After the second meeting

While the construciton project is in process, we have the privilege of bi-weekly meetings with the Engineers, and the Contractors.  The purpose of these meetings is all about communication, and the frequency of the dialogue allows us (we hope) to stay ahead of the process.

In addition to these bi-weekly encounters, there are also visits on opposite weeks with other representatives from the Engineering firm, just so that we can keep all the pieces together.

Yesterday, the second 'big' meeting was held.  In short, things are going well.

• The scaffolding is all in place now (on the outside of the two towers, and the interior scaffolding is almost complete in the east tower.
• Work has begun on the labour-intensive removal of the mortar on the inside of the east tower.  For each course of mortar, four inches is being removed.  Once it has been, it will be replaced with fresh mortar and allowed to properly cure before the outer four inches of mortar is removed and replaced.
• Some adjustments to the measurements and design of the steel ring beams have been suggested in order to allow for the irregularities in the inner tower construction.  We are expecting that the steel will be ready for installation within three weeks.
• There will also be some wooden phases of the structure (ie the platforms within the towers) that will be attended to within the next weeks.
• While the construction is taking place, we have also asked about the possibility of installing some safer stairs within the towers.  Deatils about this addition to the contract are still being worked out at the present time.

The next regularly scheduled project meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 5.  An update will follow.