Thursday, July 28, 2011

The project is at a very fast pace as we get closer to staff and students returning.  The contractors are working 6 and 7 days a week.  Each day brings new challenges to  be addressed by everyone involved.

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Seating area in the Kindergarten room.                     Seating in the elementary commons area.

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Plaster repair in the auditorium,  this is matching the remaining crown molding in the auditorium.  We are maintaining the original look and feel of parts of the auditorium.  Decorative plaster work like this is type is difficult and time consuming, not many folks have the skill to complete this type of work.

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The plants in the vegetative roof trays have been installed.

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Just part of the miles of cable for the computer communications in the building.

 

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Middle school corridor

 

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          New sidewalk on the southwest corner   New entrance and stairs on the south of the building

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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New Addition the ramp is being prepared to be poured,  the frames for the glass at the media center are being installed.

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The new sidewalk at the west entrance near the Administration parking lot.

 

 

 

 

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The trays for the vegetative (green) roof are being installed.

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Middle school classrooms with the new cabinets and the overlapping white boards.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Energy recovery Unit was delivered this evening.  This very large unit sits on the roof as part of the heating and cooling system. 
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  The crane used to set the unit on the roof.         The counter balance weights for the crane.

Before the crane can pick up the load the crane moves it’s own counter balance weights and they are connected at the back of the crane.
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The unit arrives on campus
then
soars through the air
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and it lands in place.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

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Clockwise from upper left:
Structural platform for the energy recovery unit on the roof,  New roof over lobby and media center, View from roof near science lab,  North side of science lab roof.

Below:
Cabinets and teaching walls in high school classrooms.
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High school commons and teachers work space
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Special corner treatment for entrance into Middle school commons.  Repurposed glazed tile from hallways of pre-renovated Gottlieb.











Large and very heavy plates of steel that will wrap the 20” door jambs created by cutting through the old building.  The door shown is from the lobby to the stage door.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

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New driveway from the Administration Building parking lot.

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Exterior photos:  (Clockwise) New addition from south east, New addition from the south, New addition from the south west, West face of building with new windows.