Campus Expansion KCBT

Moved Location

2010-12-27T09:03:00.000-06:00

I have moved the location of my blog:

http://facilities.kcbt.org/

Thanks for following along.

Final Aerial Photos

2010-07-23T14:14:00.000-05:00

From the East looking West.

From West looking East.

From the South looking North.

Outside Finished

2010-07-16T18:32:00.001-05:00

New sign on SE corner of building.

Signs giving directions.

South door to bookstore is finished with new sod installed today.

Sod installed and curb painted and labeled.

Shuttle bus sign and crosswalk painted. Sod also in place.

Main entrance and all details in place.

Patio with 4 round tables.

The Fred Land park bench at the bus stop.

Ramp to upper parking area with new sod and bushes by stairs.

Handicapped parking with signs, bushes and rocks.

Grass on the end island of handicapped parking area.

West side with entrance doors and lots of windows.

Another view of entry with canopy with support rods.

Ramp out of the upper parking area with hand rail and rock edging.

Tree and grass from parking lot out to 55th street.

Retaining wall with rock edging.

Retaining wall has rocks on both sides and trees line the driveway.

Sign at top of drive point to the parking lot below.

Top of the driveway and retaining wall with parking below.

Another view of the west side of building with grass and trees in view.

West side of building with windows and new grass.

Openning Day

2010-07-15T17:44:00.000-05:00

Opening day and what a day!

Major rain storm and we tested the emergency system with a power fail.

Seams like everyone loved it!

Ready to open doors

2010-07-10T19:38:00.000-05:00

Welcome center and slide in the distance.

Children's Check in area.

Pre-School Hallway, Restrooms and sitting area.

Sitting area outside the restrooms on west side.

Entry area and escalators.

Portico in the final stages of getting ready.

Bookstore extending area.

Welcome Center

2010-07-02T21:50:00.000-05:00

Welcome center received the top today.

Another view with all the carpet around the tiled area.

Parking Lot

2010-07-02T21:46:00.000-05:00

New Asphalt with white lines for vistor parking spaces.

Yellow parking stalls with white in the distance.

Green will be for "Special Needs"

Asphalt on the North West side of the building.

New asphalt before the stripping of lines.

West side

2010-07-02T21:41:00.000-05:00

West side sidewalk was poured with colored concrete.

Patio

2010-07-02T21:40:00.000-05:00

This week the colored concrete for the patio was poured.

Murals on Wall

2010-06-25T22:34:00.000-05:00

Outside the door of Looking Glass Theater.

Mural outside art room (Creation Cave).

Cafe

2010-06-25T22:31:00.000-05:00

Ice Machine and stainless steel top installed.

Cafe tops and equipment in place.

Exterior Lights

2010-06-25T22:26:00.000-05:00

Night Lighting under the canopy.

Slides

2010-06-18T21:11:00.000-05:00

Welcome Center

2010-06-15T18:17:00.000-05:00

Welcome center waiting for a top.

Slide Started

2010-06-15T18:15:00.003-05:00

Slide by the front entry started.

Night Light

2010-06-15T18:15:00.000-05:00

Ground lights on the towel after dark.

Monday night we stayed late and looked at the lighting after dark.

Guard Rail

2010-06-15T18:13:00.000-05:00

Guard Rails for the elevated patio area.

Welcome

2010-06-13T17:43:00.000-05:00

Welcome Center is being put together in the center of the new foyer.

Escalators

2010-06-13T17:40:00.000-05:00

The wraps are off the escalators and getting ready for the 100 hour run in and inspection process.

Color under canopy

2010-06-13T17:37:00.000-05:00

Under the canopy has the red metal panels.

Chair Lift

2010-06-13T17:35:00.000-05:00

A new chair lift being installed by the new entry for the people that can not walk the stairs or ride the escalators.

Existing Foyer

2010-06-13T17:31:00.000-05:00

The existing foyer had doors to the parking lot are now doors to the new addition.

Washer & Dryers

2010-06-13T17:29:00.000-05:00

Two sets of washers and dryers in the new addition.

Light Poles

2010-06-13T17:28:00.000-05:00

West set of light pole set on bases.

Set light poles by handicapped parking.

Worship Fall Stage

2010-06-13T17:24:00.000-05:00

Stage with boxes installed and ready for epoxy.

Black epoxy coating on stage.

Carpet Elevator

2010-06-13T17:20:00.000-05:00

Carpet the floor of the elevator prior to inspection.

Cover Up

2010-06-13T17:14:00.001-05:00

Screening for the HVAC unit in place to look like the side of the building.

Tile Stairs

2010-06-13T17:13:00.000-05:00

Stairs to the second floor are tiled and hand rails in place.

Looking Glass

2010-06-13T17:08:00.001-05:00

Looking Glass carpet and cafe area,

Looking Glass carpet and seating raiser area.

Hand Dryers

2010-06-13T17:07:00.000-05:00

16 hand dryers on the second floor. 4 per restroom.

New Sign

2010-06-04T17:20:00.000-05:00

New sign all done except for the top cap.

