Breaking Through

This past week, the builders broke through into the church building on the basement (or if you prefer "undercroft") and nave levels. They filled in the gaps with plywood.

This slide show shows the work from almost the beginning.

Towards the end of the slideshow you can see what they did this week. If you prefer, you can look at the Saint Mark's Construction album on Flickr. In addition to the plywood entrance places, they have dug into the AA room floor and semi-demolished the shelving down there in order to do the necessary plumbing for the new sacristy and disabled access bathroom.

In addition the contractors have been laying underground conduit for the electricity(which has been coming from an overhead line via a pole which has had to be taken down to make room for the new construction.) So pay special attention to the last sixteen slides.

Also, if you are wondering why we need to consider doing some additional work on the AA room, you can look at these pics. The asbestos flooring in the AA room and the "purple room"... soon to be the "entrance" from the elevator at undercroft level has been removed and some asbestos pipe insulation is being removed also.