Day 1

Well, the day we have all been waiting for has arrived (along with 2 dump trucks and a track hoe). Since the construction is starting over the summer, I thought it would be a good idea to track the progress of the project with this blog and some pics to give everyone an idea of what is happening. My words and photos will not be an adequate substitute for the real thing so I encourage everyone to come out to the school to see the progress for themselves.

Larry Plett, who is managing the project for us, had told me that the excavation would start today so I arrived prepared with my camera. Let me rephrase that... I arrived with Gwen's camera (and I am sure she is just as amazed as I was that I touched the camera all by myself). I apologize if the pictures are not the best but hopefully they will give you some idea of what is happening "on the ground".

As for my commitment to this blog, I will try to update it every few days or so and add pictures when I can. Please feel free to make comments if you are interested in a specific aspect of the construction and I will do my best to respond. If I do not have an answer for you, I will ask Larry (because he knows what he is talking about).

Check out these pics!

Excavation on the site, including the extension of the emergency access road behind the school, should be complete in 3 days. Here the track hoe is loading the top soil into a dump truck. The soil is being piled neatly behind the SCS hockey rink.

The size and layout of the expansion will overlap the SE corner of the basketball pad so the cement has to be cut and removed.

Although the drilling and pouring of cement pilings for the foundation are not scheduled until July 8th, the rebar cages used for the pilings were being wired by hand today.

The end of day 1!