May 28, 2015

Last week, I neglected to take many photos, so this week, I tried to make up for it.  One more week before the movement mayhem begins!  So many teachers are moving classrooms this summer, and we still have five wings to be renovated.  Our custodians will be very busy again.

Here's what's been happening this week on our construction project here at Hale Kula.

This is a view of the special education classroom adjoining J4. Students will have opportunities to learn life skills in addition to academics and social skills.

This is what the railings will look like for the second floor of the classroom building.  As soon as the furniture is delivered to the classrooms on the second floor, workers can install these railings.

Do you know what this is?  It feels similar to the drink holders from McDonalds. This system is called grasscrete paving and is favored as a sustainability model.

This is what it looks like when all of the pieces are in place.  Workers are completing the fire lane in front of the new classroom building.  There will also be a fire lane in the back of the school so the fire trucks can have access in case of an emergency.

A close-up  - notice the rebars in-between.  After concrete is poured to cover the whole area, workers will punch a hole in each of those shapes, fill them with soil, and plant grass in each hole.   

On Thursday, workers poured concrete for the fire lane.

Concrete paving is done; the next step is to poke holes in all those pavers.

We went on a second floor walkthrough and created a punch list of items that need to be fixed.  I took this photo of the library media/student center.  Workers are preparing to pour the footings so they can start the CMU walls for the second floor.