Dent Renovation -- Remarkable Progress -- September 29, 2011

A stunning amount of structural work has been accomplished in the Dent School. At this point the future classrooms are beginning to take shape and they will be large! Structural steel is in place providing support to the ceilings in the place of the masonry that has been removed. In the center core area, behind the School's front door, steel framing is going up tracing the location of the new offices for the Head of School and the enlarged Rose Window Room.

Monarc says the demo team will open up the interior chimneys beginning Monday, October 3rd. This will add the final bit of real estate we're seeking to provide more space in the renovated facility.

Jason Gray, Head of School, Robin McGrew, Architect, cox graae + spaak, Ron Wetzel, Monarc Site Supervisor, and Ardi Love-Small, Monarc's Project Manager, critique the steel beams supporting the floor above.

The ceiling just outside what was the Registrar's Office.

The steel guys hamming it up for the camera. This huge I Beam came in through the 4th Grade window and will be positioned in the ceiling about where the 4th Grade sink and staff room photocopier were.

The Monarc Team: Ardi Love-Small and Ron Wetzel.

A serious Jason Gray checks out the creosoted chimney in what was the interior Library wall. We plan to incorporate the chimney areas into the library space as book nooks to retain some of the period architectural design of the turn-of-the-century Dent Building.