We sure have been busy at Columbia State the past couple of weeks! At the STEM building we are getting close to wrapping up! We have installed our casework in the labs and we are nearly complete with the flooring, final paint, trim out, and marker board installation. We’ve also been working on the tile in the bathrooms, dressing rooms, and showers in all three of the buildings. In the Arts and Humanities building we have finished our curved wall at the sound stage and our wood floor at the dance rehearsal room! All we need now are the ballet barres and the dancers to finish off the room! At the ESS building we are still working on completing the terrazzo in the stairwells and second floor, but we are nearly complete with installing our carpet and VCT in the other rooms! Lastly, we are wrapping up the parking lots by completing the striping and installing the electric car charging stations! We should be finishing up the landscaping and sidewalks around the buildings and the courtyard in the next couple of weeks! See below for more photos!

Before everyone starts off this Memorial Day weekend, we’d like to tell you what’s been going on at Columbia State this week.  Masonry work is continuing to progress at both the STEM and A&H buildings.  The west elevations of both the STEM and A&H buildings are moving along just fine while the STEM south elevation is substantially complete at the gable.  At the ESS building glazing is almost complete on the south elevation, and we are happy to announce that the asphalt shingles on all three buildings are nearly finished.  If you look far enough out towards the west, you’ll see a brand new sidewalk in parking lot E.

Drywall finishing is in progress at both the STEM and A&H buildings, and we’ve even started the first coat of primer on the main level of the STEM building.  At the STEM building the elevator is finished, racks are being installed in the data rooms, and the STEM north stairs now have the railings up.  At the A&H building the elevator install is almost complete, and the lower level should be ready for some primer paint very soon.  At the ESS building the stairs have been installed at the west elevation, and we are happy to see drywall delivery trucks parked outside the ESS building.  The hanging of drywall is in progress at the 1^st level of the ESS building, and the 2^nd level is not too far behind as crews currently stock the 2^nd floor with drywall.

We’d like to wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend and ask that you pause with all of the Hoar family to remember the men and women who died while serving our country.

A&H Dance Rehearsal

A & H Elevator

STEM Data Room

STEM North East Elevation

STEM North Stairs

STEM North

ESS North Elevation

STEM Corridor

ESS Courtyard

ESS Lobby

A&H West Elevation 2

STEM North Stairs

STEM Bio Prep Room

STEM Biology

STEM Courtyard

Parking Lot E

A&H Corridor

Retaining Wall

STEM South Elevation

A&H West Elevation

STEM North Stairs

STEM Elevator

ESS West Stairs

ESS Corridor

ESS West Stairs

STEM Lobby

ESS Courtyard Entrance

What’s been happening the week of 4/27/15!  This has been another productive week at Columbia State!  Site crews began placing topsoil behind the segmental retaining wall.  Glazing at the Arts and Humanities building was completed earlier this week.  The crews didn’t waste any time and quickly jumped over to start glazing at the ESS building.  Nail base insulation at the ESS building will be finished up today and shingles will start shortly after.  Masonry work at the east elevation of the STEM building is progressing right along.  We are almost ready for limestone headers!

Work on the inside of the buildings is also going well!  We continue to hang drywall at both the STEM and Arts and Humanities buildings.  Work at the STEM elevator began this week.  Last but not least our monumental stairs arrived yesterday for the ESS building.  In order to get this curved set of stairs to fit just right the design team, construction team, and steel subcontractor spent weeks fine tuning the shop drawings and checking every square inch to ensure the design and measurements were just right.  The finished product will have terrazzo treads and wainscoting spanning all the way up to the top!

In closing, we’d like to mention Safety Week 2015 starts Monday May4th!  HOAR Construction strives to continually exceed safety standards on all of our job sites.  At Columbia State every Tuesday morning at 7am Hoar holds a mandatory safety meeting that involves all field personnel and crews on site.  This picture below was taken from our weekly safety meeting on the 28^th of this week.

What a difference a week makes, especially with some sunshine! Thus, outdoor activities have been in full swing. The first retaining wall is nearly complete and all the blocking has been laid at the Veranda. We are also pleased to say that all geothermal drilling is complete and we are now in the grouting stage. Loop piping is also taking place in the courtyard. The exterior of our buildings also made much progress during the week.

Geothermal Grouting-loop piping

ESS Veranda

Retaining Wall in Progress

Retaining Wall in Progress

Geothermal in Courtyard

Glass and glazing is nearly complete at the STEM building and masonry work is ongoing. The glass and glazing work at the A&H building is also continuing to progress smoothly. At the ESS building the cupola is starting to take form as the glazing goes in. In addition to this, the ESS roof is coming together as crews continue to make progress with the asphalt shingle installation.

Site Aerial

West Elevation of STEM

ESS Roof Installation

Masonry Work at East STEM

ESS East Exterior

East Elevation A&H Building

A&H Courtyard Entrance

On the interior of the buildings we continue to hang drywall at the STEM and A&H building. All of the main air handlers are on site and in place. Interior framing is still on going at the ESS building. The first and second levels are nearly complete and the third level is ongoing. Last but not least, the ESS lobby is just about ready for the installation of monumental stairs.