Parking Lot Lights

2010-06-04T17:17:00.000-05:00

Digging and setting light pole bases in the parking.

Behind the wall

2010-06-04T17:14:00.001-05:00

Behind the temporary walls in the foyer they have the new wall up and about ready to paint.

Automatic Doors

2010-06-04T17:11:00.000-05:00

We now have a pair of doors that are automatically opened.

Driveway

2010-05-30T19:49:00.000-05:00

Truck unloading the flyash to work into the soil.

Watering the flyash as they work it in.

Tilling flyash into the soil.

Cafe Clouds

2010-05-30T19:43:00.000-05:00

Ceiling cloud sections without the panel inserts just outside the cafe.

Ceiling Tiles

2010-05-30T19:32:00.001-05:00

The inspection of the above ceiling on the second floor has been completed and that allows the ceiling tiles to be put into place.

Hallway outside Worship Falls

Hallway beside the sports room.

North hallway to exit door.

Wall and Steel Support

2010-05-30T19:24:00.000-05:00

Steel beams to support the opening in the wall for the hole in the wall between the two sections of the bookstore.

Steel support bolted to the floor.

Beam across the top of the opening.

Steel support beam over opening for bookstore wall.

Glass Installed

2010-05-30T19:15:00.000-05:00

A view of the glass in place.

Planning the lift on just one section of glass.

Five men to lift just one section of glass.

Glass Installed in the lid over the entry area.

Tile Work

2010-05-25T21:46:00.000-05:00

Tile is just about complete on the upper level.

Tile on the access lid to the escalator pit.

Ramp

2010-05-25T21:43:00.000-05:00

Concrete ramp that connects the two buildings on the second floor.

Chairs

2010-05-25T21:40:00.000-05:00

Truck load of chairs and chair carts.

Monday we received the chairs for the new addition and for the new adult classrooms.

Toilets

2010-05-21T22:08:00.000-05:00

Ready to be mounted.

Now mounted on the wall.

Entry Lid

2010-05-21T22:01:00.000-05:00

Lid of glass over the entry space.

Putting in the frames for the glass lid over entry.

Lights Off

2010-05-21T21:58:00.000-05:00

Using the same kind of timers for lights in the new facility.

By default the lights are turned on for 3 hours then blink and beep before going off.

Door Hardware

2010-05-21T21:51:00.000-05:00

Childrens door hardware.

Door hardware is being added.

Sink

2010-05-21T21:49:00.000-05:00

Classroom sinks with built-in drinking fountain.

Carpet

2010-05-17T18:25:00.000-05:00

Carpet in the classrooms.

Existing Foyer Changes

2010-05-17T18:23:00.000-05:00

Looking at the section that had doors and windows.

Behind the temporary wall in the foyer.

Foyer wall going away.

Looking Glass

2010-05-17T18:20:00.000-05:00

More construction on the raisers.

Projection booth and access door.

Entry Tile

2010-05-17T18:18:00.000-05:00

Entry is getting tile.

More of the entry tile.

Tile stairs from entry to main floor area.

Clean Hands

2010-05-17T18:15:00.000-05:00

Four wash fountains in upstairs bathrooms.

Stain Floor

2010-05-17T18:14:00.000-05:00

Concrete stain in dark walnut.

Stage

2010-05-17T18:13:00.000-05:00

Floor drain in the stage. (Donivan plans on being messy)

Boxes and cutouts for speakers.

Stage with stairs along the front.

Ceiling Tiles

2010-05-13T16:59:00.000-05:00

Dropping ceiling tile into place.

Bathroom Floors

2010-05-13T16:56:00.000-05:00

Epoxy floors in second floor bathrooms.

Old Foyer Doors

2010-05-13T16:54:00.000-05:00

Doors are stacked and ready for pickup.

Doors

2010-05-13T16:53:00.000-05:00

Mounting the children's doors.

Mounting the dutch doors in the classrooms

Raisers in Looking Glass

2010-05-13T16:50:00.000-05:00

Center section with lights on each step.

Getting the seating raisers built in the Looking Glass.

Lighting Bars

2010-05-13T16:47:00.000-05:00

One of the lighting bars in Looking Glass

Raising a lighting bar in Looking Glass.

Stage Worship Falls

2010-05-13T16:44:00.000-05:00

Building the structual metal frame for the stage in Worship Falls.

Back stage section of the stage in Worship Falls

North Doors

2010-05-07T17:12:00.000-05:00

Installation of the north doors

North West door.

North East door onto the loading dock.

Entry Tile

2010-05-07T17:09:00.000-05:00

Starting to lay the tile in the entry area.

Temporary Wall

2010-05-05T18:31:00.000-05:00

Building temporary wall in foyer.

Keeping the mess out of the foyer.

Hole in wall

2010-05-05T18:27:00.000-05:00

Cutting out the wall between the two building.

Upstairs hallway - 2'6" difference in floor levels.

Looking Glass Seating

2010-05-04T17:06:00.000-05:00

Continuing to build the raisers. The step lighting is being added. Insulation under each row of seating for sound.

Looking Glass Cafe

2010-05-04T17:04:00.000-05:00

Base cabinet wall set in place today. Cabinets installed behind this wall.

