August 28, 2008 Bright sunny day with no rain. C C Turner has started the foundation work
8/28/2008 Carlos Alvarez (PM) of C C Turner and Jay Nelson (VP) of Gulfcoast Materials of SWFL
August 29, 2008 - another rainless day Re(inforcing)bars are being installed prior to puring concrete foundation
The vertical bars will go through the concrete block walls, to provide strength to the building.
At the end of the day, the foundation trenches are covered with plastic sheets, to prevent rain water from getting in.
End of day 8/29/08. Work will continue Saturday 8/30.
8/30/2008 The rebars installation is complete. Covered up for possible rains over Sunday/Monday holiday weekend. The threshold inspection and County inspection is scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2008.
8/30/2008 The rebars sit on top of these metal pieces which are placed at the bottom of the trench for foundation. .
9/2/08 Luckily, we did not get too much rain over the 3-day weekend. Hurricane Gustav spared us. Our builder was able to get both the threshold and County inspection done successfully and pour the Foundation (footers).
9/2/08 The 'rebars' provide the strength to the building
9/2/08 The 'finishers' are at work
9/2/08 A concrete mix truck purs the mix into the hopper of the 'boom pump' which pumps the mix into the trench that was dug.
9/2/08 End of day...the job is done
9/4/2008 Thursday Concrete blocks are set up ready to stem wall on Friday
9/4/2008 Thursday water from past rains still not gone yet
9/4/2008 Setting up the rebars for the foundation for the inside walls.
9/4/2008 Thursday The inspection for the inside foundation is scheduled for today
9/4/2008 Thursday The concrete pour is expected to be done on Friday and then they will start building the stem walls on Saturday.
9/5/2008 Pouring the internal wall footers
9/5/2008 C C Turner Project Manager - Carlos Alvarez
9/5/2008 This is called a 'Column Pad'. Readymix will be poured into this and 7 other columns in the front (east) side, today.
9/5/2008 Four of the 8 Column pads are visible in this photo
9/5/2008 The Finishers - Miguel, Carlos and Efraim
9/5/2008 Pump and the operator
9/4/2008 Steve Brown from Gulfcoast Materials - supplied concrete mix
9/4/2008 Dustin Minick from Gulfcoast Materials - supplied concrete mix
9/5/2008 "Column Pads". Whereever a column comes up, a foundation is made for that.
9/5/2008 More Column pads
9/5/2008 Internal footers poured today, in additiona to 8 column pads
9/5/2008 Ready for building 'stem wall'
9/5/2008 Trench dug for column pads on north side
9/5/2008 Marking for trench to be dug
9/5/2008 Rebars tied and kept ready to be put into column footers
9/5/2008 3 places marked for column trenches
9/6/2008 Stem wall construction begins
9/6/2008 The hollow areas of the stem wall blocks will be filled with concrete mix
9/6/2008
9/9/08-8am-Tuesday Preparing for pouring concrete mix on the bases where the Mandaps will be built. These areas receive a stronger grade mix. Wednesday the inspection is expected.
9/9/08-8am Forms being prepared for pouring 4000PSI mix
9/9/08-8am-Tuesday The stem wall also will be inspected and filled with readymix on Wednesday/Thursday
9/9/08-8am-Tuesday SWFL successfully dodged two Hurricanes (Gustav first and Ike next) during the last 3 weeks.
9/10/08 Lot of rain on 9/9/08 and today (Wednesday) Work delayed by 3 days
9/10/08 Lot of rain on 9/9/08 and today (Wednesday). Inspection and concrete pour for 7 floor areas postponed to 9/12/08 anf for the north/south column footers to 9/15/08 or later; when the ground is so wet, we won't pass the compaction test.
9/12/08 Pads for 3 mandaps being poured
9/12/08 North mandap pad ready for pouring
9/12/08 Another view of mandap pad ready for pouring
9/12/08 2 south mandap pads done
9/12/08 Rain water being pumped into swayle to provide better access for plumbers and electricians
9/12/08 Swayle receiving water
9/12/08 EOD The pads for mandaps are done
9/12/08 EOD Stem wall cavities will be poured on 9/15
9/12/08 EOD Covered up for the weekend (Hurricane IKE landfall 2am on Saturday, 9/13)
9/14/08 Sunday Some members watching the progress of the building construction
9/17/08 Wednesday The floor of restrooms - graded, compacted, plumbing work done and ready for pouring of the slab
9/17/08 Wednesday The floor of storage area - graded, compacted, and ready for pouring of the slab
9/17/08 Wednesday The floor of west side of the building - graded, compacted, plumbing work done and ready for pouring of the slab
9/17/08 Wednesday Another view
9/17/08 Wednesday GC had to put 2 truckloads of gravel to make the access road usable for trucks carrying dirt
9/18/08 Getting ready for SLAB (floor) pour
9/19/08 Stem walls filled with concrete mix
9/19/08 Friday West side parking lot compacted and cleaned up
