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Repairs to the metal pan of the B-wing 2nd story floor are being made and the pour of the new concrete floor for the second story is scheduled for Wednesday, August 19. Strengthening of the 1st floor walls has been completed and the vertical steel construction should start over the next couple of weeks.

The Glass Breezeway has been removed except for the awning portion leading to the parking lot. The roof will be reconnected to the new Breezeway.

The modifications to the interior water and gas systems are in process and should be completed before the end of the month. New electrical power conduits are in place and the service from Dominion Power should be installed once the new switchgear arrives, is installed, and inspected.

With the concrete pour of the 2nd story floor, the cap to the fire separation stair area will also be poured and the hall doors leading from the B-Wing to the Gym will be ready for installation. Ttemporary walls have been installed in the 1st and 2nd floors of the C-Wing where the new Breezeway will ultimately connect. We are maximizing efforts to get the C-Wing modifications finished this summer before the beginning of the school year.

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This week saw a lot of activity here at the Immanuel site. Courtyard walls which had been taken out last week have had the new masonry put in and the window openings established. The Glass Breezeway is nearly demolished: the green mansard roof has been removed, columns are gone, and the glass storefront windows have been removed. In the C-Wing (school), work continues on the classroom off the breezeway. When completed, the classroom will become a hallway open to the Glass Breezeway 2nd floor corridor.

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This week has seen a good deal of progress. The green steel mansard roof has been removed from the B-Wing in preparation for building the 2nd story. This construction should start when the structural steel arrives, scheduled for August 3. Next week, strengthening of the 1st floor walls will be started. The rubber roof membrane will be removed in order to allow repairs to the 2nd floor steel pan and make it ready for the concrete pour of the floor. 

The six large foundation footing wells for the Glass Breezeway have been refilled, and concrete floor poured back to the normal Breezeway level. These foundations are ready to accept installation of steel support components for the new two-story Glass Breezeway once the structural steel arrives.

The stairway steps to the Gym near the boys’ bathroom that were removed have been reinstalled. They were removed to install concrete footings which will support a 2nd thickness of wall between the B-Wing and the Gym, providing a 3-hour fire rating.

Windows and doors on the center courtyard side of the B-wing are being filled in and new smaller windows installed to allow light from the atrium area to enter the interior B-wing rooms. Special lintels are being made to go over the windows. Exterior (courtyard-side) walls are being rebuilt and filled with concrete and steel to support the columns that will go upward to provide support for the 2nd story wall and roof structures.

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