Solar Panels installed and new undercroft windows complete!

May the sun shine brightly for many days to come. At last, the solar panels are in place!

New, efficient, safe and more attractive glass block windows have been installed in the undercroft!

Work happening this past week.

Basement windows waiting for a re-do

One geothermal well down....

...only 47 left to go!

Not a unicycle.  The saw that cut holes in the floor of the sanctuary.  

Solar Panels on the roof.  Finally!

Inconvenience

Mount Olive's project has been tough on 31st Street traffic and the alley users for the last couple of days.   But the parking lot is now connected to the church by pipeline!  Below are photos of the process of using an auger to drill under the street, dragging pipeline through the hole and keeping everything wet and muddy!  The process is pretty slick - and not just from the muck!    You will also see a photo of the side aisle in the sanctuary after the removal of the old radiators.

9 August 2017

Recent festivities: It was something of a three ring circus inside and outside today. More demolition, asbestos removal, digging next to the alley, say good-bye to our old boilers, and the great banners around our construction fence. Also, note the vestige of the gas line into the church discovered by the backhoe operator. Yes, it probably should have been buried deeper than this.

Kitchen appliances removed for duct installation

Banner provided by the Climate Justice task force

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Old boilers and pipes removed

Backhoe "discovers" a too-shallow gas line.   Yikes!

Asbestos removal in the undercrost

Parking lot demolition begins

Big equipment arrives and demolition in undercroft begins.

Demolition equipment in the parking lot bright and early, Monday, July 31.   Ready to start looking for any old house foundations!

Stage Room Demolition

Undercroft aisle

Ceiling

Stage Room

A busy week begins!

From Art Halbardier, Property Director and project lead, an overview of how the next couple of weeks will look:

 Monday, 7/31, demo will occur in undercroft to provide access for speedy asbestos abatement.

Also, on Monday, 7/31, demolition on the parking lot will commence - first, prospecting for old house foundations and removing them, second stripping the area of asphalt and other impediments to the digging of wells. Duration…as long as it takes.

Parking Lot will be closed early Monday morning. A flyer will be distributed directing people to the Workforce Center, similar to the info in the last Olive Branch. Signs have been purchased which will be placed at the parking lot each Sunday from now on as a reminder.

Wednesday-Friday 8/2-4, asbestos abatement in Undercroft by Envirobate. 

Monday,8/7, horizontal boring under 31st st. for geothermal pipe, water, and electrical service to the parking lot. As soon as water service is established, geothermal drilling can begin - perhaps Tuesday or 

Wednesday. Gilbert Mechanical will begin work in boiler room.

Tuesday/8/8, demo contractor to start cutting holes in various walls and floors to provide access for duct work, pipes, etc… 

 By midweek, should be full speed ahead on all fronts.