The mud and standing water were up to two feet deep in places as recently as yesterday in the building site and still the construction folks worked on. During the winter we were able to remain on schedule. Tentatively, we are looking at opening the building in early October.

During the winter some things did change a bit. The siding is a light stain "driftwood gray," the roof is a combination of grass cover and Sarnafil (a synthetic membrane colored gray) and we are using a lead-coated copper for trim and downspouts. The harshness of winter simply reinforced earlier concerns about the use of copper as a roofing material and that was abandoned as an option.

All the roof decking should be complete this week. DEW field-measured all the steel and found that no angle was off by more than 1 degree and no distance was off by more than 3/8". Considering that the steel was fabricated in one place, cut to length and angle in another and then assembled on site, the degree of precision is remarkable! The skylights are being fabricated and are scheduled for delivery within two weeks.