Week 18 - A Sense of Scale

It's amazing how a person's sense of scale can change over time.

As you can see in our photo album, the first floor continues to evolve. Having had the floor joists, ceiling trusses, and support beams installed, this week the floor was added. As a result, the space seems a bit smaller than it did before.

Strangely, the opposite is true of the parish hall, which this week had its floor leveled and initial ceiling structure installed. If anything, the hall seems LARGER than before.

Also looming larger this week is the parking lot in front of the church, which continues to be cleared of debris from the high school demolition. This week, the powerhouse was removed following the successful rerouting of the water feed to the grade school.

The challenge now is to begin buttoning up the site work in time for the start of school in a few weeks. Crews are currently preparing the drainage tile for the parking lot, which must be completed before the site can be re-leveled and compacted.

The farther we advance in this project, the more I am amazed at the rate at which things are progressing. Our plans are big, but the construction timeframe is small -- and the team is up to the job!