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The Chief Rabbi Visits

Rabbi David Schochet one of the senior Chabad Rabbis was in town this week to inspect the Mikvah construction to ensure of its Kosher status.



Checking the waterflow trough



Checking the sub pool for the rainwater



Climbing the roof



Checking the natural flow of the rainwater

For the kids to drink

The new field

The sports field is now complete. THis week they put in the new sod.

The Mikvah is very close to done

The Dish Mikvah

The Dish Mikvah is outside the building

The decks are complete

Pouring the pool deck

Warm floors

Look closely and you can see the Nu-Heat system on the floor which will be under the tiles to keep warm. (they are the lines in the concrete)

Kiddie pool taking shape

How tall are you?

The tile around the pool and the height markers are in

The Dish Mikvah

The Tiles are going down

Testing the waters

The Mikvahs have been made waterproof - we hope !

Now they are filled up and check for leaks.

The pool walls

Pouring the pool walls with a special spray-on concrete called Gunite

Pouring the pool bottom

The big pool



The Kiddie Pool

The walls are up

It's looking good!

Pool taking shape

The pool construction begins

And now onto the pool

With the exterior of the Mikvah and locker room building complete the bulk of the workers have shifted to inside.

This has finally cleared the way for the swimming pool work to begin today.

One complete wall

Brick going up

Will post some video of this soon.

Ready to brick

Waterproofing

A special material is applied to the Mikvah pool to waterproof it and to keep the water from leaking out.

We have a roof !

After the "Snow Storm"

Today they couldn't do much outside work due to the ice. The works continued inside.

You can notice one side of the copper roof already up.

Snowing in Alpharetta

Believe it or not - it is snowing in Alpharetta. (Usually happens once in 3 years)

This is a picture of the construction site as the snow began to fall.

Hopefully we can get some nice white pictures tomorrow if the snow keeps on falling.

The "Mock-Up"

Today the mason made a "mock-up" sample of the exterior walls of the building. Once the architect approves then they will begin to brick the building.

Time for some answers

On Friday we had a "meeting of the minds" to get answers for some of the questions that have come up during the last few weeks.

Count the Pickup trucks

This is the south so every one on the job site owns a pickup truck.

Black & White

All dressed in white

Today they are also dressing the side walls with TYVEC which is a plastic material to keep out water from the walls. This is a layer which goes on before the bricks.

All dressed in black

Today they are dressing the roof with black felt paper which goes on before the roof material to help keep out the water.

The Fire

The workers try to stay warm in the Georgia cold.

The walls go up - Video

Many have been asking for more videos. So here is a nice video of the outside walls going up.

Looking like a building now

The outside walls are all covered with plywood and ready for the brick. The roof plywood is being finished this week.

We are back

We were away for a few days and look how much is done!

Sorry for all you bloggers for having to miss the updates.

Taking Shape

All the walls are now framed.Next goes the roof. How exciting!

The walls are going up !!!!!!!

Ready to start framing

Now that the slab is in the framing crew is here getting ready to start the walls.

By the end of the week the place should look a lot different. Very exciting.

The Slab

What it must have felt like building Mikvahs in Russia. :-)

Pouring the slab in the dark

Getting ready for concrete

The underground utilities are all in. They have already laid the first layer of rock and are now ready to pour the slab which should happen IY"H tomorrow.

"Rough in"

Today (Monday, 12/3/07) the are roughing in the underground plumbing before they get ready to pour the slab.

Pouring the cement

The Mikvahs are in !!!

The Concrete

Today they poured the concrete for the Mikvah - immersion pool.

"The Mikvah Expert"

Two Rabbi's how many opinions?

Today (Wednesday, November 14) the "Mikvah Expert" Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum came to visit the site to make sure that the concrete forms for the Mikvah conform to Halachic standard.

What's that?

Today they began lowering specially built forms into the Mikvah hole. This will give them the ability to pour the cement for the Mikvah in the appropriate Halachic way.

Our annual raffle

Digging the Mikvah Hole