Snapshots from the Stages of Construction

Pictures are in reverse chronological order, most recent at the top. Click END to jump down to the earliest.

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October, 2014.

View along southwest side, from the East Building looking toward Calderon Avenue.

Picture by Lee Erman

From East Bldg towards Calderon

October, 2014.

Cabinetry partially installed in the kitchen of a “B” unit.

Picture by Lee Erman

Kitchen cabinetry, B rotated

September, 2014.

Southeast side of the main building. Center-left at ground level, doorways to the dining area of the common house. The exercise and media rooms are on the floor above it, and an open-air terrace on the third level.

Picture by Lee Erman

SE side Sept 2014

May, 2014.

Front of the main building, from Calderon Avenue. Insulation is in place, and siding has started (lower left).

Picture by David Burwen

Front from street May 2014

May, 2014.

The white pillars support the exterior walkways on the second and third floors.

Picture by David Burwen

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February 3, 2014.

YouTube video clip: Sheathing the roof with insulation that will lie beneath the final roof covering.

Video by Glenn Fisher

Sheathing roof (link to video)

February 3, 2014.

YouTube video clip: Insulated siding being installed on the main building.

Video by Glenn Fisher

Siding (link to video)

January 28, 2014.

View from southwest. On the main building, walls are up for all three floors. First of the trusses that will support the roof are visible at the right.

Picture by Paul Berry

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January 28, 2014.

YouTube video clip: Roof trust being hoisted into position above the third floor walls.

Video by Glenn Fisher

Roof truss hoisted

September 6, 2013.

YouTube Video Clip: Preparing reinforcement rods and wooden framing to receive concrete for the podium, which will become both the roof of the underground garage and the foundation underlying the main building.

Video by Mark Brunner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1M62tXdJmU&feature=youtu.be

July 26, 2013.

Steering the delivery tube as the wet concrete flows.

Picture by Glenn Fisher

Village

July 26, 2013.

YouTube video clip: Setting up to pour concrete for the garage floor.

Video by Glenn Fisher

Pouring concrete (link to video)

July 13, 2013.

The slope leading down into the as-yet-unpaved garage, as seen from Calderon Avenue.

Around the perimeter, you can see the wooden framing that will hold the concrete as it is poured to form the walls of the garage. In the background, some of the mounds of excavated soil are covered with plastic to protect them from blowing in the wind or turning to mud if it should rain.

Photo by David Burwen

Framing for the garage walls

July 13, 2013.

Another view of the framing for the walls of the underground garage.

In the center, you can see a few of the vertical cylinders that will become the columns that hold up the podium. The podium is the slab that will form the ceiling of the garage and the base on which the main building will rise.

Photo by Lee Erman

Another view of framing for the garage walls

May 15, 2013.

Laying out the ground to receive the foundation and the walls of the garage. The rebar provides reinforcement of the foundation that will support the walls and underlie the garage. At the intersections there will later be posts that support the building above the garage.

Photo by Glenn Fisher

House on blocks

March, 2013.

The old farmhouse, still in its original location.

In the foreground, logs from the redwood that was felled during clearing.

Photo by Paul Berry

House and logs

March, 2013.

Link to YouTube video clip showing a big machine at work clearing the land.

Video by Glenn Fisher

Tree-eating machine clearing land

March, 2013.

Clearing the land and preparing the farmhouse to be moved.

Before clearing started, grass had filled in the spaces between the remains of the dying walnut trees. This view is seen from the east, near Landels School; the old Bakotich farm house is faintly visible at the center, and one of the large machines used in clearing the land.

Photo by Glenn Fisher

At start of clearing