Hiccup

As Heidi Williamson reported the construction crews began to install the roof panels last week. Like most of the building the roof panels come prefabricated, which cuts down on waste and energy costs.

Unfortunately, the panels just didn't fit together properly. The company that manufactured them made a mistake and didn't get the joints right. This falls into the category of "stuff that happens" and is one of the very few construction glitches that we've hit in this project. I still believe that the reason we've had so few challenges on the job site is that the integrated design process we went through lead to a more thorough plan for constructing the building. While this little problem is an annoying delay, I think we've had fewer of those than on most projects.

So......we had been planning a July 25 completion date and we're now pushed back three weeks to mid-August. We still plan to do a series of events in September to introduce the community to the new building, but we'll just have a little less time to hang the pictures!