Joel and Dennis Agree POUR Tuesday

With Dennis orchestrating the day to day affairs of the Sharkeyville Project the agreement has been made for a Tuesday pour( I will not be in town, promoting Cabot Cheddar in Philly with my amazing wife Sara). Staging is set bracing and straightening has been completed, re bar is in the walls, heck I have already applied the first coat of durabond to protect the ICFs between grade and the siding, wicked simple process. We are having visitors to the site on Monday and once again encourage anyone interested to come out and visit our Green Building LEED AMVIC ICF project in Vermont.

Waiting on the Trusses

Dennis and I have been setting bucks and blocks and the trusses are on order, two weeks out. I have been on the road down south, talking to builders and homeowners with the intention of getting the word out about AMVIC ICFs. Here is a photo from early last week that shows the Bucks in place and the blocks moving upward. Once again we are open to visits and look forward to getting this project dried in and on the market.

Moving Forward in sustainabilty

Dennis has begun his process of setting the first two courses, figuring window openings and is prepared to glue/foam the block down, place re bar and start moving upward. We worked on a couple patio slabs that needed compaction and should be ready to pour when the walls are complete. The job and the job site in general is a clean great place to work with all of this great weather. The sun is on us from about 10am-3pm. Retaining walls are complete we are simply waiting on some finer points that Joel is still trying to work through to really make this project a super success. Once again you are encouraged to stop in and see how we are pushing the building envelope in residential construction. We truly are building for a sustainable Vermont.

The AMDECK is Poured

With the help of local concrete guru K. Streeter the AMDECK slab pour went well and we are ready to start setting the second floor on Monday. Joel pointed out something prior to the pour. With the radiant in the slab and working close with the plumbers the plumbing on the project is more then 50% complete, using AMDECK. The electrical will go quickly, working with local solar expert R. Rivers and his crew at suntied electric. We are planning that the whole project should be dried in by the end of September if not sooner. The invitation to stop by is still open and we had a large group of Norwich University Architectural students visit with professor T. Latham. Thanks for coming by tomorrows visionaries and give us a call with any questions. We are moving forward and hope to keep spreading the news about our AMVIC ICF project.

On the road and ready to pour

After a long day on Vermont's beautiful roads I did not have to much time to check out how much the project had moved forward though I am quite sure that the radiant is done and that Craig, aka Mr Re Bar, set what he could of the mat of steel and we could pour whenever. We are having some visitors to the job site on Wednesday and I encourage anyone interested to stop in and see us.

Ready Set Pour...Almost

The pour is coming so soon you can almost taste the chloride. The AM-Deck has been set and is waiting for a few plumbers and a solid mat of rebar, 12 or 16 o.c depending on the specs for the span. Either way we are thinking that early next week we should be starting with the second floor and setting staging by the end of the week. Meanwhile the Soprema Waterproofing has been applied and we have been back filling with the help of Jermane.

The AMDECK is Set

Though not completely ready for the pour the majority of the work is finished, aka all the steel joists and blocks are set. We had quite a few cuts to make since the dimensions were not exact to the AMDECK. Everyone agrees it goes up fast now we all need to prepare for the pour, set re bar construct a pour stop and brace, which should take a day. The slab will be 4 inches thick radiant will be installed prior to the pour and the floor will span the 28 feet unsupported after the pour. During the pour we will brace from below about every 14 feet in this case. For more info, CAD details, Specs and general info contact us or AMVIC. I will keep you posted.