January 2011

January seemed to scream by. Though the crew worked through it all, a few snow storms seemed to slow things down a bit. The limiting factor was the road conditions and difficulties getting materials and supplies to the site, otherwise these guys would have gone full speed through the worst of it.

As you will see through the month of January the Consigli crew is going through the routine of what they call FRP (Form/Rebar/Pour) or "Frepping" the concrete walls, section by section. Makes it look easy, but its not. Its interesting to see the amount of detail they are putting into it.

01-04-2011

01-06-2011

On super cold days the walls get wrapped so warm air can be blown around the concrete as it cures

01-11-2011

01-14-2011

Footings are being poured as the walls continue to extend towards the river

01-18-2011

The first signs of waterproofing are now being seen. This bituthene material will ensure that our basements stay dry during the wettest of times.

01-31-2011

Unlike the building, the septic leach field is a little more susceptible to the elements. With the large amount of fill material going into the field, Cooker can only place a small layer before they have to pack it down. This way they can get a consistent compaction through the entire field. The heavy snow days we have experienced in January, had delayed some filling. The snow which piles on top needs to be removed, otherwise it interferes with the compaction and the fill will become stratified, adversely affects the flow rate of water passing through it.

01-14-2011

01-06-2011

01-11-2011

The infiltration systems are on site waiting for a good break in the weather to allow them to be set in place
01-14-2011

01-18-2011

01-31-2011

January saw the final finishing of our electrical power. This month they strung lines along the poles and dropped them underground. A new transformer was put into place and the power was connected. We are now officially on the grid. Now all I need is a place to plug in this computer.

01-04-2011

01-06-2011

01-12-2011

01-31-2011

I expect by the next time I post, they will have the foundation walls completely frepped, waterproofed, and backfilled.

December 2010

Happy New Year All!
December had brought quite a bit of progress. Up to this point we have already completed the water lines, most of the roads, and basic site development. This month we continue with the BCBB building, and almost completed bringing permanent electrical power to the site. We also started to develop the septic leach field. This leach field requires 7,000 cubic yards of material, so hopefully the people of East Boothbay will forgive the increased truck traffic, but I promise we will make this part go quick, you might not even notice.

12/15/2010
Creating access to the leach field

12-16-2010
The first trucks start delivering fill material

12-20-2010

12-30-2010

Underground electrical lines were installed by Don's Electric Company of Monmouth, Maine. The overhead lines are being brought up from Green Landing road by Central Maine Power and drop down at the top of the service road. From that point on, its all underground.

12-04-2010
Crooker placed all the concrete boxes in preparation for the conduits.

12-06-2010
Snow doesn't slow down Don's crew

12-17-2010
Final conduits are in place, ready to be buried and lines to be pulled

12-14-2010

12-15-2010
CMP installing the drop poles

12-16-2010
Drop poles installed and await cross beams and final power lines.

12-20-2010
Conduits as the enter the BCBB building

12-21-2010
CMP installing cross beams and drop lines

The BCBB Building is coming along smoothly. This winters weather has been decent enough to allow concrete to be poured as planned. I have tried to give you a good series of images from two angles to be able to show the progress of the building. Soon I am going to need to find a new location to best represent the progress.

12/02/2010

12/07/2010

12/14/2010

12/15/2010

12/16/2010

12/20/2010

12/21/2010
Today started the first concrete pouring of our foundation walls

12/30/2010
By the end of December some of the walls are starting to be exposed, now we get our first look at the base structure. These walls that are being poured will be backfilled with earth and will not be visible from the outside once the building is completed.