A&H Main Level

A&H FCT Soundstage

Mechanical Units ESS Building

ESS Lobby

STEM Corridor

STEM Physics

Main Level ESS

Stem Lobby Niche Framing

Switch Gear at STEM

STEM Main Level

Wednesday afternoon we were pleased to welcome some special guests.  Janet Smith, Ken Moore, Dick Tracy, Rogers Anderson, Molly Cochran, Brett Seybert, Chris Henson, Marty Schweinhart, and Bethany Lay stopped by to take a look at the progress. Here they are signing a column that overlooks the FCT soundstage at the A&H Building. We hope you all enjoyed your visit and you are welcome anytime! Thank you to Scott and Jerry for showing them around.

A&H Column Signing

Site Tour

A&H Column Signing

Site Tour

This week we have been installing our geothermal piping in the courtyard and we’ve also started the retaining wall behind the ESS building.  We’ve been installing glass and brick at the STEM and the Arts & Humanities Buildings as well as working on completing the roofs at both buildings.  Sheathing and exterior framing is being installed at the ESS building and we’ve also begun work on the roof as well.

This week we were able to get our roof trusses set on the ESS Building. We were also able to get everything ready to start shingling our roof at the STEM and AH building on Monday. Our geothermal drilling has begun in the courtyard and we are half way through the courtyard. Our MEP in wall and overhead rough in is continuing throughout all three buildings, as is sheathing, waterproofing and framing.

This week we were able to pour our Third level and mezzanine slabs at the ESS Building. We have continued to frame our exterior and interior walls, waterproofing, sheathing and MEP Rough in at the AH and STEM Buildings. We have also been working on our EPDM Roofs at the STEM and AH building. Lastly, we are continuing to install site electrical, storm and sewer lines on site.

This week we have been busy! We are have completed erecting our steel at the ESS Building and we are now detailing and installing our decking. We are prepped to pour our 2nd level slab on deck tomorrow. At the AH Building, we are continuing our interior and exterior framing, as well as our sheathing, waterproofing and MEP Rough in. We are also planning to fly the remaining roof trusses over the weekend! At the STEM Building, we are continuing our interior framing, MEP Rough in, and we have started work on our EPDM roof.

This week we began setting our structural steel at the ESS building. We were also able to pour our slab on deck, and begin our basement level interior framing at the Arts and Humanities building. At the STEM Building, we have continued our MEP Rough-in and interior framing, as well as our exterior sheathing. We have also begun to excavate for our segmented retaining wall and our storm and sewer piping is nearly complete!

This week we were able to set our roof trusses at the STEM Building! We are also continuing our MEP Rough in and interior framing at the STEM Building. At the AH building we installed our fireproofing and we have been working on completing our steel detailing. At the ESS Building we have begun setting our first sequence of structural steel and are prepping to set our second sequence next week!

This week was a busy one! We were able to pour our first floor slab on grade at the ESS Building, as well as our slab on grade and our mezzanine slab at the AH Building! We also received our trusses for the STEM building and are assembling them on the ground to then fly them to the roof. We have started our MEP rough in at the STEM Building as well. Geothermal piping has been completed in Parking Lot A, C, and D and our water line was completed.

This week we have been installing our exterior and interior framing as well as our sheathing at the STEM Building. We are continuing to detail steel and place deck at the AH Building. At the ESS Building we are finishing up MEP underground rough in and preparing to pour our first floor slab next week! Lastly, we are continuing our horizontal geothermal piping at Parking Lot C and D.

This week we have been able to start framing our exterior and interior walls at the STEM building. We have continued to set steel and deck at the AH building. We have nearly completed the underground MEP at the ESS building and began laying our CMU block. Lastly, our sanitary sewer lines, water lines, and geothermal piping is still in process.

This week we were able to pour our upper level slab and our cupola slab at the STEM building, as well as begin our interior framing. We have continued to set steel at the AH building. Lastly, our footings are complete at the ESS building and our block mason has started laying block.

This week we started setting our steel and were able to pour our basement slab at the Arts and Humanities Building. We’ve also been detailing steel and installing decking at the STEM building. The enrollment and student services building’s footings are almost complete and we are continuing to work on our geothermal piping in parking Lot’s A, C and D.

This week we continued to set our steel at the STEM Building, we installed our underground piping at the AH Building and we will be pouring our basement slab on grade next Tuesday, our ESS footings are still on going, and lastly, our Geothermal piping is continuing in Parking Lot’s C and D.

This week we were able to set all of our Seq. 1 and Seq. 2 Steel at the STEM building and we are currently installing decking. Our underground rough in is almost complete at the AH building and we will pour that slab next week. The ESS building footings and first floor walls are in the process of being poured. Lastly, our geothermal work is continuing in Parking Lot A and D.

This week we were able to start setting our steel in the STEM building! We have also been working on our sanitary sewer line, geothermal borings have begun in parking lot D, AH basement walls are almost complete and we are running our underground plumbing and electrical lines in preparation to pour the basement slab, and lastly, our ESS footings and foundations are ongoing!

This week we continued to pour our A&H Basement Walls, the ESS Building Footings, and we poured our STEM Building first floor slab! We’ve also continued our geothermal borings, sanitary sewer line installation and our water line.

This week we have been working on our A&H Basement walls, our Geothermal piping is still in process and we are almost out of parking lot A, and our first floor slab at the STEM building is scheduled to be poured next week!

This week we have continued to install our sanitary sewer line, our water line, and our temporary electric. We’ve also begun our geothermal borings and are continuing to make progress on the STEM and A&H Building’s foundation walls.

This week we started our geothermal borings, continued to work on our footings at the A&H Building, and waterproofed and backfilled our basement walls at the STEM building.