We completed the site work for our office expansion project. We had a bit of a turn of events in that the water and sewer services were not stubbed into the building lot as anticipated. That meant we had to open the street and attach to the existing sanitary sewer line and the existing water [...]
September 1, 2010 – 5:51 am
Last week we finished up our work at the Carleton College art studio building. The owners moved their equipment and materials into the various studio bays. Like a typical move, you wonder if the building is large enough! The faculty will work over the next few weeks and months to organize their studio spaces. I [...]
While the drywall finishers and painters are working inside the building, we are busy installing siding on our art studio project. The selected siding is a horizontal prefinished metal material in blue color. We pre-ordered specific lengths of the siding to avoid seams wherever possible. The siding is screwed to the steel studs using special [...]
Last week we reached the point where drywall could start to be installed on the walls in our art studio building project. The walls are light gauge steel framing. We sealed up the exterior surfaces then installed fiberglass insulation per the architects specifications. On top of that we installed a vapor retarding film and sealed [...]
After the rains of June stopped and turned into July we have made good progress on the Carleton College art studio building we are constructing. The structural steel and roofing has all been completed. We have the sheathing on the exterior walls and are just finishing up on the interior steel stud walls. Last [...]
The art studio building we are constructing has a metal roof. The roof consists of panels about 24” wide. The panels are connected together with a standing seam which makes a great, water-tight roof. Our workers are making good progress on the metal roof. The roof sits on top of a layer of plywood and [...]
The art studio we are building has been designed with an entire steel structure. Earlier this month we completed the structural steel erection of the beams, columns, and roof joists. We are now moving on to the wall framing. The exterior walls are constructed using 6” steel studs. We prepare the window and door openings [...]
Work is moving along well with the new Art Studio building we are constructing. On a building like this it is very important to carefully prepare shop drawings for the structural steel needed. We did that many weeks ago and sent the drawings to the steel fabricators to fabricate for us. The steel arrived and [...]
Laser technology is at work again for us today. We set up for the installation of the concrete floor in the art studio building we are constructing. To make sure the floor is perfectly flat and level the installers use a laser controlled screed machine. This machine is powered along with a gas engine. The [...]
One of the challenges in construction work is preparing the grade under a concrete floor. Traditionally it involved a lot of hand work with workers setting up screed pipes and working boards across to make sure the grade is the proper uniform depth to provide the required concrete slab thickness. With the advent of modern [...]
