My Backwards Building

So this project is kinda big. Its a 120 feet long and 32 feet wide, all wood structure aside from the corrugated tin roof. They decided to use me as the Construction Supervisor for our first project basically because of my heavy construction back ground. It gives the other squad leaders some insight on exactly what it all entails, so they have a knowledge base for when they are set in charge of their own projects. This building turned into a pain in a hurry as it seems that 2x6 dimension lumber is a premium here, like there is a shortage. Hence the reason that the back wall is up even before the floor is finished. In an attempt to keep peole busy and the project going even with out the required lumber for the floor, we are kinda doing things out of order. This had me concerned, because its hard to do final tweaking for squaring up the floor without enough of its components. Luck would have it though, we had it set up just right and when we finally finished sheeting the floor, it came out just the way it was supposed to. :)


The prints and design for the building require vent louvers for the attic. So I pulled the router out, showed a couple people how to measure up, use a framing square to find the angle and instruct them on how to use the router. I did the first one to show them what it needed to look like for the initial framing and turned them loose. I've been using some of the these tools so long, that my free hand is pretty darn good, so I tend to forget that everybody has to start some where. The results from the novice left a little to be desired, and one gal was kind of upset that hers wasn't as straight and uniform as mine. I told her it wasn't a problem because the when it was all finished, no one would see if the cut was a little too wide. The picture frame trim wasn't called for in the prints, but I thought it was a nice touch, and it also served to cover some mistakes :)


The inital pile of blocks was for firestops in the wall. I carried the whole stack to the where you see it sitting from the cut station. I noticed one was loose on the bottom, so I pulled it out and set it on top. Next thing I new there was another Squad leader there and a Team Leader also pulling them out. It inadvertantly turned into a quick game of Jumbo Jenga. It was a fun break, then back to work as normal.