Fire suppression, electrician, hvac all working

Trades started working inside installing the electrical, hvac line sets, and fire suppression pipes.

Before starting, I reviewed the plans and specs with the subs.













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Curb crew starts

The curb crew started forming the curb. Due to rain, no pour was made. They will continue to form curb and pour tomorrow if it is not too wet and muddy tomorrow.

Water tap made and back flow preventers set

The mammoth 16" water line was tapped and back flow preventers set. The site utility contractor is now running the fire and domestic water lines to the building.




Tapping sleeve being installed.


Back flow preventers installed and 8" fire line and 2" copper water line laid out for install. Both are more than 48" deep.


The correct 2" type k copper pipe being used

Exterior sheathing almost complete

The framer will finish with the exterior sheathing and start installing the house wrap as soon as it is inspected.

Windows arrive on site

Two crates of windows from thermal windows arrived. Appear to be in good shape, and have the shock sensors displaying no damage.

Anchor bolts drilled and epoxied

The anchor bolts for the hold downs are mostly installed. They were drilled 14" deep, sucked out with a vacuum, blown out with air and then epoxied and set.





Hole drilled and cleaned out.



18" threaded rod ordered from local supplier pre cut.




14" embedment.




Final product.




Pulled out to show epoxy depth.

Remaining trusses set

*this post somehow did not get published when originally created- oops!

The remaining trusses have been set and the front exterior well has been framed.

Roof decking installed

The framer started decking the roof today. I spent a lot of time on the roof checking the nailing pattern, making sure they fixed any areas I asked them to correct.







My marks showing missed, under driven, or over driven nails.






A couple of under driven nails that were later fully nailed by hand.






A corner that stuck up a little before it was fixed.

Steel columns and beams set

After their arrival on Friday, the steel columns and beams were set, allowing the remaining roof framing to be completed.

Concrete slab depression fixed

Some minor mistakes were made in the floor slab depression and these items have been fixed.


The non load bearing wall surrounding the basketball floor depression was removed while forms were installed and poured with high strength non shrink grout. The walls were then replaced after the grout was cured.














Forms in place.

Trusses arrived

The trusses arrived and were off loaded, stacked and covered according to contract documents.















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