Building Together
Construction Update Newsletter
Issue
08 January 2014
United Methodist Retirement Communities HFA Expansion
Quality Control In the extreme cold, we must be very careful when working with concrete products. Specific
Upcoming Milestones
conditions are required to place
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concrete and to allow for it to cure properly. You may have noticed a section of the building floor has not been poured; the extreme cold has kept this from happening. While this could affect our schedule, it is more important that we wait for conditions to be right so that the final product is of the highest quality. We have targeted a few days in the next two weeks when we think we will have our chance to complete this work.
Executive Summary Taking Shape
The snows of December and early January have ushered in a new phase of construction. After our crews worked for almost two weeks clearing snow from the building foundation, they started assembling walls and roof trusses on-site. In just over two weeks, the framing crews from Chelsea Lumber have assembled three quarters of the wall panels, started the installation of wall sheathing and installed the first of many roof trusses. The building is really starting to take shape now.
the central courtyard. The great rooms on the north and south ends of the building are more intimate spaces for reading or assembling a puzzle. With the new walls in place, one can really start to envision these spaces being used by new UMRC residents. It’s an exciting time on the campus, and we are making great progress…let’s just hope that the weather cooperates! - John Parker, Project Manager jparker@elzinga-volkers.com
As you walk through the newly-framed corridors, you get a sense of the resident room sizes as well as the generous common spaces within the building. The two dining rooms have high ceilings and large windows into
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Project Progress Photos
Safety Spotlight A clean jobsite is a safe jobsite. With the major snow and extreme cold we experienced on the project site over the last few weeks, Elzinga & Volkers spent a substantial amount of time making sure that the site was free of snow, ice and debris as the wall framing started. Another advantage of the panelized wall system we are using on the building addition is that our jobsite remains much cleaner. If you can imagine all the cutting that would take place if the walls were built on-site and all the small scraps that would be lying around, the panelized walls have significantly reduced this mess.
Roof trusses staged on-site for erection
Setting wall panels in Quadrant 2
Wall panels in Quadrants 2, 3 & 4
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Two Week Look Ahead
With our fingers crossed, we will have a few consecutive fair-weather days for Creative Cement to pour the final floor slab in Quadrant 1. Once this slab is poured, Chelsea Lumber will set the remaining pre-fabricated wall panels. Elzinga & Volkers Steel Shop will arrive on-site in the upcoming weeks to install the structural steel beams and columns. The installation of these steel members will allow Chelsea Lumber to install all of their roof trusses. Crews from Chelsea Lumber will also install a fiber board and house wrap to start making the walls weather-tight. Currently, Chelsea Lumber continues to set roof trusses that sit on the already-erected wall panels. The roof truss sequence will follow the same counterclockwise pattern as the wall panels, starting in Quadrant 4. With all the buzz on-site, the building will continue to take shape in the upcoming weeks! - Jordan Gougeon, Asst. Project Manager jordang@elzinga-volkers.com
Setting the first roof trusses on Quadrant 4
SUBCONTRACTOR
SPOTLIGHT This week, we would like to highlight the tremendous efforts of Chelsea Lumber and their framing crews. We have discussed the panelized wall process many times in these newsletters, but we are now seeing the payoff for all the hard work off-site. The Chelsea Lumber crews are moving along
Project Progress and Major Milestones
right on schedule, and if the weather cooperates Chelsea’s crews have the opportunity to beat the framing timeline. Thank you to Chelsea Lumber for their great work!
Ready for Move In Interiors Complete Drywall Complete
Bracing of the courtyard wall in the dining room
Building Enclosed Steel/Wood Framing Complete Foundations Complete
Installing fiber board sheathing on exterior walls
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