It was only a matter of time. Other than that freak snow storm last fall, the weather has been unseasonably warm. Lots of rain, lots of mud–but no snow. That all changed last Saturday:
The truck in the foreground is dropping off the 5th load (out of 6) of roof decking. The materials were shipped directly to our site from the manufacturer–I believe from somewhere in Oregon. Other than that, there has not been a lot of dramatic progress this past week. The most noticeable is what has gone on below, where the lower level classrooms have begun to be framed:
And the elevator equipment room has been built out of block:
The masons have also brought the front stairwell up to the upper floor level:
And the gas line trenching has been completed. When they were done, they hooked up this machine for a pressure test:
That’s all I’ve got for this week. I’m out for most of the week to VA for a seminary class, so I’ll be missing some of the developments. The plan is to pour the rest of the concrete on the main floor this morning; and Josh Coleman’s guys are supposed to be installing the hardware for the roof timbers this week. Next week they’ll be erected and that will complete the skeleton of the building. It was also be an important step toward getting the roof finished and the building enclosed.
Until next week.
