A Photoblog of the New Building Construction

Follow the construction of the new building as it happens.


Photos from October 2018

Oct 1, 2018: Other than the final testing, the elevator install is complete. Next, the opening needs to be framed in.

Oct 1, 2018: Installing flashing on the covered deck's railing.

Oct 1, 2018: The t-bar support frame in the north banquet room is almost complete.

Oct 1, 2018: Ventilation ducting for the HVAC in the upstairs viewing area.

Oct 1, 2018: Toilets have been installed in the upstairs ladies' restroom

Oct 1, 2018: Waiting for the sinks to be installed.

Oct 1, 2018: Grouting the tiles in the entrance to the upstairs men's restroom.

Oct 1, 2018: Tiling the walls in the downstairs men's restroom.

Oct 1, 2018: Tile on the floor in the downstairs family restroom.

Oct 1, 2018: Painting the ceiling in one of the storerooms at the back of the ice shed.

Oct 2, 2018: The installation of the t-bar supports in the banquet area has been completed.

Oct 2, 2018: Urinals and toilets in the upstairs men's restroom.

Oct 2, 2018: Infrared heaters waiting to be installed in the ceiling of the covered deck.

Oct 2, 2018: The serving area in kitchen has been painted.

Oct 2, 2018: The pro shop has been painted.

Oct 2, 2018: Painting the dining area.

Oct 2, 2018: Tiling has started in the downstairs restrooms.

Oct 3, 2018: The inside doors in the foyer at the main entrance.

Oct 3, 2018: The door for the pro shop.

Oct 3, 2018: The tracking for the sliding doors leading into the multi-purpose room.

Oct 3, 2018: Siding on the railing around the covered deck.

Oct 3, 2018: Pot lighting in the upstairs ladies' restroom.

Oct 3, 2018: Eight of the forty lights in the ice shed have been temporarily hooked up. They are extremely bright.

Oct 3, 2018: Grinding down some of the high spots on the ice shed floor.

Oct 3, 2018: Putting on the third coat of paint in the ice shed.

Oct 3, 2018: Two wall mounted, gas boiler water heaters in the utilities room.

Oct 3, 2018: Service regulators and check valves for the gas service.

Oct 3, 2018: Heavy gage wiring between the distribution panel, transformers and various circuit panels is being installed all over the building in preparation for the BC Hydro hook up.

Oct 3, 2018: Heavy gage wiring entering circuit panels in the storeroom behind the bar.

Oct 3, 2018: The electricians are using a 1" rope as a fish tape to pull the heavy gage wire through the conduit.

Oct 3, 2018: The other end of the rope is attached to a bundle of wire in the viewing area, over 100' away.

Oct 3, 2018: Pulling the wire from the viewing area through the conduit.

Oct 4, 2018: The last of the t-bar support is being installed upstairs.

Oct 4, 2018: Lighting panels, HVAC vents and fire sprinklers in the banquet room.

Oct 4, 2018: Tiling in the downstairs men's restroom.

Oct 4, 2018: Bricks to close in the gaps around the elevator door.

Oct 4, 2018: The kitchen exhaust hoods have arrived.

Oct 4, 2018: Electricians working on the wiring.

Oct 4, 2018: The compressor room.

Oct 4, 2018: Installing some steel supports for the canopy roof.

Oct 4, 2018: Painting the exterior doors.

Oct 5, 2018: The brick work around the upstairs elevator.

Oct 5, 2018: Two of the three exhaust hoods in the kitchen.

Oct 5, 2018: The cleats for the countertops in the restrooms have been in stalled.

Oct 5, 2018: Painting the steel structure in the ice shed.

Oct 5, 2018: The pipes carrying glycol in the compressor room are being painted green.

Oct 9, 2018: Out on Spadina Ave, they are hooking up the power lines leading to the building.

Oct 9, 2018: Unloading the transformer box just north of the building. The underground power lines run from Spadina Ave to this box, then to the building.

Oct 9, 2018: Polishing the floor in the bar in preparation for the flooring installation.

Oct 9, 2018: Installing the wiring for the alarm system.

Oct 9, 2018: Touching up the paint on the upstairs doorframes.

Oct 9, 2018: Hooking up a sprinkler head in the meeting room.

Oct 9, 2018: Placing the counter top for the sinks in the downstairs men's restroom.

Oct 9, 2018: Getting into every nook and cranny to paint the ice shed.

Oct 9, 2018: There aren't as many wires dangling out of boxes in the electrical room.

Oct 9, 2018: Cutting insulation to fit on one of the chillers.

Oct 9, 2018: Wrapping insulation around pipes in the compressor room.

