Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Look Ma ... How It Looks Now With No Columns In The Basement And Other Progress Pictures -- ANAND Enterprises Project MJbu1J1101yae

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Looking Good ... I am impressed with Mark Johnson Builders -- General Contractor's operations -- on the building drawings and Building Permit work I have worked mostly with Project Manager Jake Johnson and owner Mark Johnson -- I have also met the other Johnson, Zack who is also very active in the field, and I am sure the field team of Johnsons and subs and vendors is supported by Mrs Johson from behind the scenes. I work actively with Matt Lincoln of Lincoln Custom Builders, and Dave Dotson of Steel Beams Inc. who have worked on installing the steel in this building. Mark has a great team of subs and vendors including the guys who are responsible for great concrete work, and grading and excavation work, the well diggers, the guys doing the geo-thermal work, and electrical, and plumbing, and so on.

The garage concrete slab supported on skinny open-web steel joists and metal deck with the theater room underneath was a bit of a concern to one part of the owner team (I am not saying who wink, wink) -- but now that the concrete is all set and the work on partition walls is in progress, I think that concern has been pretty much alleviated.

The project is moving along at a pretty good clip with Mark's hands-on thorough involvement with the project -- today the well was being drilled, pond for geo-thermal was being dug, as the framing crew was getting everything prepped up for remaining roof trusses to be installed.

I was talking to Mark this afternoon and we are going to explore the feasibility of installing solar panels on the roof or as a stand alone ground mounted installation -- let us see how that goes. Oh oh enough talking from me -- now let us have the pictures ( I am presenting them in the same order I took them today) do the talking ...
















Thursday, November 10, 2011

Progress Pictures Nov-10-2011 New House In Southestern Michigan Anand Enterprises Project MJbu1J1101

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The installation of open web joists was held up for a few days ... but by the end of the day today the installation of the open web steel joists, open web steel joist girders and a few beams and columns mostly in the stairwell and within the pepipheral walls should be complete. As a bonus our installers are also going to install hat track sections for supporting the drywall ceiling in part of the basement ... Thanks to Dave, mark and his super efficient crew. This post continues from my last post on Progress Pictures Nov-04-2011 New House In Southestern Michigan Anand Enterprises Project MJbu1J1101
















Friday, November 4, 2011

Progress Pictures Nov-04-2011 New House In Southestern Michigan Anand Enterprises Project MJbu1J1101

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WOW ... things are moving at a pretty fast clip ... the builder is super efficient and the installation crew is very competent. In my Nov-03-2011 post I talked about Progress Pictures -- New House In Southestern Michigan Anand Enterprises Project MJbu1J1101.  Today, the basement slab under the Garage area was poured, concrete over metal deck supported over open web steel joists was placed, steel columns, beams, open web steel joist girders, and some steel joists were installed this morning and early afternoon. In the late afternoon very efficient and competent crew installed the preassembled trusses with provision for skylights and gable wall over the pool area -- yes WOW is right. In the following I present some pictures that I took ... I present the pictures in the order they were taken.
































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