Friday, January 4, 2013

Special Delivery!

      We have a few very exciting things that have happened within the last week or so!   The first is that the maintenance crew has begun digging the holes for the foundations.  The two weeks before that some of them were part of a team that built 'roofs' for the foundation ground.  The hope for these roofs is help trap the heat in the ground so we could continue to dig.  They also help keep the snow out of the holes and, when the time comes,  keep the cement warmer.  

Here is the side view of one of the roofs.  Our maintenance crew was excited to find out they actually kept the ground warm enough to dig!  In the foreground you can see the lip of the trench for our foundations. 
Here is our crew working on digging the trenches.  We're using the old Dump truck to haul the excavated sand to one of our shops to store it so it doesn't freeze.  Once we get the foundations/Pylons  in, we can use that sand to back fill the holes.  

This looks familiar doesn't it?   Here you can see where we are going to be digging the trenches for the foundation.  
    The Most exciting news is that the steel for our building has Arrived!   It may not look like much, but it's here.  Now we just need to get the foundations and pylons in and we will have a building!  

This is one side of the hilltop hall Parking lot.  Most of what you see here is either Re-bar (for reinforcing the cement) or the metal that will go on the out side of the building.  

This is the other side of the parking lot.  All you see here is the steal structure that will hold the entire building up.  It's so exciting!  
   We will continue to keep this updated and hope to soon have pictures of a frame!  

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