We've got world-class formwork!

Heard from John last night Continued good news. Much progress and hard work is going on. Emil and his hardworking crew have been finalizing the 2nd floor patio floor beam this week. They got the formwork done yesterday (finished in 8 days) It was inspected and approved by the building inspector. Yippee yahoo. As John, our architect put it, it was "a world class formwork effort by Emil's crew". It's HUGE as formworks go AND curved. See the pics below. They will pour the patio beam today (they pour concrete into the form they built).

The framing crew continue to place floor joists and plywood decking. They will finish the second floor decking on Friday except for the dining room exposed tongue and groove exposed decking. All other floor decking, cross bridging, and floor joists is complete. John even made sure that the plywood was glued to each floor joist to eliminate squeaks.

The framing contractor (Doug Daly, Owner of DLM Carpentry Contractors) began second floor wall framing today. John says that Doug and his four man crew have worked very efficiently and quickly. I hesitate typing this in fear of jinxing the house building gods, but Doug and Emil think that the roof joists, roof trusses, and decking can be complete by the end of the month!! Wow...from their lips to Gods ear!

Emil pointing the excellent works the guys were doing on the Patio Formwork!