Well, we’ve lucked out in the dry weather department! The concrete for the third floor was poured yesterday and the second floor was poured today. The picture on top shows the cement mixers sending the concrete through high powered hoses to the third floor. The next picture shows the workers laying out and smoothing the cement. The ground floor will take a little bit more time as more underground work needs to be done before the concrete is poured on.

Today I was given my first grand tour of the interior of the site by JRC President Alan Saposnik and construction supervisor Marc Bonnivier (that’s Marc on the left and me on right, below, standing against the west wall of the third floor sanctuary.)

Alan and I both agreed that the third floor sanctuary is already a sacred space. It felt like we were perched on a mountaintop, with a sublime quality of natural light suffused throughout. It was so powerful to contemplate the countless sacred memories that will soon be created in this makom kadosh – this holy place.