Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Sprinkler Feed in - Open House

Tacoma Water finished their part of the connection of the fire suppression sprinkler system to the City water main running down Carr St. on Thursday,5/24. 

5/22/12 - Sprinkler tap to City water main - tap made on live main!

5/22/12 - Trench across Carr St. from water main to vault
On Friday 5/25 the concrete topping slab was poured on the 2nd floor of the Program Center.
5/29/12 - Concrete topping slab looking from 2nd floor classroom through Boardroom to Commencement Bay
Preparations are complete for an Open House of the Tacoma Program Center on Thursday evening 5/31 from 4 - 8 pm to allow Mountaineers, neighbors and members of the community get a preview of our great facility!  Please come - hope to see you there!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Window Sills, Sprinkler Feed

Another reclaimed element from the original Clubhouse are the concrete block caps/window sills.  My understanding is that these sills are "period" architectural elements and not made in this style any longer.  The original sills were reclaimed and cleaned up through many work-party hours headed up by Tom Shimko (aka The Nutty Professor), and they were installed this week - I think you'll agree that they're quite attractive!
5/17/12 - Reclaimed CMU caps/window sills reinstalled
In addition, a trench was dug and pipe laid for the water feed for the fire suppression sprinkler system this week.  Tacoma Water is scheduled to connect the water line to the City main next week.
5/17/12 - Trench for Fire suppression sprinkler water line

Friday, May 11, 2012

Exterior shaping up!

By the end of the week of 5/7/12, most of the windows were installed as well as some of the cedar siding.
5/11/12 - Second floor windows installed along with some cedar siding
The cedar siding is reclaimed and has a very interesting history.  The tongue-in-groove siding was milled by Resource Woodworks of Tacoma from old cedar that was reclaimed from its original use as log booms on Lake Union.
1911 photo of floated logs on Lake Union contained by log booms. (Photo - Seattle Municipal Archives)
When the ship canal was built and the Ballard Locks erected, the log booms were placed alongside the locks as part of the retaining structure.  Resource Woodworks, which specializes in sourcing and re-milling salvage lumber, obtained the 100-year-old log booms and has been allocating it to projects where such reclamation is important - such as ours!  The wood is full of character and is beautiful - there is an amount that contains wormholes (worms long gone!) that we hope to use in the Boardroom.
5/11/12 - Second floor bank of windows and reclaimed T&G cedar siding

Monday, May 7, 2012

Time for Windows!

With the roof completed and the structure dried-in, the framers' attentions shifted to completing the interior.  By the end of the week of 4/30/12 the framing was nearly complete and Stan estimates that the framers will be done by mid-week of the week of 5/7/12.
5/4/12 - Interior framing progresses
All windows were delivered by the end of the week of 4/30/12, and Stan & crew were pondering the best way to insert the heavy, somewhat fragile fenestration in the confined area that is the work site!  The first window was installed by mid-day 5/7/12.

5/7/12 - First window in!