Concrete Removal

Today (Monday) was a very busy day at the site. Over the weekend all the new equipment arrived and everything went into high gear early in the morning.

The main task is the removal of the concrete foundations from all four of the removed buildings. Most of the slab has already been jack-hammered and so now the "mean machine" is gently pulling up pieces for removal. The concrete is being loaded into semi-trailers for delivery to a concrete recycling facility. Nice to know that not everything is going into a landfill.

Other work is also progressing. The short south hallway near the library has been walled off during construction. This was done to make sure that this exit, which will be unusable during construction, does not appear as an exit in case of an emergency.

They also began work in the Kindergarten classroom. The new plan calls for a school exit door within the current utility fence (the brick fence near the school office entrance). To access this door a hallway will run across the back of the current Kindergarten classroom. They expect to build that wall and install the exterior door later this week.