The Jamestown Sun had a nice article today on the building boom in Jamestown. Click on the article’s link below to check it out. We thought Reporter Keith Norman did a nice job on the article.
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Ready for structural steel . . .
Backfill of soils and gravel is complete on our new shop/office building site. The weather has been great for work, dry and relatively warm. We can only hope for warm and dry weather when the structural steel and components show up in late December.
The challenge of winter construction is dealing with the cold for both man and machine. We’re hopeful to persevere and erect the building in the month of January. Prayers for warmer than average temps would be appreciated!
Below are a few photos taken in these past few days.
Stripping Wall Forms
Foamboard is applied on the interior foundation walls. There will be foamboard under the concrete floor as well. All for insulation purposes.
Backfill of floor has been completed. We’re ready for the concrete floor and the metal building, which won’t arrive until mid-late December.
New office/shop building for Nill Construction, Inc. . . .
It has taken awhile. Today the foundation wall was poured & anchor bolts set for our new building. Location is 2602 3rd Ave SW in the Jamestown Business Park. Steel for the building is 8-wks out, which translates into cold weather work, unless some warm weather phenomena shows up. Check out the pics of this project start, as well as the rendering/drawing of the project’s proposed finished appearance.
Excavation of footings.
Footings being formed.
Pouring of footings.
Foundation Walls Formed.
Pouring of Foundation Walls.
A rendering of what the office/shop building will eventually look like with a few changes here and there.
Sept. 10, 2014 Avoidable Frustrations . . .
Interspersed among new construction & renovation projects, we also perform a variety of building repairs – drywall repairs, window replacements, water leaks, structural repairs, siding repairs, etc. Every so often we find an opportunity to work all of these repairs/corrections into one building. Frustrating as it is for me to see a wood basement with all of these issues, imagine the unlucky homeowner who gets saddled with these problems thru no fault of their own, other than purchasing a 10-year old home with faults that are now coming to light. Every one of these emerging problems could have been prevented with forethought by the builder. Basements set 7 plus feet into ground incur lateral loading from the soils that surround them. If those soils are dense & poor draining types, like clay, they retain water from rains & snow melt. This combination of heavy soil & water can create great lateral pressure, as water tends to seek voids, (think of an empty glass being submerged into water). This water will find its way thru a basement wall if there is no barrier to stop it and if the interior of the basement features painted drywall, carpet & wood millwork – yeah, not good.
Preventive Measures:
Positive Water Drainage AWAY from the Building
Loose Soils for Backfill (Gravel)
Adequate Water Barriers on Exterior Walls
Basement Bury Depths less than 7-ft if possible.
In a nutshell, when you hire a contractor, hire competence.
Some Final Pics of the Erickson Home – Completion May 2013
The Erickson Home Basement is poured . . .
11.02.2012 Today the basement for the Erickson Home was poured. As you can see the weather has changed dramatically. It snowed. There’s nothing quite like pouring concrete when it’s cold and snowing.
Nill Construction, Inc. 