First floor framing begins next week

The framers suffered some additional poor weather that resulted in shortened work days due to the blizzard and wet conditions.  This hasn't prevented our insulated concrete form crew from arriving to unload their material onto the first floor and prepare to begin the main floor party wall assembly.

Our surveyor returned to site and took an elevation reading of the main floor wood subfloor.  This has been submitted to the City for review.  The City will soon issue us permission to continue framing the  'above grade' elements of the building.

Here is a quick photo of the main floor that has been loaded with ICF blocks and scaffold material

Below is an image of the material used to connect the lumber framing of the building to the concrete middle wall.  The heavy gauge screws involved (8 per hanger) have proven to be a problem with a few getting bent or stripped.  Replacement screws for these proprietary screws have been almost impossible to locate.  Fortunately there is a distributor in Calgary that has provided us with an extra 25.