Whitehall

We started the garage this week. Lumber and trusses were delivered and a crane was scheduled. Fortunately, the weather cooperated. While it was cold (30F) and cloudy, the wind had abated from earlier in the week, making it safe to use a crane. The Lundberg crew framed the garage walls flat on the garage floor. This allowed them to make sure the walls were square and to drill the holes for the sill bolts. The two sides and garage door end were stacked on each other, ready to go when the crane arrived. The engineered trusses had been delivered. The sheathing and soffit was attached to the gable end. In three hours, the garage was assembled and the crane departed. Assembly is complete It is ready for roof sheathing. The snow held off until after lunch, when the assembly was complete. Ready for roof sheathing Our time-lapse camera was going. The time-lapse ( Construction Starts ) covers the sill plates through the garage framing. Time-lapse of construction through Dec 15 ...

We were supposed to start the house assembly Oct 23, then Nov 4, and finally Nov 27, 2017. Unfortunately, we won't be toasting to the new house on Christmas Day. The assembly date then slipped to Dec 4. Why does Bensonwood seem eager to keep slipping the date? Bensonwood has to start building our panels several weeks ahead of the assembly date. Are there scheduling problems in their shop? Something's amiss that we can't quite identify. Bensonwood finally told us on Nov 16 that they had not received their Maryland Modular Builder Certification. Many states are starting to require some sort of building certification of pre-built panels since the framing inspection can't happen onsite after the panels are built. We knew of this certification requirement Sept 1. However, BWC hadn't kept us up to date and we had been assured that it wouldn't affect the project. We expected to have the status updated at these weekly calls if it was a problem. Projects are manage...