There has been much actvity over the last 3 days since the last post. Framing continues as well as rough electrical, HVAC ventilation, and finalizing the floor in the screening room. Work also started today on preping the parking lot and cleaning up the site.

The entry into Operations… Bobbi’s domain.

Loading up concrete for the last step in the screening room.

Steel studs all in a row.

The parking lot gets graded.

Curved steps in the screening room.

1000 amps of electrical service will be in these 4 panels. It goes to 11.

The graphic design suites.

The window from the green room into the studio.

Pouring the concrete for the top step in the screening room.

Work continues on the interior framing, HVAC ventilation, plumbling and electrical rough-ins. The floor in the screening room was also poured today with the steops to go in tomorrow. The roof is still not fully dried in but will hopefully be completed by the end of this week.

Plumbers glue PVC fittings.

The escape hatch!

Walls in post-production begin to take shape.

Framers us specialized lifts to reach high places.

The studio is now framed in.

This is a few of the post-production wing with screening room visible to the left.

HVAC ventilation installs continue.

A framer cuts steel studs.

Interior walls have started framing and HVAC ventilation continues. With luck and clear weather the roof should be completely dried in tomorrow.

Walls go up in the studio and surrounding areas in the production wing.

Framer screws steel studs together.

The production wind viewed from the post-production wing.

The hall leading to graphics and sound design.

Ventilation components awaiting installation.

The center slab poured and being smoothed out.

Steel and forms prior to pour of the center slab.

Joint in the wall panels being insulated and caulked.

Clark Fivek standing in the soon-to-be-poured screening room.

The poured screening room.

Duct work installation continues.

Progress continues with a finished roof in terms of structure. The post-production wing’s roof is dried in with the remainder of the roof to be dried in by the end of the week.

The biggest news is the screening room has been excavated and formed with phase one pour on the center slab scheduled for Friday. Other work in progress includes ventilation installation and rough outs on the plumbing and electrical.

Gary and Sonny oversee the Bentonite water proof barrier installation in the screening room.

Ventilation installation is under way in the post-production wing.

Air handlers are on site and being preped by the electrcial sub.

Roofers are hard at work drying the roof in.

Rough plumbing is finished.

Workers lay the Bentonite waterproofing underlayment in the screening room.

The finished screening room viewed from the front door.

HVAC subs install the ventilation duct work.

The roof of the common and production areas is now finished.

Sonny and Gary discuss logistics.

Here are a few aerial photographs of the new facility.

Pourbacks on the production and post-production wings are finished. Work continues on the roof deck and is a bit behind schedule. The center slab is slatted for pour the middle of next week and form outs for the theater start this weekend.

Forms for the center slab.

conduit for the 1000 amps of power from the street.

Ironworker cuts roof decking.

Gary and Sonny contemplate the schedule.

The view from the main entrance.

Sparks fly as roof decks are fit into place.

Work continued today on finishing the roof deck and making final preparations for the slab pour back. Later this week work will begin on digging and forming the screening room’s recessed floor and preparing for the third and final slab pour in the central area of the building.

Also met Gary Bush who will be project superintendent for the remainder of the construction.

Safety cans working together.

The roof deck is complete over most of the post-production wing.

Another view from the post-production wing.

Steel columns are bolted and secured to the foundation.

Welds are placed at every juncture of steel.

Steel supports are welded to steel plates in the concrete wall panels.

Rebar is in place waiting for the slab pour-back starting tomorrow.