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Structural Steel:

• Chip Flynn and Leo Garza placing the top floor I-Beam into position.
• Raising the 37 foot steel front columns into position.
• Burning away a caught rigging strap, using a torch mounted on the end of an extension pole.
• All structural steel in place.
• Welding the steel hangers for the 6X12 beams.

Framing:

The 'Mission Impossible' framing crew, from left to right: Malcolm Hassell, Sandra Peterson, Eugeneous Barnes (Lead Framer), and Matt Arnold

• Setting the 3X12 floor ledgers to the foundation walls.
• Framing in the crawlspace area.
• Layout of the first floor joists.
• Looking down to the garage floor, through the first floor and mezzanine.
• Bedroom 1 (1 of 2)
• Layout of Living room floor, with stairwell opening.
• View of the work, from the top of the lot.
• I-joists and microlams in place for top floor level.
• View of kitchen area, and the stairwell to the mezzanine and garage levels.
• View of the living area, from the kitchen.
• Top floor at sunset, ready for placement of the walls and roof beams.
• Framing and raising the top floor walls.
• Master bedroom framed and sheared, with front glulam beam in place.
• Drilling the bolt patterns for the 16" roof beams.
• The1100 lb glulam beam groups for the roof being hoisted into position.
• Eugene and Matt setting the roof beams to the front support columns.
• Eugene and Matt ready for the SIP panels.
• The SIP panels are staged in sequence on the ground.
• The first SIP panel is airborne.
• Roof over master bedroom partially laid out.
• Knocking panels into position.
• Finished lower roof section.
• Complete roof, awaiting metal roofing.

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