Moving Forward On a Bright Sunny Day

We are happy to report that with the sun comes our new floor.  At 7:00 AM this morning the contractor arrived, by the time we say our tefilah upon exiting from the sukkah we expect the floor and the steps to the basement to be finished......................

7am -- Sun is shining, bring with it the opportunity to work on our new floor.

At work

work continues on floor

Steps to the basement visible 

Because you asked---Seating Capacity

Q: What is the seating capacity of the new building?


The new building's dimensions are 42' x 80'. In addition to the sanctuary, on the main floor there will be a new men's room, a new coat room and new lobby. We currently estimate seating capacity to be 250-300 persons. The final count will be determined by several factors including the size of and location of the bimah as well as the ultimate type and size of the seating we use.

UPDATE: Construction Update (Sep.12.10)

We hope you enjoyed what was, G-d willing, ECDP's last Rosh HaShana in our existing sanctuary.


The steel, joists and decking have been completed and the steel for the stairs is partially in place. Before Yom Kippur we intend, with G-d's help, to finish the stairs, complete the deck edging that forms the pan for the concrete and then pour concrete for the deck. 


The subsequent steps relate to the roof:  we will locate the openings for the skylights, add the curbs and install the supports for air conditioning and heating units that will be mounted on the roof. 


Look for pictures and more updates later this week.


This is an exciting time for ECDP and our entire community. If you would like to become a member or pledge in support of our building campaign please click on the links to the left to offer your support.  Dedications have been coming in-- please visit http://ecdpdedications.blogspot.com for details.

STEEL

All five are in

A few more feet

Just about

The last beam on the way

And another

A view from the Social Hall floor

In we go

Almost there

Ready to place number one

On the way

Through the trees
Up we go
The first beam
Ready to lift
Things are looking up
Steel
Crane is ready to move steel
Setting the leveling plates
Thursday the crane showed up.....and then a truckload of steel...

Footings, Windows, Opening for the Steps and Waterproofing

Waterproffing on north side.



Waterproofing on east side.


It goes on with a spray gun.

Starting the process.

The hose from the pumper truck.

Cleaning up before they apply waterproofing.

There will be four windows in the new basement.

Widows anyone?
There will be daylight (only durin the day.)

See the vibrator to the right.

The concrete goes in.

The vertical rebar will be in the column base.

A view from above.

Check out the rebar.

Making the footings for the central columns.

Looking out of the hole in the wall.

The floor of the new basement will be 4' below the old basement floor.

This is where the stairs to the new basement will be.

Shabbat Shalom to all. IY'H they will finish the foundation next week.

The engineer will be finishing the specs for the steel based on the new size of the basement.

3360 square feet not the origanal 2880 square feet. By code we will have to have a sprinkler system

and an elevator and they will be in the final plans. H'BH should grant us Hatzlacha Rabbah in our fund raising efforts and we should be Zocheh to built our Mikdash M'At to serve the needs of all our members young and old and make our Shul a great place of T'filah and Torah.

Please send me your comments, questions or suggestions.

Pouring the foundation

One more shot.

The Dogwood side twice( I could not figure out how to delete).

You can see the concrete flowing into the form.

Another shot of the vibrator.

The vibrator used to get rid of any air pockets

The pumper truck used to get concrete into the forms.

The foundation pouring took 6 and 1/2 trucks to fill what you see today.

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