Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Things were moving today! Early this morning Voegeli Concrete Construction started working on the pier caps and grade beams. A back hoe with a narrow bucket would dig where the footings would be poured, carefully removing the sand and LVCS from around the rebar found on the top of each of the piers. The back hoe operator is so exact it reminds me of someone using their hands to dig in the dirt, allowing their fingers to go between each metal bar. Only pretend your hand is 5 feet long and 18 inches wide!
After the footing was dug, more rebar forms were placed in the holes, and awaited the 3:00PM appointment with the cement truck. After thick, pink foam insulation sheets were placed on the inside of the footings, the entire hole was then filled with cement and leveled off. It looks like about 3/4ths of the outside of the building was finished today.
Nathan with Kenney's Electric was back, and he and his crew started working on running the electricity from the existing building to the new one. In case you wondering about the path for the conduit, it's going outside.
By the way - the biggest construction project I have ever been involved with is building my boys a sand box in the back yard. If you have any corrections or would like to tell me what something is called (in order to help me sound half way intelligent), please leave me a comment and let me know what I can change or improve!
Today's Picture Gallery (21 pictures)
After the footing was dug, more rebar forms were placed in the holes, and awaited the 3:00PM appointment with the cement truck. After thick, pink foam insulation sheets were placed on the inside of the footings, the entire hole was then filled with cement and leveled off. It looks like about 3/4ths of the outside of the building was finished today.
Nathan with Kenney's Electric was back, and he and his crew started working on running the electricity from the existing building to the new one. In case you wondering about the path for the conduit, it's going outside.
By the way - the biggest construction project I have ever been involved with is building my boys a sand box in the back yard. If you have any corrections or would like to tell me what something is called (in order to help me sound half way intelligent), please leave me a comment and let me know what I can change or improve!
Today's Picture Gallery (21 pictures)
