Introducing Alex and the Project To Date

Good Day!

To those who do not know me, I am Alex Dahlgren, the design/builder that has been working with MCHS for the past two years on the development of the school project. I have been invited to participate in the MCHS blog so that it may be easier for the many interested folks to follow along with the work and progress on the project. Check back often for updates and photos of the work. I would remind everyone that construction sites are by their very nature dangerous places. As such, we must request that no one enter the job site without a board member as an escort.

Now on the to fun part.

As you can see below the steel has been installed in the trenches and is ready for the inspection by the City of Dallas Building Inspectors. That has been requested for Monday 9/8/08. Fingers crossed, we will pass and be ready to pour concrete mid-week. You may click the thumbnail to see the full sized image.

We have also completed the rough plumbing (everything that goes below the ground) and it has passed the city inspection process. This has been done for the addition as well as the complete reconfiguration of the school interior. All the old plumbing has been removed from the system so everything the school will be using is brand new. Once that was complete inside the existing building, we doweled the concrete slab and poured new concrete.

In the image above you can also how great the windows are in the walls facing the Nature Area. With a little judicious trimming, that view is going to be spectacular.

The exterior windows (yes there are interior windows) have all been ordered as have the exterior doors. The cubbies for the class rooms are well underway with one classroom's set being completed. These are being built by our cabinet maker and once they are complete, we will have him begin on the cabinetry for the classrooms, offices and the library.

The heavy steel is ordered and we will be doing some serious steel demolition this week. This will make the interior of the existing building easier to imagine when combined with the interior wall layout and construction that is also now occuring

That's all for now. More later.

Alex