A Photoblog of the New Building Construction
Follow the construction of the new building as it happens.
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Nov 26, 2018: League play begins as Lorna McClelland throws the first rock of the inaugural curling season in the new building. |
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Nov 1, 2018: The hand rails in the stairwells are in place. |
Nov 1, 2018: Still more protective MDF; this time in the foyer at the top of the stairs. |
Nov 1, 2018: Touching up the paint around the doors in the bar. |
Nov 1, 2018: The glass washer, dump sink and ice maker in the bar. |
Nov 1, 2018: The banquet hall looks bigger with ceiling tiles in place. |
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Nov 1, 2018: Patio stones on the covered deck. |
Nov 1, 2018: More patio stones waiting to be put in place. |
Nov 1, 2018: Mixing up a special, self-leveling, silicone sealant for the joints in the ice shed floor. |
Nov 1, 2018: Applying the sealant in one of the four joints between the cement pads under the ice and the pads under the walkways. |
Nov 1, 2018: Installing thresholds in the doorways. |
Nov 1, 2018: Installing thresholds in the doorways. |
Nov 1, 2018: In the downstairs hallway, rolling on sealer/primer in preparation for the flooring installation. |
Nov 1, 2018: Installing the steel frame for the soffet under the entrance canopy. |
Nov 2, 2018: The patio stones on the floor of the covered deck. |
Nov 2, 2018: Serving counters for the bar. |
Nov 2, 2018: A view I am eager to duplicate with a beverage on the counter. |
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Nov 2, 2018: All the ceiling tiles are in place. |
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Nov 2, 2018: Just waiting for some baseboards and the dividing wall. |
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Nov 2, 2018: Laying the flooring in the downstairs viewing area. |
Nov 2, 2018: Installing the service counter for the kitchen. |
Nov 2, 2018: Working on the soffet for the overhang around the main entrance. |
Nov 2, 2018: Safety fencing around the natural gas connection. |
Nov 3, 2018: Flooring in the downstairs dining area. |
Nov 3, 2018: Flooring in the downstairs viewing area. |
Nov 3, 2018: All the electrical lines that supplied temporary power upstairs have been disconnected and removed from the meeting room. |
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Nov 5, 2018: Vinyl wall base is being installed upstairs. |
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Nov 5, 2018: The flooring in the locker rooms. |
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Nov 5, 2018: The east half of the dining area has been cleared so the rest of the flooring can go down. |
Nov 5, 2018: Hooking up network cables to the patch panel. |
Nov 5, 2018: Hooking up the lighting under the entrance canopy. |
Nov 5, 2018: Installing the soffets in the overhang along the north side of the building. |
Nov 6, 2018: The big roll-up door to the storeroom on the east side of the ice shed. |
Nov 6, 2018: Protective MDF on the wall in the downstairs viewing area. |
Nov 6, 2018: The glue is setting up for one of the last sections of flooring to be laid down. |
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Nov 6, 2018: The exposed pillars and cross braces in the steel structure are being painted. |
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Nov 7, 2018: After many delays Technical Safety BC has finally given us approval to use the aqueous annomia for the coolant in the ice pad. It is being pumped into the system. |
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Nov 7, 2018: Installing the soffit in the entrance canopy. |
Nov 7, 2018: Laying the ceramic tiles in the entrance foyer. |
Nov 7, 2018: Cabinetry waiting to be installed in the kitchen. |
Nov 7, 2018: Cabinetry in the multi-purpose room. |
Nov 7, 2018: Cabinetry being installed in the bar. |
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Nov 8, 2018: The Jet Ice reverse osmosis equipment. |
Nov 8, 2018: James and Rob prepping the plastic wood for the side boards. |
Nov 9, 2018: The soffit under the entrance canopy is almost finished. |
Nov 9, 2018: The guts inside the elevator. |
