Ready for concrete today

Wow what a week!  The footing trenches have been dug, the rebar is in, the utilities are ready- it's concrete time!  According to the onsite Superintendent, we are ahead of schedule!  In fact, the slab will be poured next week and the framers will be onsite soon after.  The timbers will be delivered from Idaho on May 2.  Take a look at the photo's below!

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Almost ready for concrete

The dirt work is now complete and the area is laid out for the contractor to come in on Monday to dig the footing trench. Once that's done, concrete will be poured.  They will also trench for the utilities and get that process started.  Then it's on to pouring the slab!  The slab will be 7inches above the current dirt level!

Check out the latest picture of the soon to be concrete slab!

 

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Dining Hall Dirt Work

The "Dirt Work" has begun and it appears that all the old dirt was taken out and replaced with better soil prior to building.  If you look close, you can see the footprint of the new building.  Big piles of dirt are on the parade ground waiting to be hauled off.  Making progress!!!

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Groundbreaking has taken place

The Groundbreaking Ceremony took place on Monday, March 11 at 4pm.  Members of the Executive Board, Volunteers, Media, and other interested folks attended this ceremony.  We are excited to get the construction under way and this is the official start.  Thanks to all who made the effort to attend.  Below is a picture of the ceremony!

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Debris Hauled Away

The debris was hauled away today- a very long process as you can imagine.  Over 50 semi's were in and out of camp. The dead trees have been removed and the concrete slab has begun to be removed.

Attached is a video that was taken on demolition day.  Pretty interesting to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC2ukInhK637NmVQPy-HapKa1rt5gjIYn


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Dining Hall Demo has begun!

                                                                    The New Dining Hall


Today, the Dining Hall is no more.  At 9:25am, the "Claw" started up and began to methodically take out trees.  Come to find out, they were pretty decayed inside and would have had to come down this year so this actually saved us time and money.  The operator then moved on to start taking the building down.  Piece by piece, section by section, he removed the building.  With great respect, we watched him remove the roof, the walls, and the history that this building has within but we also know that the new hall will bring new memories to thousands of today's Scouts and leaders and those in the future. At 10:30am, the building was no more- just a slab of concrete to be taken out once the debris was cleared off.

Watch for more updates as things progress.

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Dining Hall Contract Awarded

The Dining Hall building contract has been awarded to Plains Builders!  Congratulations!  We will be meeting with them at a Pre-Construction Meeting soon but we expect the demolition to begin in the next 3 weeks.

Camp Don Harrington Dining Hall
Last Offical Photo-Jan 2013

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