Construction Update

December 2007

November 29, 2007 Area D in the foreground left, looking northwest towards Area C: Metal deck can be seen placed on top of structural steel and the columns and framing for the second floor is underway. Also note the concrete stair towers projecting up vertically as they are complete and ready for steel to frame up to them.

November 28, 2007 Area “D” looking west: The large auditorium is seen here, the first floor has all its metal deck in place and will be the first area to receive its concrete topping slab in the next week. Above the curved second floor steel gives form to the upper balcony of the auditorium. Above the auditorium, third floor offices take shape as the framing nears completion.

Happy holidays from the Farmer School of Business job site! A great deal of progress has occurred since our last report.

Structural steel in the southeast corner (Area D) is up to the third floor and steel erection in the northeast and center (Area C) of the building are underway. Immediately following the erection, fabricators are placing metal deck and we are preparing to pour our first series of slab on metal deck pours for the first through third floors. In the basement below, concrete slab on grade pours are now past the midpoint of the building and are working their way counter clockwise toward the southwest corner of the building as we try to keep ahead of the hard charging iron workers! Also below in the basement, mechanical contractors are placing hangers for piping from the new steel and are laying out for all the systems to support the building. As an example, air handling units 1&2 serving Area D were placed in the basement this week. In the weeks to come, foundations will be backfilled, the light gauge structural steel (metal stud) crew will begin infill framing of exterior walls, and fire proofing of the steel in place will occur.

For more information about the Farmer School's future home, email us or call (513) 529-4221.

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