PICTURES OF THE GARAGE PROJECT OF 2009

Thanks to Building Manager Jim Kordish for furnishing the captions for the pictures below which were taken by our construction consultants.

May 1   Deteriorated steel reinforcing bar (rebar).
June 25   Deteriorated steel beam
June 25  First floor garage deck looking through to lower level, after the concrete deck was removed. showing the beams and rebar that remained.
June 26   View looking up from the lower level at the underside of the first floor deck showing the forms in place prior to the new concrete deck being poured.
June 26   Looking down from the first floor at the forms (rusty, brown color) in place.
June 26   View from the first floor showing replacement rebar in beams.
June 26   New rebar connecting “new” concrete to “old”.
June 29   View of the first floor beams prior to pouring new concrete deck.
June 30   View of first floor of our garage while work is in progress, showing areas that had been removed and areas that were not.
June 30   Shows the pipe used to pump the concrete, running along the first floor towards the west end of the garage.
July 7   View of lower level garage showing the rubble from the first floor demolition. The “red ladders” are scaffolding.
August 10   Exposed, deteriorated rebar inside concrete beam.
August 10   Exposed, deteriorated steel beam and column.
August 12   New rebar in place and ready for concrete pour.
September 3   New concrete deck.
September 3   New rebar and forms in place and ready for pouring concrete. Also shows a section of the “old” floor deemed “ok” and therefore not removed.
October 19   New drains at the overhead door entrance to our garage.
November 4   Exposed, deteriorated rebar.
November 5   Deteriorated floor drain and piping - lower level.
November 6   New cleanout in floor drain piping – lower level.
November 6   Lower level floor, just west of ramp, showing new “fill” prior to pouring new concrete floor.
November 7  Lower level floor just west of ramp, showing wire mesh installed prior to pouring new concrete floor.
November 7  Ramp (looking up from lower level) showing wire mesh installed prior to pouring new concrete floor.

                    

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