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Monday, March 1. 2010

Week 36

Week 36 (February 22-28)

View from The Upper Room through the glass wall (view to the southwest) (02-22-2010)

View from the third floor conference room directly below The Upper Room (02-22-2010)

Nearing completion of the exterior brick installation on the south end of the building (02-22-2010)

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Monday, February 22. 2010

Week 35

Week 35 (February 15-21)

We saw more transformation on the exterior of the building this week.

Workers installing the green vapor barrier on the exterior of the building (02-15-2010)

Work being done on The Upper Room curtain wall window system (02-15-10)

Work being done on the first floor exterior brick on the south end of the building (02-15-2010)

Installing the roof support and gate for the trash enclosure (02-15-2010)

Most of the glass has been installed on the south wall of The Upper Room (2-18-2010)

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Monday, February 8. 2010

Week 33

Week 33 (February 1-7)

Work being done around the entrance doors into the Grand Room on the second floor (02-04-2010)

Meeting Lounge on the third floor (02-04-2010)

Workers installing the two elevators (02-04-2010)

Trash enclosure in the north part of the parking lot (02-04-2010)

View from The Upper Room looking to the southwest taken during the February 6th Vision 2010 tour (02-06-2010)

View from the sky bridge on the second floor of the lobby looking down onto the first floor lobby during Vision 2010 (02-06-2010)

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Monday, February 1. 2010

Week 32 (January 25-31)
This week we saw exterior wall board go up on the building and watched the sidewalk along 5th Street in front of the main church entrance get torn out and replaced with a new one.

Construction workers putting in our new sidewalk and curbs on the church side of 5th Street. (01-27-2010)

Exterior wall board in place (01-27-2010)

Work on the roof of the east entrance to the coffee shop lobby (01-27-2010)

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Monday, January 25. 2010

Week 31

Week 31 (January 18-24)
Work continued on all levels of the building this week!

View of the grand staircase from the coffee shop lobby (01-20-2010)

Work on the roof of the east entrance to the coffee shop lobby (01-20-2010)

Installing the roof membrane on top of the building (01-20-2010)

Putting up wall studs around the second floor large meeting room (01-20-2010)

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Monday, January 18. 2010

Week 30

Week 30 (January 11-17)

Construction workers continue placing exterior wall studs (01-14-2010)

View inside the coffee shop lobby (looking to the east). You can see the pedestrian bridge on the Mezzanine level in the top right half of the photo. (01-14-2010)

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Monday, January 11. 2010

Week 29

Week 29 (January 4-10)
While workers continued putting up the exterior wall studs, work also progressed on the interior wall studs.

Exterior wall systems going up (01-07-2010)

Area behind the coffee shop bar (01-07-2010)

Looking down the elevator shaft (01-07-2010)

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Monday, January 4. 2010

Week 28

Week 28 (December 28-January 3)
This week construction workers continued putting up exterior wall studs that window systems and masonry will be attached to.

Working on the 4th floor (01-01-2010)

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Monday, December 28. 2009

Week 27

Week 27 (December 21-27)

Exterior walls for the trash enclosure starting to go up (12-23-2009)

Exterior wall studs being put in place on the fourth floor (12-23-2009)

On the fourth floor (12-23-2009)

If you look at the center of this photo, on the fourth floor you can see some of the exterior wall studs in place around the window openings. While the rest of the building (first, second and third floors) will have a brick exterior, the fourth floor exterior will be a dark bronze metal product. The exterior metal product will be attached to the wall studs. (12-23-2009)

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Monday, December 21. 2009

Week 26

Week 26 (December 14-20)

This week workers poured the 3rd and 4th floor concrete slabs.

The concrete was pumped up into the building from the truck outside. (12-14-2009)

On the 3rd floor (12-14-2009)

The 2nd floor was poured last week. (12-14-2009)

Stairs in the lobby/coffee shop area (view from the 2nd floor looking southeast) (12-14-2009)

Metal decking on the 4th floor (view to the South looking out through the future prayer center) (12-14-2009)

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Monday, December 7. 2009

Week 24

Week 24 (November 30-December 6)

Sheer walls being installed on the southwest corner of the building. (See Week 22's post for more information about these sheer walls.) You can see the scaffolding being used by the masons as they install the walls. (12-2-2009)

Electrical conduit installation on the northend of the property (12-2-2009)

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Monday, November 30. 2009

Week 23

Week 23 (November 23-29)

It was a significant week in the construction process, as the last piece of steel was installed! In the construction industry it is customary to put a Christmas tree on the top of a building when the last piece of steel is installed. We had a small ceremony to celebrate this milestone.

Installation of the stairs in the coffee shop/lobby area (11-25-2009)

The stairs in place (11-25-2009)

Here you can see the tree attached to the last piece of steel. (11-25-2009)

Crane lifting the tree and piece of steel to the top of the building for placement (11-25-2009)

Steel and tree in place on the roof of the prayer center (11-25-2009)

The building is taking its final shape! (11-25-2009)

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Monday, November 23. 2009

Week 22

Week 22 (November 16-22)

While steel installation continued, crews were also at work on installing the exterior sheer walls. The sheer walls are for support and will not be visible from the inside or the outside of the building. The outside will eventually be wrapped with brick and the inside will be covered by wall board. In between the sheer walls, window systems for the building will be installed.

Installation of the exterior sheer walls on the eastside of the building (11-21-2009)

Steel installation continues on the south end of the building. You can see the steel for the fourth floor prayer center beginning to take shape (in the upper right corner). (11-21-2009)

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Monday, November 16. 2009

Week 21

Week 21 (November 9-15)

The two buildings on the northeast corner of the property, the “Spanish Villa” and ABC Sign Shop, were demolished this week.

Preparing for the demolition (11-9-2009)

Demolition of the Spanish Villa (11-10-2009)

Demolition continues on the Spanish Villa (11-10-2009)

Demolition continues on the Spanish Villa (11-10-2009)

Jerry Nuttbrock (Salem Alliance member and property excavator) stands on the remains of the Spanish Villa (11-10-2009)

Demolition of the ABC Sign Shop building (11-11-2009)

Demolition continues on the ABC Sign Shop building (11-11-2009)

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Monday, November 2. 2009

Week 19

Week 19 (Ocotber 26-November 1)

Crews began installing the metal decking on each floor this week. A concrete slab will then be poured on top of the decking.

Installation of metal decking on the second floor (view from the north stairwell looking south) (10-28-2009)

View from the ground floor looking up as decking is installed on the upper floors. When he took this photo, photographer John Svendsen was standing in the future location of the Salem Free Medical Clinic. (10-28-2009)

Great view from the window on the fourth floor of the south stairwell (looking east toward the church) (10-28-2009)

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