Gather all ye faithful

It’s been a grind, getting the roof ready for concrete. Actually four roofs. And parapet walls suspended in mid air. Did I mention the high point of the roof is 44 feet above the ground?

The engineer swears he did all possible to simplify the design. All I know is the design calls for everything to be done before everything else. We had a site visit with the engineer. We had a site visit with the manager of the concrete supplier. We had a site visit from the pump truck managers. All these site visits so that Murphy does not pay a visit.

Thursday is pour day. 74 yards. That means we are dumping almost 300,000 pounds onto foam forms held up by scabbed together 4x4s. That’s 150 tons of wet mud.

So, gather all ye faithful and think positive thoughts for my crew.