This picture collection is organized into several sections:
Click on any picture for the original, larger version.
| Eighth-Avenue View | ||
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Eighth Avenue: Looking along Eighth Avenue from west to east. |
Eighth Avenue: Another view along Eighth Avenue. | |
Eighth Avenue: The apron along Eighth Avenue, to the north of the construction, provides limited storage for supplies, such as these packs of 4" by 4" timbers for shoring. |
West Section, First Floor: Some 4" by 4" shoring is tucked in between the first and second floors. | |
First floor areas: The removal of shoring from underneath the second floor opens the first floor. Here, some 4' by 8' plywood sheets from the concrete forms have been stacked for later use. |
First floor areas: Another view between the first and second floors. | |
| Library Mezzanine Area | ||
Library Mezzanine: The library mezzanine is located about a half-floor above the second floor. The concrete forms include inserts for iron beams. |
Library Mezzanine: Another view of the library mezzanine. | |
| Western Section | ||
Western Section: Installation of third-floor shoring has begun in the western part of construction, adjacent to the existing science building. |
Western Section: Another view west toward the existing science building | |
Northwestern Entrance: At the northern end of the 1964 building, the corridor will extend into the new construction. Each new beam will connect with brackets attached to the wall. |
Northwestern Entrance: Two more brackets connect to beams on the western side of the corridor. | |
Northwestern Entrance: A closeup of a bracket on the eastern part of the old building. |
Northwestern Entrance: A closeup of a bracket on the western side of the corridor (see picture above) | |
Northwestern Entrance: Another closeup of the bracket/beam interface. | ||
| Central Section | ||
South-central Section: Second floor area, looking southwestern toward the existing science building. |
North-central Section: Looking north toward the Science Library Mezzanine, with the Campus Center in the background | |
| Eastern Section | ||
Southeastern Section: Forms provide the framework for beams and flooring throughout the eastern section. Further, a first layer of rebar is largely complete in the southern parts of the eastern section. Electrical conduit will come next, followed by a top layer of rebar for beams and mats. |
Southeastern Section: Another view of the southern part of the second floor beams, flooring, and rebar. | |
Southeastern Section: Conduit is being added along the flooring, on top of rebar mats. |
Southeastern Section: A second view of beams, rebar, and conduit. | |
Southeastern Section: A more distant view of the second floor, looking toward the south east and the existing science building. |
Southeastern Section: Another distant view, looking from the library mezzanine area toward the south east. | |
Northeastern Section: Rebar is being added to the beams; rebar mats are still needed in the floor areas. |
Northeastern Section: Looking east from the library mezzanine toward the eastern section; rebar mats seem largely in place in the floor sections. | |
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created 13 March 2006 last revised 15 March 2006 |
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| For more information, please contact me at (walker@cs.grinnell.edu) |