Education Center Construction
Week of
December 16, 2001

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Monday, December 17 -- Rebar work
is nearing completion.
All is looking good for pouring of the
panels on Wednesday, December 19.
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Tuesday, December 18 -- Electrical conduit
is placed in the panels and finishing
touches are made.
A section of the pad is removed for a footing
and laboratory water and sewer access.
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Connections for toilets in the
gymnasium restrooms.
These brackets in above the locker room
area will support main water and gas lines.
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Wednesday, December 19 -- The pouring of
the final fifteen wall panels took place today.
The crew worked quickly. By 9:00 a.m.
all of the concrete was poured.
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In eight days, daylight will
shine through the cross.
The last bit of concrete for the
last wall panel is poured.
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Copper water lines are prepared
in the locker room area.
Sand filler is removed to allow for steel supports
to be anchored to the footings in the lab area.
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Finishing work continued
through much of the day.
These panels will be erected on December 27th.
It would be a good day to park a chair on the
football field and watch the building take shape!
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Thursday, December 20 -- The forms
are broken away from the wall panels.
Gas lines weighing several hundred pounds each were lifted into place on the wall brackets.
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Friday, December 21 -- The main water
line where it enters the building.
Ledgers are installed to support roof trusses.
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A ledger is cut to size as Construction Supervisor
Ross and General Contractor Pietro look on.
Rain makes a reflecting pool in the chapel.

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