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Eco-Center Const. 2 - roofing, chicken barn

Earth Song's model eco-center building is an earth-bermed,
underground structure, with dry-stack, surface bonded block,
heated and cooled with a passive annual heat storage system.

Click on a picture to enlarge -
from West
view from West
east wall
East wall
air tubes
air tubes
filling North rooms
filling North rooms
center wall
center wall
doorway prep
doorway prep
doorway detail
doorway detail
top bond-beam prep
top bond-beam prep
filling bond-beam
filling bond-beam
surface bond
surface bond
cement delivery
cement delivery
finished wall
finished wall
painting steel for roof support
painting steel
placing steel
placing steel
steel roof supports
steel roof supports
welding roof supports
welding supports
welding detail
welding detail
cutting beam to size
cutting beam
placing first beam
placing first beam
first beam in
first beam in
more beams
more beams
bolting beams to steel support
bolting beams
2 inch planking
2 inch planking
lots of screws
lots of screws
roof detail
roof detail
laying beams, north side
beams, north side
crane for center beams
crane for center beams
crane lifting beam
crane lifting beam
view from the top
view from the top
blizzard
blizzard
greenhouse trusses
greenhouse trusses
container delivery
container delivery
dropped in place
dropped in place
leveled and painted
leveled and painted
begin chicken barn construction
begin chicken barn
time-out for winter
time-out for winter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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