Ready for the Weather to Cooperate

Just a little update as most of us are waiting out the winter storms. This week backfill and compaction work was completed and passed by the engineers. The concrete contractors were out yesterday to finish getting ready for pouring the slab. So, now their comment is that as soon as we have a clear day above freezing we'll pour the slab. This morning has been a mixture of sun and snow. Sun earlier, snow now. Bigger storm forecast for tomorrow. But for now, here are some pictures from earlier this morning.

Looking South from the Crosses

Looking West from the Crosses

Camp including the construction site.

Closeup of the construction site, ready for pouring the slab.

Getting to Work

While the forecast is for snow this weekend, we keep plugging away on getting the concrete work done. The perimeter walls have been poured and while the contractor is getting ready to backfill and preparing the site for pouring the slab, Phil, Tay, and Salvador are laying the drain lines. Here's some pictures.

Tay and Salvador in a Momentary Pause

They Are a Blur of Activity





Phil Pondering

Looking West Along the South Wall.
If the building was done, we'd be standing in a restroom.

Looking East

Tay and Phil Catching Up

While the forecast is for snow this weekend, we keep plugging away on getting the concrete work done. The perimeter walls have been poured and while the contractor is getting ready to backfill and preparing the site for pouring the slab, Phil, Tay, and Salvador are laying the drain lines. Here's some pictures.

More Foundation work

Today turned out nice, sunny, calm, and clear. The contractors have worked over the last week putting in the perimeter forms and then today, those perimeter forms actually were poured. It went really fast. The next step is to strip the forms in a day or so. Then we need to have the main area smoothed out and compacted. A rebar grid gets installed, then they are ready to pour the slab. They say that when they are ready to pour the slab all they need is a 24 hour window of clear weather.

Our prayer and hope is that this can be done by Christmas. Then the outfit will come in to actually start putting the building up. They think they can have it up with the roof on by the end of January.

We will see.

It is also fun to remember that at this time last year we were being hammered by 100 mph winds that knocked down a bunch of trees and the power to Camp for several days. So, I also included a couple of "nice" pictures to tell everyone that this is what Camp always looks like in December.

Better than a lot of summer days.

Just looking out over the ocean

Here you can see the basic shape of the building. Where it bumps out on the north is a store room and where it bumps out on the south is the entry way and restrooms. The rest of the perimeter matches up with the old Missions Building dimensions.

A look at the perimeter foundation

Another view of the perimeter




Pouring the east side

Close up

Another view of pouring the east side.