Oct 9, 2018: Painting pipes in the compressor room.

Oct 10, 2018: Getting ready to pull the power lines from the transformer box into the building.

Oct 10, 2018: Holes for the sinks in the counter top in the upstairs ladies' restroom.

Oct 10, 2018: Laying the non-slip flooring in the bar.

Oct 10, 2018: Installing tracking for the soffet above the deck.

Oct 10, 2018: The ThyssenKrupp TAC32 solid state/microprocessor elevator controller for hydraulic elevator.

Oct 10, 2018: The exhaust hoods in the kitchen.

Oct 10, 2018: The downstairs men's restroom.

Oct 10, 2018: Hooking up the main power lines coming into the building from the transformer box.

Oct 10, 2018: Yellow paint in the compressor room on the pipes carrying ammonia.

Oct 11, 2018: Installing the roof on the entrance canopy.

Oct 11, 2018: Sinks in the upstairs ladies' restroom.

Oct 11, 2018: Carpet tile in the meeting room.

Oct 11, 2018: Supports for the soffet on the deck.

Oct 11, 2018: Another exhaust hood in the kitchen, this one for the dishwasher.

Oct 11, 2018: Some colour in the dining area.

Oct 12, 2018: The drywall tapers are almost finished. They are in the stairwells now.

Oct 12, 2018: Vinyl plank flooring will featured through much of the building.

Oct 12, 2018: Installing t-bar supports in the dining area.

Oct 12, 2018: The cubicle walls in the restrooms are going up.

Oct 12, 2018: There is a lot of wiring in the curcuit breaker box in the downstairs janitorial room.

Oct 13, 2018: Hooking up the gas line's service regulators and check valves to the building.

Oct 13, 2018: Digital control boxes for the touch-free faucets are being installed.

Oct 13, 2018: Sorting out the wiring at one of the circuit breaker boxes.

Oct 13, 2018: The chillers and coolant pipes have been wrapped with insulation.

Oct 13, 2018: The restrooms at the rear of the ice shed.

Oct 15, 2018: Forms for sidewalks along the east side of the building.

Oct 15, 2018: The form for the landing outside the fire escape on the north side of the building.

Oct 15, 2018: Laying the vinyl plank flooring in the banquet room.

Oct 15, 2018: A 14-foot-wide, roll-up door going up on the east side of the building.

Oct 15, 2018: Installing siding around the exterior doorway beside the main entrance.

Oct 16, 2018: One of the gas heaters hanging on the deck.

Oct 16, 2018: Flooring upstairs in the viewing area beside the bar.

Oct 16, 2018: Flooring in the banquet hall.

Oct 16, 2018: Another cement pour to finish off the melt pit in the back storeroom.

Oct 16, 2018: The overhead door on the east side is in place.

Oct 17, 2018: The circuit breaker wiring is looking a lot neater.

Oct 17, 2018: The t-bar support installation is almost complete.

Oct 17, 2018: The elevator technicians are here to finalize the installation process.

Oct 17, 2018: The insides of the solid state/microprocessor controller for the elevator.

Oct 17, 2018: The banquet room flooring.

Oct 17, 2018: Measuring the kitchen layout prior to laying the flooring.

Oct 17, 2018: The storeroom beside sheet one.

Oct 17, 2018: The main water heater is ready to be hooked up.

Oct 17, 2018: The water service and sewer lines are hooked up. City of Chilliwack inspection tags are hanging from the main water intake pipes.

Oct 17, 2018: Another colour in the compressor room - orange indicates liquid ammonia.

Oct 17, 2018: Now that everything is in place, the cement pads have been expanded to enclose the feet under the compressors.

Oct 17, 2018: The cubicle walls have been installed in the washrooms at the back of the building.

Oct 18, 2018: The rebar is in place for the sidewalks on the east side of the building.

Oct 18, 2018: The stairwells are ready to be painted.

Oct 18, 2018: Spreading glue for the flooring in the kitchen.

Oct 18, 2018: Installing mirrors in the downstairs ladies' restroom.

Oct 18, 2018: Mirrors in the downstairs men's restroom.

Oct 18, 2018: The gas pipes and exhaust vent have been hooked up to the main water heater.

Oct 18, 2018: Ammonia sensors and the emergency shutoff have power.

Oct 18, 2018: More pipes are being painted.

Oct 19, 2018: The kitchen flooring has been laid.

Oct 19, 2018: The lights in the ice shed have been hooked up. It is so bright in there we are going to need sunglasses!

Oct 19, 2018: The stairwells have been painted.

Oct 19, 2018: Three more water heaters have arrived.

