Monday. First layers for under the pavement. Perfect day for work outside. Unfortunately, rain forecast for tomorrow so possible delay in paving this week.
Some GREAT aerial shots of the property. Work on the dumpster area and ramp area. These may be the LAST pictures of our property prior to paving of the parking lot.
On a rainy Sunday, see the sewer connection in neighboring Sheltons Run subdivision, duct work being installed, sheetrock being taped and mudded, and covered ditches and trenches on the property.
New glass doors, lighting in the auditorium area overhead, much more wiring and electrical, funny and suspicious wiring of the telephone/Internet circuit, the arrival of the final pieces of roofing (not yet installed though), and water hookup very soon.
First signs of electrical, window facings are being installed, the faux ceiling mounts are going in, and the place is generally being secured with doors more and more.
The steel is up and the result is something that looks like a big auditorium of some kind. Watch out...still lots of loose pieces and parts on the site.
Put away for one week under a cover of tarps and plastic, the concrete pour needs to harden, cure, and set with little or no bother. It is this setting process which provides the concrete with its static strength.
Deconstruction! These photos are about the removal of a footer around our building due to incorrect concrete mixtures. The good news is that we are on our way again. (Boy, who is going to carry away all of the rubble?)
Foundation Cut at 2:45PM on Wednesday, December 21, 2005. Other pictures build up to the cut and then depict the additional work around the soon-to-be concrete slab for the new building.
Some final pictures before the footers are poured...assuming the weather cooperates. This mud hole will quickly turn into our new and very special building. Once the footers are in, the expansion project becomes far less dependent on weather conditions.
Our building showed up! It is like an Erector set. Probably thousands of parts. It was offloaded about 10AM today. Hard to imagine what it will look like seeing it laying on the ground like this.
The heavy equipment is back! And our last and favorite tree stump is now gone, too. Our old front yard is now getting ready for footers and a foundation.
Clean-up and recovery from our flood. Anne and Tonya are our heros! See the carpet being pulled up, the floors being painted, and the moving of all of the downstairs furniture.
More and more tiny additions are being installed everyday now - items you and I take for granted just in passing-by on a regular day basis! Check out the following pictures...coming up next update, intstalled and WORKING toilets! Yippie!