Archive for November, 2007

Ups and Downs of Construction

November 30, 2007

first snow

Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

What a beautiful sight it was to see the first wall units going up on Wednesday! How depressing it was seeing the snow come down Thursday & Friday.
It was encouraging to see the men out there Friday morning shaking off the [...]

Looking for a place to park?

November 19, 2007

Pouring curbs for parking lot
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

At the same time that the precast planks were being set, another crew of workers was pouring concrete for curbs in the parking lot. No longer will people have to drive around the block in downtown Lakeview waiting for a parking place to open up!

Heavy materials call for heavy equipment!

November 19, 2007

Laying precast #1

Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

If you came into Lakeview on Monday morning, you could see the boom from this big crane about 4 blocks away! Today the precast concrete planks were being placed on the basement walls. Each plank was 8″ [...]

Basment structure now complete!

November 19, 2007

View from Washington
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

Although it may have seemed that not much was happening in the last few weeks, a lot of details were being completed in the basement hole - including block walls for the mechanical room and elevator. Now we’re ready for the main level flooring.