Oct 20, 2018: Digging up the asphalt in preparation for the gas lines that are being laid today.

Oct 20, 2018: Digging the trench for the gas lines.

Oct 20, 2018: Over half a dozen electricians working in the dining area on a Saturday.

Oct 20, 2018: And two more upstairs in the banquet hall.

Oct 22, 2018: The sidewalk along the east side of the building is being poured.

Oct 22, 2018: Cabinets in the meeting room are being installed.

Oct 22, 2018: The lights in the downstairs viewing area have been powered up.

Oct 22, 2018: The lights in the dining area have also been powered up.

Oct 22, 2018: The door hardware is being installed.

Oct 22, 2018: The kick plates for the doors are in place.

Oct 23, 2018: Putting the finishing touches on the Kingspan panels.

Oct 23, 2018: Installing the stainless steel backsplash behind the ovens, deep fryer and pizza oven.

Oct 23, 2018: The kitchen walls have been covered with fiberglass reinforced panels that are very durable and easy to keep clean.

Oct 23, 2018: A close up of the fiberglass reinforced paneling.

Oct 23, 2018: Brackets for hand dryers have been mounted in the restrooms.

Oct 23, 2018: Prepping the downstairs cement floor prior to laying the vinyl planking.

Oct 23, 2018: The sliding glass doors for the multi-purpose room have been hung.

Oct 23, 2018: The cabinet installation in the meeting room is coming along.

Oct 23, 2018: The overhead lights in the banquet hall are working.

Oct 23, 2018: The safety shower in the vestibule outside the compressor room.

Oct 23, 2018: The eyewash station.

Oct 23, 2018: The mountain motif painted on the rear of the building.

Oct 24, 2018: The cabinets in the meeting room.

Oct 24, 2018: A sealer/primer has been applied to the Pro Shop floor in preparation for carpet tiles.

Oct 24, 2018: The grills along the back endboards. They provide access to the header trench, but they'll be hidden by matting.

Oct 24, 2018: Still finishing the corners and joints on the Kingspan panels.

Oct 25, 2018: Some of the kitchen equipment has arrived.

Oct 25, 2018: The lower part of the walls in high traffic areas are covered with a protective medium density fibreboard.

Oct 25, 2018: The carpet tile in the Pro Shop.

Oct 25, 2018: Rolling on the adhesive for the carpet tile in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Oct 25, 2018: Fire alarm controls in the utilities room.

Oct 25, 2018: The fire alarm annunciator in the main entrance foyer.

Oct 26, 2018: The kitchen equipment has been unpacked.

Oct 26, 2018: One of the kitchen sinks.

Oct 26, 2018: Installing the pass shelve between the cooking area and the serving area.

Oct 26, 2018: Carpet tile in the multipurpose room.

Oct 26, 2018: Removing the vinyl tiling in the banquet hall. Unfortunately, the tiles are not sticking down properly. They are ripping them out and replacing them with another brand.

Oct 26, 2018: Installing one of the drinking fountains at the rear of the ice shed.

Oct 26, 2018: Putting up the protective MDF in the ice shed. There are some temporary four inch spacers along the bottom that will be removed later.

Oct 27, 2018: Working on a Saturday to pull up the vinyl and scrape off the old glue on the banquet hall floor.

Oct 27, 2018: Cabinets for the Pro Shop.

Oct 27, 2018: The pass shelves in the kitchen, one for hot food, one for cold.

Oct 27, 2018: The staff washroom in the kitchen.

Oct 27, 2018: One of the four drinking fountains in the ice shed.

Oct 29, 2018: The old flooring in the banquet room is gone. The new flooring won't take too long to put in place.

Oct 29, 2018: Pressure washing and scrubbing the ice shed floor.

Oct 29, 2018: The smaller roll-up doors in the ice shed are being installed.

Oct 29, 2018: Junction boxes for the alarm system.

Oct 29, 2018: The parapet for the entrance canopy roof is in place.

Oct 31, 2018: Bruce, up on a manlift, installing an ice camera over the home end of sheet three.

Oct 31, 2018: Cameras hanging from the ice shed ceiling.

Oct 31, 2018: All the protective MDF in the ice shed has been installed and painted.

Oct 31, 2018: More MDF around the kitchen.

Oct 31, 2018: The new flooring in the banquet room is already in place.

Oct 31, 2018: Ceiling tiles are going up in the banquet room.

Oct 31, 2018: The protective wrap is still on the walls in the kitchen behind the pizza oven, two ovens, charbroiler and deep frier.

Oct 31, 2018: The two Rational ovens in the kitchen.