As we enter the home stretch of our construction project, the changes in our building are becoming less dramatic than from earlier this summer (Sadly, drywall taping and sanding is just not a very photogenic event…) Still, above and below you can see some nice pix of the exterior. Above shows the wood beginning on [...]
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JRC Construction Diary #24
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Religion on October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
JRC Construction Diary #23
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Religion on September 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Work has sped up on the project and we currently have twenty to thirty workers per day on the site performing various tasks. The top pic shows the third floor sanctuary - note the Jerusalem stone tile which has now has been installed on either side of the bimah. The drywall installation is nearly [...]
JRC Construction Diary #22
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Religion on September 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Jerusalem stone has now been completely installed. The work this past week has now shifted to the main stairway on the south side of the building. The above pic shows the main stair risers that were installed last week. The stair pans (into which precast concrete will be placed) will be welded in place [...]
JRC Construction Diary #21
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Religion on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
While we were away in Israel these past two weeks, there was some nice progress on the building, though I am told the exterior work went somewhat more slowly because of some recent heavy rains. The pix above and below show the extensive work on the Jerusalem stone wall that runs along the south [...]
JRC Construction Diary #20
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, JRC Construction Diaries, Judaism, Religion on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There has been some exciting progress on the building, so here’s one more post on the construction before we head off to Israel tomorrow…
The reclaimed cypress siding has started to go up on the exterior walls (see the second and third pix down). The siding will eventually get two coats of clear sealer which will [...]
JRC Construction Diary #19
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, JRC Construction Diaries, Judaism, Religion on July 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
There has been a fair amount of progress on our building over the last two weeks. All of the windows have been now been installed: the pic above shows the window framing for the east wall of the third floor sanctuary and the shot below shows the east window of the first floor chapel. [...]
JRC Construction Diary #18
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Judaism, Religion on June 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our first shipment of cypress wood has arrived at the construction site - about half of the material that will serve as our exterior siding. The cypress is 100% reclaimed wood from barns in upstate New York (actually “mushroom houses,” to be completely specific.) After treating the wood with a clear sealer, they [...]
JRC Construction Diary #17
Posted in Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Judaism, Religion on June 14, 2007 | No Comments »
The exterior of the building continues to take shape. I’ve juxtaposed the computerized rendering (top) with an actual exterior taken yesterday (next down) to give you a comparison of the virtual with the actual. Below, is a pic of the duct work and electric conduit, now installed in the first floor offices. The second pic [...]
JRC Construction Diary #16
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Judaism on June 3, 2007 | No Comments »
The workers have begun the process of putting plywood on the exterior of the building, which will be the first layer of its “outer skin.” The second pic from the bottom shows the installation of the rear stairs, which began Friday and will continue into next week.
As for our neighbors foliage (see last diary entry): [...]
JRC Construction Diary #15
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Green Buildings, JRC Construction Diaries, Judaism, Religion on May 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Oh no! During a recent windstorm our neighbor’s tree was partially blown down, somewhat compromising the great leafy view from our sanctuary’s east window. We’re hoping against hope that the rest of the tree won’t have to be cut down. In the meantime (as the pic below indicates) there’s still plenty of green to be seen [...]
