The structural steel for the roof of the new addition is almost complete. The area on the left is the ceiling of the new science lab. The roof on the right is the ceiling of the media center and the patio cover outside the media center.
The roof line for the addition from the north looking south.
A teaching wall, the recessed area will house the interactive system for instruction. The silver box on the left is for the classroom control touch panel.
The steel for the new stairs from the main level of the media center to the lower level of the media center.
The erecting of structural steel started this week in the new addition. A crane was set up on campus to move the steel in place and this crane is a self erecting crane. A self erecting crane comes on a trailer and has a base that does not move once it is set up. The grey weights are the counter balance that prevent the crane from tipping. A typical crane has a seat and controls for the operator, this crane is operated by a hand held remote. This allows the operator to get close to the work.
This is the new entrance from the addition to the lower level and the elementary area. This concrete was cut with a large diamond blade saw and is being removed with jack hammers.
These three photos show the excavation work for the new ramp on the south side of the building. The ramp will enter in the building in the elementary area.
Framing in the lower level
Windows in the elementary staff work space look out towards the elementary commons area.
Elementary classroom
Rest room in the elementary level.
The top floor will have tubular skylights, there will be approximately three skylights per room. The amount of natural light entering through each skylight will be controlled by the touch panel in each classroom.
These are two of the openings in the roof from one of the classrooms. The tubes that come through the roof will allow light to shine into the room through a plastic lens in the ceiling.
The opening from the roof side of the skylights. This is the first step in the process, an opening was cut though the roof to the concrete deck. A large core drill was used to make a 14” round hole through the concrete deck.
This photo shows all the skylight openings on the roof.
This is the completed framing and the finished roof surface. The next step is to wrap the plywood with a material to complete the process of making the opening water tight.
The skylight will sit on top of this wooden curb.
The work on the new addition is continuing. The elevator shaft is complete. The walls have been poured for the lower level. The two openings in the wall are the windows for the media center office. Installation of structural steel is the next step.
Concrete was placed inside the building and in the walls for the addition.
Two different pumps were used.
The trailer pump has a bin that the concrete is dumped in from the truck. The concrete is pumped through a hose to where it is needed.
Finished product, the floor where the south stairwell was.
A truck style pump works in the same manner. The truck concrete pump has a boom that allows the operator to place concrete in a specific place. In this case the new walls for the addition.
