July 3-7 Construction Update #1

Another Trifecta Week of Construction Updates!
Update #1

Lots Happened This Week!
Let's begin with the exterior...

​They've begun to paint the FRONT of the church!  Remember that cute Genie Runabout that Micah and Varick were riding in on the inside of the church?  Well, this is a BIG Genie!  Look at the boom on that thing!!  AND, if you are looking at this on a tablet or a phone, expand the screen and have a look up in that basket.  That's one of our fearless painters hanging out over the edge!   I sure am glad he's wearing his harness!  Notice the two tone, 50/50 paint job?  We liked it so well, we decided to keep it that way!  Just kidding. :)

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So that was the front...
lots happening in the back, too.

​So many things to notice in this photo!  First, the Altar Window Frame arrived from New York!  HURRAY!!  It had quite a miraculous journey in getting here.  You can ask in person for that story. :)  There it is being installed by two more fearless workers who are hanging out of that window.

Notice the four A/C condensers?  We actually have eight new A/C units in the sanctuary.  These four are attached to the front four A/C units on either side of the sanctuary.  They fit ever so nicely on the wall just above the carriage house roof.  There are three other units (one a "double,") but more on that in another email.

Did you notice that there's a guy working in that basket to the right. That's spall.  No, no, that's the construction worker (I couldn't ask him his name way up there.), but what he's working on is spall!  Remember that we've been talking about that?  Concrete buildings are susceptible to rebar underneath corroding and expanding thereby breaking apart the concrete and causing a mess. There was a lot more spall hiding underneath St. Peter's exterior than was realized.  It's kind of like surgery.  Sometimes they find something more...this was one of the surprises.  

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Peek-a-Boo!

Yup, that spall needed fixing!  Actually, this isn't even the worst of it. In this sample, the rebar is actually still intact. The worst patch was in the "well" just Diamond Head of the makai doors. That area was so bad that it had to be completely rebuilt with new rebar.  Well, imagine, a 100 year old body.  You begin to need to replace a few worn out parts--hips, knees, corneas....