of a number of underground obstructions, the schedule is back on track with the foundations and structure of the basement levels now finished.
August
With the rainy season having given way to the annual onslaught of typhoons, the construction team in Azabudai has to contend with its share of wet weather in addition to the soaring summer temperatures.
June
In his first visit to the Azabudai site since the groundbreaking ceremony last September, Club President Lance Lee spent one late May morning taking in the massive scope of changes that have unfolded since construction began in early 2008.
March
The project passed a key milestone in March with the placement of the first permanent steelwork on the site, which will eventually become the beams and columns around the Bowling Center and Childcare Center.
2008
October
The demolition of the old Club buildings at Azabudai continued through the summer. This was followed by the start of excavation as crews began to work their way down the basement levels at the back of the former facility.
September
With as many as 150 dump truck loads moving every day through the construction site at Azabudai, the excavation phase has been a high-traffic, extremely systematic affair.
July
Following presentations by Pelli Clarke Pelli this spring, the local consulting teams have been plugging away to finalize details of the new Club in Azabudai and obtain government approval for the permits needed to begin construction.
May
Renowned architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli, the firm behind the design of the new Azabudai Club, presented the design to the Membership on April 15.
January
Welcome to Takanawa! The Club is now settling into the temporary facility and we hope that everyone is again making use of their old favorites...
2007
November
It’s full steam ahead for the Club’s move to Takanawa, with everything on schedule and progressing according to plan...
October
The move to the temporary Club at Takanawa is quickly approaching and the project is progressing rapidly indeed, with construction on schedule...
September
There was no summer lull for the Redevelopment Project, with construction at Takanawa keeping to its tight deadlines and design development...
August
Only in Japan! The new facility at Takanawa is taking shape with amazing speed...
July
The foundations are complete, the concrete for the ground floor has been poured and the steel columns are starting to go up for our facility at Takanawa...
June
Takanawa construction is progressing full steam. The foundations are being dug and the concrete pouring will start during the first week of June...
May
The floor plans and exterior for the Club at Takanawa have been finalized and approved by the LRPC and Board of Governors...
May 9: Special Update
The Club took the next step in its continuing evolution on May 9 when Masato Taki from Takanawa Shrine led a groundbreaking ceremony...
April
The Takanawa floor plans and exterior designs have been completed and approved by the LRPC and Board of Govenors...
2006
December
By the end of the year the project will be well positioned to move into the detailed design and planning stages through 2007...
November
PCPA met with, among others, the LRPC and management in the middle of November, and have now agreed all of the locations of the Member facilities within the Club...
October
The survey results of the Membership survey have been published, which underlines the trend toward the Club providing more informal dining facilities and recreation and sports facilities...
September
A kickoff meeting has been held with PCPA and provisional dates have been agreed for workshops to be held in Tokyo...
August
The Membership survey was mailed to all Members at the end of July and all responses sent to the McMahon Group for analysis at the beginning of September...
July
Following the successful completion of the pre-project stage, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA) was confirmed as the master design architect...
June
The master agreement between the Club and MEC was signed on June 30 and signals the beginning of the main project stage...
May
In the Special General Meeting held on May 23, the Membership gave a 93% approval for the Redevelopment Project to proceed...