Friday, May 21, 2010

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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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thursday May 13th - The Foundation Process






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Today we passed the next inspection in the process and began pouring concrete. The photos will take you through the steps of preparing for the concrete. Come back again for photos of the pour. Please excuse the extra space between photos