Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum
March 19th, 2008 8:59 pm
As we began the first week of March General Contractor Gray Purcell, plumbing contractor Portland Mechanical and Oniell Electric completed installation of rebar, fire stops, drains and conduit in preparation for the final concrete pours that will complete the 2nd floor concrete slab.
On Thursday March 6th Masons from Anchor Concrete placed 60 cubic yards of concrete to complete the 12″thick 2nd floor courtyard deck.
On Saturday March 8th Anchor Concrete joined Gray Purcell and 25 men placed 187 cubic yards of concrete to complete the 2nd floor slab. It was a big job on a Saturday with good weather so superintendent Ed Stanton asked Harry from Northwest Hot Dogs to stop by and serve up his legendary pulled pork and dogs for the crew. Harry brought along his friend and local musician Charles AKA “Chocklate Chuck” who rounded out a great day with music on Mississippi.
During the 2nd week of March Gray Purcell installed rebar and placed forms for 2nd floor walls, Oniell electric installed conduit and electrical boxes. On FridayGray Purcell poured 51 cubic yards of concrete to complete the walls on gridlines 5 and 4.
As this post goes out, rebar, conduit and electrical are being installed and forms are being placed to pour walls on gridlines 3 and 2 at noon tomorrow. Heavy timber structural beams are continuing to be installed on gridlines 6-10.
Interior finish materials began to arrive this week. We received TOTO bathtubs for 2nd floor lofts and steel grating for the bike area in the main lobby.
The big news in this post is that Mississippi Avenue Lofts has been selected to partner with the Sierra Club as a local business that has demonstrated the type of innovation that will help us solve our climate crisis and move us toward a clean energy future. As part of a national campaign to raise the profile of Climate Change, Mississippi Avenue Lofts will join the Sierra Club Portland and 3 other local innovators; the LEED Platinum Gerding Theatre, sustainable auto dealership EcoMotion and Solar Energy Solutions on Saturday April 19th to co-host “Shift to Green” a Bike tour of Portland’s Most Visionary Solutions to Global Warming.
