Framing installed - Walls and roof

Hello everyone,

This past week they started the framing process.  The 4 walls and the roof trusses have gone up.  The building is beginning to take shape now.  At this point the plan is to enclose the structure with the plywood, then have plumbing and electrical come in.  We will have a concrete slab put in once the plumbing and electrical are put in.

Here are the update photos:

Front entrance:

Southeast corner:

Northeast corner, facing the plaza across the street:

Inside:

So hopefully plumbing and electrical will get started tomorrow and Friday.  It's exciting to see this project taking shape!  It's also amazing to see how high the structure is, especially since it's sitting on a hill overlooking downtown Flushing.  More pics to follow next week.

NS

Foundation done, filled with dirt

Hello everyone,

So today the foundation is done and dirt has filled the brick up to the ground floor.  Today the framing work has started.  Within the next two weeks we will have the framing done and the roof covered hopefully.  Plumbing and electrical work will then start.  I will start posting more often when the work pace increases.

Here are pics from last night:

So you can see we are ready to build up from this point!  Stay tuned in the next two weeks as the framing and roof will go up.  - NS

Brickwork being done

Hello everyone,

This past week and probably for the next week, brickwork is being done.  Large bricks with the split-face look (rough, rock-like face).  It's been a cold, wet august, and this is slowing us down a little, but I'm happy that the brick-laying crew worked through the weekend, when the sun was out.  The pictures show the bricks are multi-colored, but that's not how we are going to leave them.  We will paint them to match the building color scheme.  Here are some pics:

Once the brickwork is done, we will start on the framing, so things should move pretty quickly after that.

NS