Nov 9, 2018: The dividing wall in the banquet hall. |
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Nov 9, 2018: The shelving at the bottom of the upstairs viewing glass. |
Nov 9, 2018: Shelving for the downstairs viewing glass waiting to be installed. |
Nov 10, 2018: Gord Bradley attaching the bumper to the end board. |
Nov 10, 2018: James and Ken working on the side boards. |
Nov 10, 2018: The side boards have been laid out. |
Nov 10, 2018: The tile in the front foyer is finished. |
Nov 10, 2018: Installing the soffit on the covered deck. |
Nov 10, 2018: Installing the roll-up shutters in the bar. |
Nov 12, 2018: Finishing up the soffit on the entrance canopy. |
Nov 12, 2018: Progress has been made on the sofit for the covered deck. |
Nov 13, 2018: In preparation for the Canadian Seniors Championship, Danny Lamoureux from Curling Canada and representatives from CBC toured the building. |
Nov 13, 2018: As the major sponsor of the Canadian Seniors Championship, Everest Funeral Concierge will be well represented by Randy Ferbey who toured the new building with Bruce. |
Nov 13, 2018: Installing speakers for the sound system. |
Nov 13, 2018: Hooking up data jacks to CAT 6 network cable. |
Nov 13, 2018: The installation of the soffit for the covered deck is finished. |
Nov 13, 2018: The final pieces of the Kingspan wall panels are in place. |
Nov 14, 2018: The panels for the walk-in coolers and freezer have arrived. |
Nov 14, 2018: The cabinet fronts have been installed. |
Nov 14, 2018: The rocks sitting on the ice shed floor so they can cool down to the proper temperature. |
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Nov 15, 2018: Slat board in the pro shop. |
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Nov 15, 2018: Installing door threshold plates. |
Nov 15, 2018: Components of the walk-in cooler are in place in the bar. |
Nov 16, 2018: Cabinetry in the kitchen's serving area. |
Nov 16, 2018: Cabinetry in the multi-purpose room. |
Nov 16, 2018: Cabinetry in the meeting room. |
Nov 16, 2018: Working on the cabinetry in the pro shop. |
Nov 16, 2018: The pro shop. |
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Nov 17, 2018: The walk-in cooler in the bar. |
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Nov 17, 2018: The inside of the walk-in cooler in the bar. |
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Nov 18, 2018: Making the first layer of ice on the pad - a thin spray of water that freezes in less than a minute. |
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Nov 18, 2018: A couple of thin layers are sprayed on first. |
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Nov 18, 2018: Next comes thicker, "splash" floods. |
Nov 18, 2018: Even the thicker splash floods are quick to freeze. |
Nov 18, 2018: A splash flood on the second pad. By the time they finish the second pad, they will just have time for a cup of coffee before the first pad is frozen and ready for another flood. |
Nov 18, 2018: The hack mounts and the centre pins are in place. |
Nov 19, 2018: Day two of ice making. Gentler floods today. |
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Nov 20, 2018: Day three starts with a coat of white paint of the ice. |
Nov 20, 2018: A view of the paint from upstairs. |
Nov 20, 2018: A nice clean, bright coat of white. |
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Nov 21, 2018: The houses are being installed today. First the nylon mesh rings are laid in place. |
Nov 21, 2018: Next one side is lifted and a little water is sprinkled underneath. |
Nov 21, 2018: After laying the rings back down, the water seeps up through the mesh. The excess water is then squeegeed off. |
Nov 21, 2018: Laying out the back and tee lines. |
Nov 21, 2018: It won't be long before rocks are sliding up and down the ice. |
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Nov 21, 2018: Dennis Bailey and Bob Burke putting together the chairs for the dining area. |
Nov 21, 2018: Claude, Rob, Bob and Len cutting the mats for the end boards. |
Nov 23, 2018: The first scrape in the new building. |
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Nov 23, 2018: Installing the stainless steel counter in the bar. |
Nov 23, 2018: Laying out the dining room chairs and tables. |