Progress Report -- December 1, 2011

Coordination issues are at the forefront at this stage of the renovation project. Subcontractors are working throughout the building and the inevitiable overlap occurs. Project managers, the architect, and even sometimes the owner are drawn in to help navagate a solution.

This azure blue insulation material coats the exterior walls of the Level One classrooms. Nice, bright color!

One of three electrical panels in a newly created Level 3 corridor that provides access to new bathrooms.

From the vantage point of the library you can now look down into the 6th grade classroom since the chimney has been removed. You can see that concrete block is being delivered to begin the reconstruction process.

Our project looks really high-tech in this picture -- taken from the Art Room looking toward the front stairwell. The contractors are installing roof supports and duct work in this area.

The sprinkler install crew and the equipment they use to custom cut sections of pipe.

A view of the Level 2 foyer area. The stairs on the left lead to Jason and Antoinette's Office; the office right behind the stairwell is for Field Education and the doorway with the light streaming in and the visible insulation is the former 1st Grade soon-to-be music room.