... well, thanks for setting me straight
BOB. No wonder it took me an hour a word to figure out what you had typed. I thought I was reading one of those new direction manuals you get now a days when you buy something. Glad to know it's something as simple as you being
iDog.
It's been business as usual here the past few weeks and if you visited the school for an event, Homecoming, conferences, etc. you got a first hand look at what's happening here.
I've posted several photos on this week's update. Starting from the most recent to the last, Over MEA we shut down the water and gas and made the final reconnections for the school year now. They also started to demo the lavatories across from the music area and they are suppose to be ready for the winter activities as will the new HS/MS office area.
You can now see the footings for the fieldhouse, which will give you an idea how much area our new addition covers. The new light poles for the parking lot will be installed mid-November and replace the tempory ones that Xcel installed on the west end of the lot.
Electrical conduit and roof beams and the replacement of the shop retention tank are among some other of the other construction items that are taking place. The roof for the new shop and receiving area will be installed the last week of October.
It's been a little cool in the High School because we have not been able to turn the boilers on yet. We'll be finishing up insulation, new vavles and make-up water tank in the next week, week and a half.
The new Alrenative Learning Center which is housed in the Community Center is just about completed. A little more paint and the hook-up of the computer system will be finished this week. The new sidewalk and steps were installed last week.
The photos you see of the holes in the tunnel underneath the old HS/MS offices are for footings that will hold columns for the new roof over the main entryway/lobby area of the auditorium.
Some of the hall ceilings have been removed to make way for the new domestic water lines, sprinkler system lines, computer lines, fire alarm lines and new suspended ceiling and lights. All ceilings throughout the building will get the same treatment.
The IMC at the Elementary was also remodeled this summer with new carpet, paint and bookshelves.
We are planning to replace the whole roof at the Elementary next summer and I've included some photos of the hail damage we received on the copper roofs this summer.
Our 10,000 gallon fuel oil tank was removed this summer and will be replaced with a 4,000 gallon tank. We will maintain duel fuel capacity for the building and there will also be a generator installed that will automatically switch over when needed to keep our building up and running for the regular day and/or an emergency situation that the community would need to facilatate the building.
It's been going well and I can't say enough about Met-Con Construction, their workers and different trades and especially
Ken Gergen, the project manager on site. Thanks !
iDave
