April 2-6
[Picture: another progress view of the steel frame of the building less the front canopy.]
The plumbers from B&S were busy this week installing the under-floor waste system. The telecommunication vault was installed and additional grounding for the building. A representative from Duke Energy visited us to discuss alternative power for the building with solar panels and the steel crew continued to erect the structure.

April 9-13
Left table: Karl Whitaker, Hamstra’s Superintendent, and Curt Albertson, Hamstra’s Project Manager.
Back table: Jerry Fankhauser, Director Purdue Ag Centers; Larry O’Conner, Architect from Woollen-Molzan & Partners; Dwayne Rodgers Purdue Project Manager; and Kerry Smith, Mechanical Systems Engineer from Circle Design Group.
Right table: Steve Hawkins, Purdue’s Asst. Director PACs; Larry Morgan, Purdue Inspector.
Not pictured but at the south table are team members; Chris Skiba, Purdue Construction Manager, Jim Beaty ACRE Superintendent, Ray Wilson, Purdue Inspector; and not able to attend today was Max Morehouse, Purdue Inspector.

April 16-20
[Picture: notice the wall studs on the west end (lower left), the entrance canopy on the east (right), and the additional steel banding on the roof.]
This week saw continued progress on the structural steel, plumbing, and electrical tasks. Von's switched from the water main to installing the sewer collection pit and pump station.

April 23-27
Many crafts were busy here this week. Sub floor preparations include plumbing, electrical, vapor barrier, blue insulation, orange hydronic heating tubes, and wire mesh.

April 30-May 4
[Picture: the yellow “Densboard” is going up in the places where the split block will be built.]