construction photos for you viewing pleasure...
Spring 2006
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Rainier Vista, Seattle, Washington October 2007
Rock pile foundation supports going into the ground.
Construction just beginning October 2007.
The very first concrete wall panel comes out of the casting bed at Bethlehem's yard east of the mountains. You can see the blue rigid insulation at the edge of the panel.
The first insulated concrete Gymnasium panels still in the forms in Cashmere, Washington.
Green plastic vapor barrier under the Gymnasium floor.
re-bar for the Gym floor slab
The big truss parts for the Gymnasium.
The steel trusses and joists that will be visible in the ceilings of
the Club came from this CanAm fabrication plant in the Yakima Valley, WA.
Concrete wall panels are delivered one per truck.
The first four Gym wall panels went up the first day.
Steel diagonal braces hold the concrete panels in place until the roof deck is in place.
Note the big red oak tree behind the concrete wall panels. The street will become a boulevard and will split around it.
An early morning start.
The second day of installing concrete Gym wall panels.
Crane work at first light.
A crane in the Gym.
This is the B&G Club end of the Gymnasium box. The little window will be in the Staff Office on the second floor of the Club.
Connecting the wall panels to the foundation.
The biggest precast concrete spandrel panel gets a lift up into place.
The Multi-Purpose Room concrete floor slab gets a blanket to keep it warm for the first night.
Final touches to the concrete wall panels.
Even though the structure is all steel and concrete, there is still some old fashioned carpentry involved in building the form work.
The roof deck is perforated to absorb sound... and it looks interesting during construction.
You are looking at the Teen Center entry to the Gym from the Games Room.
The intersection of MLK Jr. Way S.and S. Oregon. Note the new Seattle Light Rail tracks that have just been installed. The station is just a block away.
The first image of the Teen Center entry taking shape.
This will be the Boys & Girls Club entry.
Standing in the future parking lot.
A bit more floor slab left to pour in the Gym.
The Gymnasium concrete wall panels prior to sandblasting.
This is the last time you will ever see a pile of dirt in the B&G Club gym.
Grinding of welded concrete panel connections. Sparks flying.
This will be the stairway to the B&G Club Learning Center.
Construction trailer city.
Getting ready to pour the last of the Gym floor slab.
The second floor prior to concrete floor and metal roof deck going in.
See the old red oak beyond?
Welding on the second floor deck in the Teen Center Classrooms.
Looking South.
Looking North into the Courtyard.
The second floor concrete deck is poured. These diagonal braces will be visible behind translucent fiberglass panels in the finished Club.
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There will be views down into the Gym from the Art Studio.
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Roof deck looking South.
Roof deck looking North.
Sand blasting the double Gymnasium.
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Roof work is messy work.
The big steel frames stacked up in the future parking lot are for the exterior canopies.
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Gym roof in progress.
Rain drops in the cold hot tar bucket.
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The site of the future ball field.
The site of the future parking lot.
Emptying the recycle bins.
Big oak viewed from roof deck.
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This will be the entry to the Boys & Girls Club.
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South facade, the B&G Club end.
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Youth In Focus visits to document construction progress. Y.I.F. pairs students with volunteer professional photographer mentors.
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