These coolers are huge and a semi-truck can turn around inside of the complex.
May 6th
More pictures of the outside. The mezanean down the center of the compex and over the snack bar.
Week of April 30th
The precast concrete installed, one end of the building is being closed, and the front of the building is coming along.
Week of April 22nd
The precast concrete is being put into place for the coolers and the parking lot lights are put in.
The Roof
The roof is up. Once they started it did not take long. It is amazing how much cooler it is with just the shade of the roof. Come summer time it is going to be a great place to play! Now it is just a question of when.
Block Walls
This is the block wall for the front portion of the building where the shop, offices and classrooms will be.
Adding some Color
It may only be white paint and green facia, but now the Sports Complex has some color along with that some character.
Starting on the front
Now that the concrete for the sports portion of the building is done, they have started to work on the office, classroom, and pro shop portion of the building.
With the walls complete and the footings on the front portion of the building poured our cement truck total is now 175!
Applying the Steel
First the steel to support the walls was put into place...
Then came the steel for the roof...
Now when you walk onto the site it feels like you are walking into a building.
Lifting the Walls
After a long wait, the walls are up. They started @ 7:30am on Mon. 1/14 and finished at about 2:30pm. It took 7 hours to lift up 42 walls. It was amazing to watch!
Pouring the Walls
They are done! The walls have been poured and are curing. They will sit for a week and then hopefully be raised starting the 10th.
Rain Delay
We needed rain, we wanted rain, we got rain, just not on the site. But, the grading of the site works! All of the rain water ran off itno the retention areas!
Framing the Walls
The walls of the complex will be poured on top of the floor of the complex, where they will sit for a week to cure. Then they will be lifted and set into place , very carefully, by crane.
The Box Culvert
The building of the BFSC's bomb shelter. (aka. the box culvert) It's going to take another 22 cement trucks to complete it. Taking our running total of cement trucks to visit the site to 122!
Lots and lots of MUD!
How many trucks of MUD (aka cement) does it take to pour footings for the complex? 20
How many trucks of MUD does it take to pour the slab for the complex? 80, 40 trucks on Thursday, Nov. 8th to pour half of the slab, the other 40 on Tues., Nov. 13th. They started pouring at 1:00am both days and did not stop until 5:00am.
That's a total of 100 cement trucks, and we have not even started the walls!
OK, now it starts!
The day has finally come! We started moving dirt and preparing the ground for the 8-10 month process of building the sports complex. It has been a long wait for everyone and we are very excited that we can physically see something being done. We never knew how exciting digging a hole could be. That is a lot of dirt!
The Groundbreaking
With the building process ready to begin we held a groundbreaking ceremony. The 9th of August is an important family date; Grandpa's parent's anniversary and his mother's birthday are on the 9th. Family reunions are planned near the 9th, and now this.
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