Riverview Men and Women Get To Work

Joy Lang staples poly membrane to the studs. The membrane will protect the sheetrock from moisture.

Tim Olson and Kerry Kern joke around as Kerry applies an adhesive for the membrane.

Tim staples the membrane to the studs.

Matt Conway cuts the membrane into appropriately sized sheets to fit the walls in the small rooms on the first level of the addition.

Mike Johnson applies adhesive to the base of the walls on the second level in preparation for the membrane.

Work moves up to the second level, and Tim Olson and Matt Conway have at it.

Woodwork

Rich Factor makes careful cuts on the woodwork that was removed from the Narthex wall.

Rich reapplies the wood to the wall. This is the new location of the information and welcome center.

Partitions and Insulation

Korey, Kelley, and Kerry Kern installing partitions on the second floor.

Mike Johnson installing partitions on the first floor.

Norm Glewwe and Bill Heinemann feed insulation into the blower...

...which Matt Glewwe blows into the rafters.

Framing, Painting, and Sheetrock

Mike Johnson's crew continues to frame the new entryway.

Meanwhile, inside, the painter covered the pews with plastic to get ready to paint the newly installed sprinkler pipes.

While all that was taking place, Kerry and Korey Kern were prepping the ceiling of the second level of the addition for sheetrock.

Day 65

The Overflow Room will unfortunately be unusable for Sunday Service this week. The room is currently filled with pipes and tools for the new sprinkler system.

A view of the interior of the new link.

The same view, except taken from the other end of the link, through the missing wall of the pastor's office.

Mike Johnson's crew has begun framing the new main entryway.

Ray Glewwe removes one of the coat racks from the narthex.

Sprinklers

The weekend brought 12 inches of new snow with it, so not much work was taking place outside on Monday morning.

The sprinkler crew continued to install the new sprinkler system on Monday morning. Here a worker is drilling a big hole through a wall in one of the nursery rooms. Pipes will run down the nursery hallway and sprinklers will be installed on the walls of each nursery and preschool room.

The pipes and equipment for the sprinkler system that will be installed in the sanctuary.

Workers install pipe for the sprinkler system at the very top of the sanctuary ceiling.

Some pews had to be removed so the lift could be properly positioned.

The black pipe running diagonally through the picture is the main pipe that will feed the sprinkler system in the sanctuary.

Pour the Floor

The floor of the addition was poured on the coldest day of the year: -13 degrees. Here the ground is prepared for the concrete.

The finishing touches being applied to the newly poured concrete.

A Hole in the Floor

Crews finished cutting through the concrete floor in the music office this morning to make way for the new lift.

Here's some footage of the actual cutting. You may want to turn the volume down on your computer...


The finished job.

View up into the Music Office from the basement through the newly cut hole.

The future location of the lift on the basement level.

Day 50

Today marks the 50th day of construction on the Century 2.2 Project, and things are coming along well. Here you can see the progress on the second story of the new addition.

Another view of the upper level.

This is where workers cut into the floor in the nursery wing hallway in order to access sewer lines.

Demo.

Lots of concrete is flying. A hard hat is a good idea if you're going to be around the church during the week.

Makeshift signs like this appear in places throughout the church where demolition work needs to be done.

Cutting through the concrete blocks to prepare the area for the new lift.

Taking a break.

Here you can see into the Music Office, the floor of the office, and then into the storage closet in the basement. The new lift will provide access to the basement level and the Fireside Room and Sanctuary platform.

After the section of wall was removed, the hole was boarded up to make sure nobody falls through.

The tile below the carpet in the Music Office was asbestos based, so some precautions are being taken.

More Snow

Monday brought 3-6 inches of snow with it, but most of the workers are either in the main building or in the addition today. Below, Ray Glewwe explains some of what the plumbers are up to in the new addition.

Sawing through some brick.

Days 44-45

Here's a look at some of the work that happened on Thursday and Friday of this week. First, Mike Johnson's crew tar papers the exterior of the addition.

Workers broke through the walls and floors to get at the sewer line. This picture was taken from outside the door at the end of the nursery wing hallway.

This picture was taken outside the 4-5 year old room, looking at the same guy. The plastic is up to minimize the dust and dirt that gets flung into the air.

Bill Heinemann removes ceiling tiles from one of the preschool rooms.

Chris Patrick begins the demolition of the music office, which is also the future location of the lift. Crews will begin to cut through these walls in the coming weeks.

8 Degrees!

Mike Johnson's crew stays at work, even though it's only 8 degrees outside, and there's a wind chill of -9. Here they assemble trusses to be used for the roof of the addition. Tomorrow a large crane will come and lift these trusses into place.

A view of the upper level of the new addition.

Another view from the upper level, facing north.

Construction: Day 33

A view of the shelled addition from the lower parking lot.

A view from the upper lot.

A view inside the lower level of the new addition.

The location of the new elevator.