We are still hoping to “open our doors” by the end of the year, and to do so we really need two things to happen: The delivery of doors A timely commissioning of our two consoles Early Monday morning, and right on schedule, a truck pulled up to the site …
Week 143 (Rope Lights)
This week was mostly progress on smaller things, which is sometimes needed so that bigger things can get done. With our spiffy new cloud in the Music Room, we put up the finishing touch of some LED rope lights: That’s just after they were installed by the electrician, but just …
Week 142 (Music Room Cloud)
At long last the acoustic cloud in the Music Room has been completed! With 60 panels totaling very nearly 900 sq ft (nearly 1800 sq ft of active acoustic performance since both sides are used), it is a thing of beauty to behold: But if you look more deeply, many …
Week 141 (Music Room Cloud, Part 2)
This past week we passed a critical ceiling/electrical inspection, enabling us to connect power to our Music Room Cloud: It’s always good to test that the lights work in daylight so that if there’s a problem, there’s enough light to fix it. But the real test–the test that tells you …
Week 140 (Annex Soffit Framing)
In the Annex Control Room the carpenters have cut and installed the subfascia for the rear soffit. Here you can see one of them putting up the decking on top: And here are a variety of perspectives to try to show what this curvature really looks like:
Week 139 (Music Room Cloud, Part 1)
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I’m feeling a bit lazy, so I will start off with some photos showing approximately 20% of the Music Room cloud, the Southwestern section: The same, from a slightly different perspective: And if those two don’t do it, perhaps this …
Week 138 (Annex Ceiling Framing)
Last week the first details of a new plan for the Lounge ceiling began to emerge. This week the plan is plainly visible: While the framing looks asymmetric, the result will be perfect axial symmetry. It is even more dramatic at the other end of the room:
Week 137 (Trough Drain, Part 3)
The work this past week fit into the category “more of the same”, with three new concrete pours connecting with the trough drain. Here’s where we stand right now: And here’s another perspective:
Week 136 (Trough Drain, Part 2)
The trough drain and the Patio diamonds started to become one this week: The patio diamonds on the right are hard up against the drain’s right hand side, and the masons are preparing the rebar for the pour on Monday that will establish the patio to the left of the …
Week 135 (Trough Drain, Part 1)
“Water cannot be controlled, but it can be trained” We start this week with some of the wisdom given to me by our construction foreman. Thankfully, I have never experienced the devastating impact of a flood first-hand, but I have seen the consequences of ignoring the cumulative impact that water …