{"id":1758,"date":"2008-12-05T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/whats-going-on-in-there\/"},"modified":"2015-10-19T12:48:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:48:07","slug":"whats-going-on-in-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/whats-going-on-in-there\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Going On In There?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"War<\/span>The voter\u2019s rejection last month of a bond package to rescue Greensboro\u2019s stadium built\u00a0as a\u00a0memorial to\u00a0World War veterans has sent those dedicated to saving the 80 year old monument scratching their heads. How can the city-owned structure be conserved and reused with little in the way of appropriated funds, especially in a tight economy. More importantly, how can this memorial built to honor the sacrifices made by Guilford County\u2019s citizens so long ago survive in a new world of tightened budgets and a seemingly disconnected citizenry?<\/p>\n

The future of War Memorial has been questioned since efforts began to replace to facility in the 1990s. The use of the stadium as a Minor League baseball field was discontinued in 2005, but the facility is still used to host 250 collegiate, and PONY league baseball games per year. Recent discussions have ventured into possible reuses of the facility away from baseball.<\/p>\n

However, before the\u00a0landmark can be saved, issues centered on the deteriorating concrete superstructure must be fully examined and understood. Surface examinations have revealed areas of spalling and cracking (image, lower right), but investigation has only delved skin-deep. Are the clues given on the surface of the concrete indicative of a massive system failure, or are they simply cosmetic blemishes resulting from isolated examples of poor craftsmanship?<\/p>\n

If only we could examine the inside of the concrete\u2026<\/p>\n

Thanks to Underground Imaging Technologies (UIT), a company based in Albany, New York, we may be able to do just that. UIT<\/a> focuses on improving the safety, accuracy and efficiency of operations related to design, construction and overall management of subsurface<\/em> infrastructure. The company uses cutting-edge technology such as\u00a0ground penetrating radar\u00a0to address issues with\u00a0structural systems\u00a0\u2013 in the case of Greensboro\u2019s War Memorial, that means examining what\u2019s going on inside the concrete.<\/p>\n

A proposal for UIT to examine the memorial is forthcoming as a step to understanding the future of the memorial. Considering the site is one of\u00a0only two impressive memorials to those who made the supreme sacrifice in the First World War in North Carolina (the other is the Memorial Bell Tower<\/a> at NC State), a careful understanding of the challenges of the site is the least we can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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