Construction Cable

Construction Cable

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Here’s the latest construction updates (and time lapse video!) on the Delta Middle School addition. Concrete: The concrete walls are completely poured. A group of Delta Middle School students got to pitch in and help pour...
If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

Now that the insulated concrete form (ICF) walls are nearly up, it’s harder to see what’s going on at the Delta Middle School addition from the outside.  If these ICF walls could talk, they might give you an update like this: ICF  Walls: the blocks have been...
It’s about Time…for a Video!

It’s about Time…for a Video!

Construction is cruising along at the Delta Middle School addition. The block is getting stacked for the second-floor walls, steel continues to get set, steel stud framing is going up, and rough-ins for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing are in the works. The...
Things are Looking Up at DMS

Things are Looking Up at DMS

Yes, things are looking up…quite literally! We’ve got our eye on the 2nd floor as the steel decking and the cafeteria truss are set, and the concrete slab for the second floor is being poured today. This side-by-side photo comparison gives a sense of what...
Stairway to…the Second Floor

Stairway to…the Second Floor

Cue Led Zeppelin. It’s not quite the stairway to heaven, but these stairs did touch the heavens when they flew today. English writer G.K. Chesterton wrote that “the reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.” These 11,500-pound...
Steel Yourself for Big Changes

Steel Yourself for Big Changes

Over the last couple of weeks, the Nudura ICF have continued going up at Delta Middle School, with many walls reaching an elevation of approximately 14 feet. Concrete is pumped into the ICF. With the walls up that far on the north, east, and west sides, Rocky Mountain...