Here is a good look at a color representation of the new exterior of Mt. Eccles. Site preparation and construction on the Simpler Gym are moving right along.
Entries Tagged as 'Renovation'
Simpler Gym Construction Time Line
July 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Renovation
Real progress is being made every day at the work site. Please feel free to come and visit the observation room.
Task Name
Duration
Start
Finish
MOB
2 Days
6/29/09
6/30/09
Blasting & Site Work
30 Days
6/15/09
7/18/09
Abatement
14 Days
6/17/09
7/2/09
Demo of Simpler House
5 Days
6/29/09
7/3/09
Form & Pour Footings
8 Days
7/20/09
7/28/09
Form & Pour Walls
34 Days
7/29/09
9/5/09
Form & Pour Slab
7 Days
9/7/09
9/14/09
Set Steel
24 Days
9/7/09
10/3/09
Pour Roof Slab
7 Days
10/5/09
10/12/09
Install Roof
24 Days
10/12/09
11/9/09
Frame & Sheet
8 Days
10/5/09
10/13/09
Install Siding
7 [...]
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Ground Breaking Ceremony
June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Renovation
Today was a beautiful day for a Ground Breaking Ceremony. At 2pm, many people came to see the “official” ground breaking of the Mt. Eccles Renovation Project. There were several speakers, lots of sun, and a cake. What more could you ask for?
Cathy Sherman spoke for the City. Jim Nygaard, the Superintendent of the Cordova [...]
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New Schematic Drawings
May 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Renovation
The project is swinging into high gear as we head into summer.
There are two new schematic drawings available by clicking below or going to the Plans page.
Here’s the new Landscape Design.
Here’s the new Floorplan for the project.
New updates coming soon! Please feel free to leave comments.
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Working as a Team
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Architect, Renovation
With completion of design for the Gym Addition Project scheduled for less than 2 months away the whole design team is hard at work. Building projects usually start with just the Architects involved. As I talked about last week, we sketch out ideas for the way a project will look and how all the rooms [...]
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Fitting Everything In
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Architect, Renovation
Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a good holiday break. Work on the Mt. Eccles Projects has been proceeding at full speed and some exciting things are happening.
I’m talking about Projects in the plural because we have divided the work into two major parts—the Renovation of the existing Mt. Eccles school and the [...]
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Where are we?
December 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Architect, Renovation
As you probably all know, Mt. Eccles is going to get completely renovated starting next year. All of the old parts of the school will get remade just like new and a Gym will be added on the uphill side to the east.
Even though the bond election just passed a month ago, we have already [...]
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Introductions
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Architect, Renovation
Before we go any farther, I should probably introduce myself! My name is Corey Wall and I work for MRV Architects in Juneau. You can find out more about us at www.mrvarchitects.com if you are interested. Our firm is one of 10 or 15 in Alaska that does a lot of school projects. We just [...]
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Welcome
December 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Architect, Renovation
Hi and welcome to the Mt. Eccles Elementary School Renovation website! First of all, congratulations to all of Cordova on passing the Mt. Eccles bond election. This will be an exciting project for the community and we are thrilled to be part of it. I have never had the opportunity to work on a [...]
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