We're making progress!

The interior demolition work on the labs is complete and each room is just a hollow shell (see new photos!). Workers have begun hanging the grid for the ceiling tiles & lights. Roof removal is finally completed and they have begun installing new roof drains (which caused a slurry of "stuff" to rain down from the gym ceiling). This week our brand new windows will arrive and installation will begin as well. Things are really taking shape. According to our construction managers, we're still right on target for completion of the project by the beginning of September!  

P.S.  We're planning to celebrate completion of our Science & Technology corridor with a "thank you" celebration and ribbon-cutting on Thursday, October 6th. Mark you calendars & please plan to join us that evening.

Into Every Life A Little Rain Must Fall

We returned from the weekend to find we'd sprung a few leaks.  Friday's steady rainfall made its way through the protective covering on our roof--a not wholly unexpected development, given that the old roof has been removed and a new roof awaits installation of HVAC equipment & other paraphernalia. What was a surprise was the leaky plumbing in the ceiling of the 1st floor.  It surprised the plumber, too!  But we've cleaned up the mess, the water has been turned off throughout the building, and work on the labs continues.

From the pounding and scraping going on over my head, I'd say that internal demolition work is under way in Room 200.  Sr. Laura's office is no more. She's managed to clean out 20 years of accumulated "stuff" in anticipation of her move to Good Counsel!  And Margaret Damo's office has relocated to Room 12 in the mansion, all to accommodate a larger Room 200 which will be a Biology & Earth Science lab.

And so it goes...

Putting on the Roof

Work continues on the roof replacement.  Today we arrived to find the school's main entrance roped off by yellow tape as workmen toiled to remove the old roof two stories above our front doors.  Much pounding goes on above our heads...but progress is being made.  More ceiling tiles will be removed in 1st floor offices and classrooms to expose the lab plumbing from below.  We just work around these interruptions as best we can, getting ready for the coming school year.

Pictures of progress

Pictures of the progress we are making...

Roof removal commences...Out with the Old!