CNSTRCTN, VOL. VII , #2 How to Build Support

Memories, like birds, fleeting--one must grasp and hold with heart's hands.

Yes, support is needed for the load bearing of the outside wall of the library.  Blogger was forced to do some thinking about this before the fog cleared.  To wit...
recall the step poured in chapel that was so puzzling.  This past week the workmen began bolting a number of poles onto that step.  As of today, there are about a dozen such poles all the way across the span.  Somehow, the supporting beam will be placed atop these poles and fixed in place (with much welding, no doubt).  At the point that all that is accomplished, the poles will be removed and also the step.  Amazing!  Must more be done inside that space (chapel) before they move to the next big step?  We shall see.









Looking outside of the chapel windows, one can see the concrete blocks getting ready for the first installment of a wall--what one may think will be the next big step.  We'll see which wall will go up first since three walls must be erected as compared with the two walls in the CLC.  While each area of construction presents its own challenges, blogger thinks the chapel extension will win the contest.

The week has been full, probably much fuller than these photos show.  Today, Friday, with the students gone, the men were sledge hammering down a wall in the old lavatory.  Blogger was afraid to go in since the men (or man) wasn't expecting an observer (and it may not have been all that safe for this "lay" person).  Maybe the coming week will yield a few photos of that activity.

Have a good week, and rest up for the next installment of CNSTRCTN.























Meanwhile, up in the library, things have moved quickly as the schedule for work up there has been moved up.  Mrs. Benkert mobilized her team of willing helpers and a huge amount of work has been accomplished by the time of this posting.  Mrs. B. can be seen on the left in the first shot.

  

The west wall of the room and the south wall are now lined with the boxes that mercifully became available as the the fruit sale fruit was picked up.  Praise the Lord and pass the empty box!