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Progress Report on the North Addition

Bob Ryley and Sam Daniel continue their progress report with the north addition of the governor's mansion.

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" Well Ryley here we are over at the north addition and what we're doing now on this part of the work -- where constructing DC and use enclosure for the north efficiency and -- stands for concrete masonry and hang out. And for the kind of home -- handicapped. Taliban right handicap ailment elevators in this this is the service entrance for the facility. And it also have a handicapped restroom on the next floor you know and after -- And an elegant this -- that is I'm not going to name is what we have here is laying voted copper flashing is tied into the sea and the and any goes down and it would turn out under. A brick that's in the break in the air and in the -- and it is where the water that might in the wall would rip out walls and you'll you'll see this and then you you'll see that in the end product in the whole purpose of this is to channel any water that might get inside the wall. Outlaw OK so -- presume you've got arrangement -- it adds that -- yes there's -- school system. Footing drains underneath. And in fact you can you can see -- little bit of what is going to be time into right back here we've we've -- started digging toward the putting -- for the main building. And you're actually going to have to drain and they wanted to footing -- at the elevation of the flooding the other is a higher drain where we're hyping up the roof train system that'll take all of the water away from the building foundation -- none we'll get inside the built in editor and there splattered paint. That's correct right right OK now. These asked if these white things. Ground tell us what -- This is insulation and it comes already installed in the in the block so that you don't -- have to have a separate operation to put it and you see some of these pieces lane around and that is because part of the reinforcing system requires. At the block -- over a piece of vertical rebar and and that -- BC news built with a pea gravel concrete for stability of the wall. This is another feature and the stability of the wall we had every two courses as you can see here this horizontal reinforcing. This comes at an eight foot -- and so it will span a long distance ride and after you put this in the wall we've been combat installed brick in the air and in doing so you political. Times over this. And and that -- is that the brick veneer -- and you together. They'll stay there for now on -- they would like it when it came in here it's it. That's got wire ties holding that staging. Into the Wallace wealth of the work is happening when their constant conflict don't have to worry about staging. On that yes that's correct we believe in operating stateside in scaffold safety is one many features in fact we couldn't even beyond here right now brick masons -- lunch break is something might fall on us now. But we an attack or let's say what's in here okay. Protestants quite well you created -- Sam yeah this is the elevator bet what we have here is safe. Basement mounted fraction machine. And the reason for this."

" type of elevator in this building is that most elevators require a lot. Over the top floor hands -- okay and because the historic nature of the building and the established lines the roof lines with the other side we could not handle that construction on pot so -- we had to have all of the equipment and the traction and equipment underneath the elevator that's that's that is all about. The actual equipment that will hold the elevator. Is is going to be mounted on this large block of concrete. And you see these anchor bolts here that's where the the unit will be attached. Iran you know I think I have the where it's coming back from months of and we begin adding and it's about time for them to come back -- I'm -- they want to go to work."

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