Pouring the Concrete

In mid-November, work began on the concrete floor for the new building. This process was delayed several times because the weather was too cold for the concrete to set properly.  Here is a picture of the old west side entrance, with the doors removed. You can see how uneven the ground was before the concrete got poured.

Once the ground was leveled out, the prep work began. The concrete was poured on top of the yellow plastic and metal mesh. The box you see in the middle of the following picture is the support for an eventual roof beam.

The concrete got poured through a huge crane arm. If you look closely, you can see the concrete coming out of the bottom of the spout. The construction workers directed the mouth of the arm to the sections of the floor where they needed the concrete to go.


This is a great picture that shows the concrete coming out of the crane arm. It also shows how they smoothed the concrete.

Here the construction workers are smoothing out the floor:

And, voila! The finished floor for the new building! This photo is looking east onto the old west side of the building.