CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS PICTURES

Due to favorable weather conditions, construction began on March 31, 2008.  Groundbreaking ceremonies took place on April 7 & 11.  Construction will continue throughout the summer, and is targeted to be completed by the time classes resume at the end of August.

Scroll down to follow our progress throughout the spring & summer!  In addition, a weekly progress report from our on-sight foreman, Dan Abts with A.C.E. Construction, may be viewed by clicking here.


     
11/27/07  Moving Electical Transformer
     
11/27/07  Trenching for Electrical Utilities
    
     
3/31/08  Construction began a week ahead of schedule with the removal of the south parking lot.
     
4/2/08  The excavation area after the parking lot is removed.
    
     
4/7/08  Workers place forms to pour cement footings.
     

4/7/08  GROUNDBREAKING.  Pastors from the Federation congregations broke ground on behalf of their 11,000 members.
    
     
4/7/08  Ceremonial groundbreaking shovels for each Federation congregation.
     
4/7/08  MLHS Board Chairman Rich Lierman with his three grandchildren currently attending MLHS:  Joe, Alexa, and Nolan.
    
     
4/8/08Footings are completed around the south and east sections of the addition.
     
4/11/08  Principals from the 13 Federation grade schools broke ground in the student commons before their students in our second ceremony.
    
     
4/11/08  Wet weather moved this ceremony for the 850 grade schoolers on hand into our commons.
     
4/11/08  850 grade schoolers from throughout the Federation schools stayed after the groundbreaking ceremony for MLHS' spring musical production of Cinderella.
    
     
4/14/08  Fill is being brought in to provide a stable base for the Music Center addition.
     
4/14/08  The east parking lot now serves as a staging area for construction materials.
    
     

4/15/08  An old fuel oil tank was discovered during excavation.  The tank had been legally abandoned around 1990.

      
4/15/08  The east walls are beginning to take shape.
    
     
4/16/08  Footings are dug outside the south wall of stage.  Progress on east exterior walls.
     
4/18/08  Block on south walls are filled with concrete.
    
     
4/21  Footings are poured for west walls.
     
4/21  Lots of activity on the site all at once as remaining footings are poured.
    
     
4/23  Foundation is back-filled and compacted.
     
4/24  Interior wall footings are framed and poured.
    
     
4/28  Exterior walls continue to rise and interior walls begin.
     
5/1  View from the South East corner as block for interior walls is delivered.
    
     
5/5  View from current roof as steel supports lowered into place.
     
5/6  View from the South West as steel supports affixed to exterior of existing building.
    



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