May 23, 2010: Blocking

Sunday was a pretty rainy day, but the guys stayed at it. They continued putting in the blocking and started installing the subflooring.


You can see the rain coming down in the last photo.

May 22, 2010: Full Speed Ahead!

The guys finished placing the joists, put in the floor beams and cross beams on the side lanai, and put up the 6x6's on the makai side and front. Lots of very detailed, beautiful construction going on here! Jeff Ho'okano, the roofer, came by to consult with Jon regarding the roofing to be started Monday on the existing house, and Calvin Lam, the painter, came by to check what needed to be sealed in the lanai area.

Start of day...




We watched Charlie using this aMAZing tool to set the nails!


The head supervisor was on-site today, checking out the work.




It's starting to shape up quite nicely!


Oh, and Charlie even had enough time after work to check out the surf report!

May 15, 2010: More Foundation Work

The guys completed the CMUs, including placing the Simpson ties.



AND, we had a visit from the bosses today!

May 12, 2010: Cement Day!

Today the guys poured the cement into the footings and began building the CMU posts.

Boy, they had to be fast!

Nice and smooth... well, except when those giant boulders got in the way!

Oh, the building inspector and Jeff, one of the architects, also came by to check things out!

Making progress!