Entry Doors

2010-05-04T17:02:00.000-05:00

Adding the doors to the frames installed yesterday.

Sign Study

2010-05-04T17:00:00.000-05:00

Checking to make sure the new sign will work and not be too large or small. Reba is holding the cardboard sign for me. She make a nice sign post.

Grass

2010-05-03T20:09:00.000-05:00

Sod along 55th street sidewalk.

And the office door area.

Entry Lid

2010-05-03T20:05:00.000-05:00

The Glass company is added the metal edging to hold the glass lid over the entry area.

White Ceiling

2010-05-03T20:04:00.000-05:00

Getting all of the high ceiling painted white.

Curbs

2010-05-03T20:02:00.000-05:00

Working on curbs on the West side of Building.

Looking Glass Raisers

2010-05-03T19:59:00.000-05:00

Work continues on building the raisers in the Looking Glass Theater.

Deacon Tour

2010-05-03T18:04:00.000-05:00

Deacons and their wives in the new foyer getting instructions from Jeff Cox.

Jeff Cox up on the patio area over looking the foyer.

Gathering in the Looking Glass Theater.

Small groups in each room to pray.

Another small group.

Looking Glass

2010-04-30T16:43:00.000-05:00

Starting to build the risers for the seating.

Insulation for sound.

Worship Falls

2010-04-30T16:40:00.000-05:00

Worship Falls with lights and black line around the room.

Still working on the back stage and stage areas.

Cafe Area

2010-04-30T16:38:00.002-05:00

Working on the dry wall over the cafe counter.

If you look closely you can see a square box that is marked on the wall. That is the size of the Potico sign that will be going on that wall. The sign will be 34" by 88" in size.

Cabinets

2010-04-30T16:34:00.000-05:00

This is the cabinets for the cafe in a classroom waiting to be installed.

The cabinet doors and drawers have magnetic looks.

Check-in Area

2010-04-30T16:31:00.000-05:00

Put in the ceiling grid for 4 x 4 lights and tiles.

Adding the light fixtures.

White Ceiling

2010-04-30T16:30:00.000-05:00

Started painting all of the ceiling white with dry fall paint.

More of the ceiling on the North side.

North wall with just a primer coat.

Entry Doors

2010-04-30T16:27:00.000-05:00

Started putting in the frames for the entry inside doors.

Three sets of inside doors.

Entry Lights

2010-04-30T16:24:00.001-05:00

Four Lights over the entry.

The ceiling in the entry is done.

Stairs

2010-04-30T16:22:00.000-05:00

This week we poured the concrete on the steel pan stairs in the foyer.

Total of three stairs from the entry and patio areas.

Ladder Racks

2010-04-30T16:20:00.000-05:00

Ladder racks across the ceiling to manage all the wires.

Sports Room Lights

2010-04-30T16:19:00.000-05:00

Sports Room Lights hanging from a black ceiling.

Canopy

2010-04-30T16:17:00.000-05:00

Covering the ceiling of the canopy with weatherproof boards.

Bathroom Tile Floor

2010-04-30T16:16:00.000-05:00

Toilets My Size

2010-04-30T16:14:00.002-05:00

Small toilets and sink at kids height.

Looking Glass

2010-04-26T18:54:00.001-05:00

Installation of ceiling lights in looking glass theater with black ceiling.

Plastic bags still covering the fixture for protection.

Cabinets

2010-04-26T18:53:00.000-05:00

Started installation of the cabinets in the classrooms.

This room is installed except for counter top and handles.

Art Room Wall

2010-04-26T18:50:00.000-05:00

Track in ceiling to support the movable wall in the art room.

Slide Supports

2010-04-26T18:49:00.000-05:00

Supports within the wall for the slide from ssecond floor.

Blocked in from all sides.

Impact sheet rock on the wall.

Foyer Walls

2010-04-23T18:14:00.000-05:00

Walls in the foyer, East side is not done.

North side ready for paint.

South side ready for paint.

Irrigation Controls

2010-04-23T18:11:00.000-05:00

Irrigation controls added today.

Stairs

2010-04-23T18:10:00.000-05:00

Steel stair frame put into place for concrete to be added next week.

Stairs on the South East side of the entry.

Stairs on the North West side of the entry.

Cafe

2010-04-23T18:07:00.000-05:00

Putting the drop down ceiling over the cafe. This is looking from the raised seating area.

Looking at the cafe from the foyer center floor area.

Driveway

2010-04-23T18:05:00.000-05:00

Cut the dirt down in the driveway to start the curb work.

Looking down the driveway to the South. Markers for curbs on left side.

Cut and put sleeves for irrigation under the driveway.

Rain has put a hold on curbs and driveway work.

Column by Entry

2010-04-23T18:00:00.000-05:00

The column by the entry has been hard to work on as

most of the work can not be done with the standard lift.

Looking up in the corner as the sheet rock and taping has been done.

Lower section with esalators on both sides, covered in plastic.

Looking from a distance.

Painting Entry

2010-04-20T22:27:00.000-05:00

Dayco has started painting the entry area.