Wednesday, July 27, 2011

New Walls

Masonry workers have been busily working on the concrete block wall in the gazebo area side of the building.  Enough work is finished to provide us with a really good idea of how things are going to look . 

Before the outer concrete walls were being rebuilt, this was the inside of those classrooms.  The steel cables are mounted between the load-bearing walls and the floor to provide extra support and as a safety measure.  If you look in the ceiling over the center of the classroom area you can see the old skylights.  They will not be removed and will be covered up by the new roof/ceiling. 

A view from inside the classroom area as they began the process of building the concrete block wall. 

This is the outer wall in the gazebo area.  This is approximately 2 days worth of work.   


Same wall viewed from the opposite end. 


Masonry workers nearing the top of the wall. 


Voila', this step of rebuilding the wall is complete.  In three classrooms there are now six windows instead of thirty.  Just think of the savings on our energy bill.