More Work on the Roof and the Retaining Wall

The roof is almost complete, the tedious work is forming the curved roof line over the eyebrow window. The boathouse is now very visible from several different locations.  The most prominent and eye catching is the view of the boathouse from RT 89 driving into Ithaca, It can be seen from the distance over the top of the smaller Cornell boathouses and then when you get right across (the 1500 meter mark of the race course) it looks fantastic.  The retaining wall is coming along great the photos show four layers of stone.  The southern end has another layer before it hits the designated grade.

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The South Wall Goes UP and the Retaining Wall Goes IN

Enough of the roof rafters on the North end of the building went up so the South wall of the building could be put in and the remainder of the roof rafters put in place.  While the building framing continues, the shoreline stabilization work is beginning.  The first layer on stone has been placed and it is going to look fantastic when it is done.

More Work on the Roof

It has been cold and windy, but the work moves forward.  The rafters for the roof are about 1/2 up.  There were several inspections this week.  The big challenge this week has been keeping the machinery running (starting) in the cold temperatures.

News on the waterfront….. this Monday the stepped stone wall starts to go in.  Stone for the first two layers was delivered last week and today they were working on clearing the bank for the stone.  The water is very low, which should make the work easier…. or at least dryer.

Building of the Roof

The roof is going up.  Below are several days worth of photos showing the progress.  First the peak over the mezzanine was built, then the arch of the eyebrow window was constructed.  One of the hip joists was placed in the Northwest corner of the boathouse.  It took quite a bit of maneuvering and hoisting to get the hip joist into place.