Category: Building Progress
Concrete pour!
This amazing crew started preparing at 2:00 in the morning for the concrete trucks arriving at 4:00 am. The concrete has to be poured before sunrise to keep it from drying too fast. The majority of the building layout was completed in one morning! I have never seen a concrete pour look so peaceful [we …
Rammed Earth Day
Jose, Gita, TylerThe team makes quick work of this project to prevent the special sand & soil mixture from drying out too quickly.
Officially Vertical
The underground work is quickly coming together now. Here we see the vertical steel posts and underground walls needed to support the vertical building process.
Rammed Earth Reveal
This is a small mock up of our sanctuary wall made up of rammed earth taken from the soil of our land. This small wall will be utilized with signage to greet visitors as they drive onto the center. The large version of this wall will be created to anchor the front wall of our …
Rammed Earth Process
Site for the permanent rammed earth wall...Earth used to create the wall...The earth is rammed into place...Several layers are used...The form is filled...The frame is removed when earth is set...See the big reveal next week...
Starting before sunrise…
Workers get a jump start on the day, starting before sunrise and ending at sunset.
