Fire Facts
According to the National Safety Council, 400 gas-poisoning deaths occurred in 2000, 300 of them in homes.
Slideshow of photos taken during of the construction progress made the week of November 3-7, 2008.
Narratives from the slideshow
- 11-03-2008 Drywall is hung and tapped in the equipment mezzanine
- 11-04-2008 Concrete sub-contractors pour curb and gutter in the employee and visitor parking lot
- 11-04-2008 Electrical works run wiring to breaker panels
- 11-04-2008 Front of Station 7
- 11-04-2008 Work on the walls in the apparatus bay
- 11-05-2008 Architect Eric Miller, Office of Cultural Affairs Marie Hunter and Artist Jane Mudd discuss the Percent for Art Project
- 11-05-2008 Overhead view looking from west to east
- 11-06-2008 Concrete approaches to the apparatus and employee-visitor lots are poured and finished
- 11-06-2008 Contractors finish connecting the wells for the ground source heat pumps which help achieve a LEED rating
- 11-07-2008 Painters apply the primer coat to the walls
- 11-07-2008 The front or west apparatus drive way is graded and formed to accept concrete soon
- 11-07-2008 Underlayment and piping are prepared in the employee - visitor parking lot area where porous asphalt will be set