The isolated slabs is a very interesting engineering project. Spring casings are set onto the subfloor, 500 of them in total. The casings are woven into the structural system by …

It is good construction practice to do a mock-up of the exterior siding system prior to installation. Here is a test sample of the flat panel that we are using …

This is big week for the building as we prepare to energize. New cable has been pulled, a cement vault called a “hand hold” has been installed and the electrical …

Over the next few days this, one of the last remaining beams will be available to be  signed by the Students, Faculty and Staff commemorating the completion of the steel …

Yep, the roof trusses arrived a few days early. Loading in the 60+ foot trusses was quite the adventure. All safe and sound in the sport court ready to install …

This floor is getting interesting and maybe a little complicated. With a gym on the top of classrooms we have taken extraordinary measures to insulate the spaces below for sound. …

“People look at buildings under construction as ugly but there is art in everything”. This is especially true through the eyes of a 17 year old who chooses to view …

plinth plinTH/ noun plural noun: plinths ARCHITECTURE the lower square slab at the base of a column.

Inside the concrete walls of the stairs, steel plates attached to steel rods (called imbeds) are woven into the rebar patterns. These imbeds give the steel beams a place to …

The view keeps getting better every day. Here’s a look out the “window” of the Biology Lab and some views from the floor itself. The structure above is pretty beefy …