Jarred cleaning up trench lines for under slab power and sewer.
After so much framing, and compacting, things have to be dug up several more times to accommodate the under slab utilities such as power, water, and sewer. I drew out my locates in regards to where things needed to go, with walls and such and marked for trenches for multiple power boxes, the sanitation line/drain etc. Here you can see the trenches and misc utilities going in, with Jarred clearing out the trench for sewer.
Crazy to think once the lines are in, rock goes back down then gets compacted, then more layers to the cake get piled on, as you can see below here where we are starting to lay down viscuen and foam,….this is where Tim and Daniel had things covered.
1/2 the slab covered in plastic, foam, and #4 rebar on 2ft centers.
Clouds rolled in and out yet over the last two weeks we rarely felt the rain. We’ve been blessed with welcoming weather at a time where we could be rained, hailed, or snowed on.
Pictured here and below in a closer up image shows the guys (Jeremy, Mike, Jeremy, Worm, Levi, etc, with Mission Construction) working to fix the anchor templates in place.
Mike "the choir director", and Jeremy "crew chief, when Bob's not there"
How would you like to lay on steel for hours making this stuff work? Mikey will tell ya!
Worm and the Marine, dialin' it in.
So after a full week or more of framing, steel tying, re-enforcement, etc, we jumped out there with Dan and Zack of Wolcott Plumbing to rangle in the radiant floor tubing. There are three main manifolds and two zones, one for the hot working area and then the rest of the space . The plumbers, Daniel, Tim, and myself cranked out the whole floor in two days. Here are some shots of the tubing layout, etc. We are getting close to the pour now.
plumbing put in by Dan prior to visc., foam, rebar, concrete.
Can you feel the warmth?!?
Can you believe all of this is going to have huge amounts of concrete poured over it? I told you it was a crazy cake. So after we reviewed as much as I could think of to double check, we were ready for the pour on tuesday……low and behold….It was absolutely beautiful.
Sunny with blue skies, crew and trucks ready at 6:20am, inspector Dean Nygaard made the special trip to review our radiant pressure, along with Dan (the plumber). We were ready to rock, pump truck in position, 5 concrete trucks waiting and spinning, and the rock and roll began.
Bobby Breshear, "the leader of the pack".
I was wondering when Bobby would get his hands dirty. Well, pour day is no body’s business. He led the crew, kept things rollin’, and managed to stay relatively clean…..not sure about that part but its true. Amazing performance from all participants. Biggest mold pour I’ve ever witnessed. NICE JOB!!!
Mike Schultz....driver and maneuvering king of the flying concrete.
Starting with the stem walls and partial on the footings, the crew made their way around the entire perimeter, vibrating as they went. Activator accelerated the concrete so within what seemed like a short time the crew was able to walk over what they’d poured. This also meant they had to keep moving from the start of the pour at 7am to past 1pm. Here are a few more action shots of them making their way.
Cowboys of Concrete
Can you believe the size of that concrete pump/crane?
So the foundation you see being poured here took 12 designated trucks with apx 40 loades. 8-9 yards per load. Yikes! Now that will prevent uplift. Right Andy? (the engineer!) Here is a simple image of the anchor bolt and foundation plan. Hard to contemplate that a drawing could equal something so massive.
Foundation overhead plan, drawn by Andy Stember.
Footing details. MASSIVE, and don't forget about the cranes.
So this on paper yielded this finished product. As you can see them polishing and cleaning up the slab only a few hours after the pour. Long day for these fellows. Good thing they were receptive to pizza and energy drinks.
Polishers! Both named James. Weird!
Check out that beauty! The cake base layer is complete!
While all this craziness was going on, Tim and Daniel were also working to deal with the excess concrete at the end of the pour. Here you can see Jarred digging our sculpture pads out earlier in the day. Then Daniel and Tim did a most lovely job in placing our rebar grids, and then setting perfect framing for when we bring in our next truck load of concrete to finish things off. These pads will hold a variety of med to large scale sculpture that will create the sculpture garden in front of the studio and along the main road. Not to mention viewable from the Hood River Railroad. Work it!
I've been here the whole time, "directing" I swear!
The levelers, Tim and Daniel, keeping things on task. Thank you.
So what else to end with except that its not over yet. To date, we have a slab, the building arrives Nov 30, when the saga will then continue. Until then see Daniel and the slab and a most mysterious picture of the mountain and luminous sky of the area. Just outstanding!
Daniel in a Daze.
View of the East Hills from the site.
This was taken right before the pour began as the sun made its way into the sky. Thank you for shining when we needed you most.
Check back for more, this week the steel starts to hit the sky. I will also start posts on some of the present art jobs that are going are in progress.
