Following is a brief outline of the events during construction of H-E-B's “Express Delivery” project that built a store in 100 days.
Week 1
- Lay out corners
- Anchor bolts embedded
- Footings installed
Week 2
- Piers/beams/foundation completed for right side of the store
- Underground plumbing 30% complete, being phased in as concrete pours
Week 3
- Footings and pilasters for main body of store completed
- Underground refrigeration completed
- Underground plumbing 40% complete
- Structural steel and decking 33% installed
- Underground electrical 10% complete
Week 4
- Steel decking completed
- Site water loop installed
- Underground gas and electric run
Week 5
- Precast concrete wall panels 40% complete
- Sub-slab for main freezer poured
- Fire riser and domestic water mains installed
- Modular interiors tested
Week 6
- Underground electric and plumbing completed
- Installation of precast concrete walls of main store completed; construction of entry towers begins
- Gas installed
- Dock levelers installed
- Grease trap installed
- Main electrical switchgear installed
- Roof 50% complete
Week 7
- Slab pours completed
- Roof 90% complete
- Main freezer installed; dairy cooler installation begins
- Modular interior wall installation 20% complete
- Exterior painting begins
- Interior light installation started
- Structural steel at entry towers begins
Week 8
- Precast walls completed
- Sprinkler piping completed
- Refrigeration racks set
- Transformer installed
- Windows, exit/entry doors installed
- Front canopy installation begins
Week 9
- Roofs completed
- Cooler/freezer installations completed
- Epoxy flooring completed in bakery/deli; begins in grocery
- Modular interior walls 80% complete
- Entry doors completed
- Permanent power ready
- Refrigerated cases arrive and installation begins
Week 10
- Permanent power activated
- Exterior stone installation begins
- Restroom plumbing fixtures and partitions installed
- Lay-in ceilings installed
- Equipment/fixture installation begins
Week 11
- A/C units running
- Exterior stone 80% complete
- Main phone lines installed
- Setting of fixtures in bakery, deli, meat, seafood, produce, floral and front end
Week 12
- Exterior stone completed
- Gas meter installed
- Refrigeration rack and case start-up
- Lighting dimming start-up
- Cleaning and sealing of floors
Week 13
- Gas to building
- Seam roofing completed
- Front sidewalk completed
- Glass installation at entry towers completed
- Fixture/equipment setting completed
- Floors sealed and waxed
- Parking lot paving begins
Week 14
- Exterior signage installed
- Cases and coolers running
- Phone system installed
- Remainder of sidewalk completed
- Landscaping installed
- Gondola installation begins
Week 15
- Photo equipment installed
- Computer system, scale management installed
- Gondola installation continues
- Signage installation
The store was turned over to operators following the completion of gondolas, signage and ice merchandiser installation, two weeks following the 15-week deadline. Two weeks after that — Dec. 15, 2004 — the store opened to the public.
Source: H-E-B
