One Lakes Edge at Hughes Landing Substantially Complete

HOUSTON, Texas — After an intense and compressed construction schedule, Hoar Construction has substantially completed One Lakes Edge, an eight-story, mid-rise upscale multifamily building within the 66-acre Hughes Landing development in The Woodlands, Texas.

Construction on One Lakes Edge began in October 2013, topped out in July 2014 and the first tenants began to move in April 2015. The Woodlands Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Howard Hughes Corporation, is owner and developer.

The 850,000-square-foot project completed within an 18-month schedule. To meet the schedule demands of this project, the construction team focused on efficient production and timely, effective communication of information. Hoar used a visual approach for project planning, with a combination of 3-D schedule animations, annotated and color-coded 2-D drawings, as well as drone-created imagery to document construction progress.

Technology factored heavily into the duration of construction. Hoar used the PlanGrid app as the centralized location for project documentation. Several key subcontractors used an iPad onsite to access and upload real-time plans and notes. With a fully integrated building information model, the team was able to catch construction clashes early and avoid changes onsite. Production-based scheduling was also a key factor in ensuring the delivery of the project on time. By using factual production rates for each scope work, the team was able to plan the schedule to a level of detail that ensured on-time delivery.

Brandon Dexter, project superintendent for Hoar Construction, oversaw the team communications.

“The 3-D model was incredibly beneficial, especially under the schedule crunch. Due to concerns with foundation, we worked with the rest of the design to make sure the BIM was comprehensive, and thank goodness for that. Initially the storm and sanitary lines were running through the ground level of the parking garage. We caught that early and saved considerable time and money. That’s just one example of many. Not one time did we have to cut concrete on the project because of a marked-up shop drawing that didn”t get caught,” Dexter said.

One Lakes Edge has a prime location on Lake Woodlands and offers 390 residential units with retail space on the first floor. The residential units are situated around an eight-story parking structure with over 700 parking spaces. The building super-structure is post-tensioned, cast-in-place concrete with metal stud walls. In addition to close proximity to retail, restaurants, Whole Foods Market and office space, onsite amenities include a fitness center, bike storage and a landscaped exterior plaza deck. The outdoor deck includes a swimming pool with an adjacent outdoor kitchen and covered cabana.

Ziegler Cooper Architects served as the designer for the project.

Photos courtesy of Sylvester Garza of Sylvester Garza Productions.