First Pour

The first pour of the new Cathedral floor was completed today.  We are casting the areas under the pews first.  The areas for the aisles, since it will be a finished product, will be poured after all major construction work in the interior has been completed. 

Prepared Areas

Concrete Truck and Pump

Pump Setup

Pumped Concrete

Floated Concrete

Floor Reinforcement

The steel reinforcement for most of the new Cathedral floor has been installed.

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration News Vol1 Issue 9

Slow going....again.

Frustration!  I thought we would start this year flying and initially we did.  But a succession of equipment failures have thrown us, as much as three weeks, off schedule.  The foreman assures me it is time we can make up but I doubt we will get back all of those weeks.  As a loveable character in a movie once said, "Just keep swimming."  For me, I'll just keep praying.

The compaction of the fill in the foundation is finally complete.

A Visitor's Perspective

A truly unique and wonderful look at the Cathedral and its surroundings.


St. John's Cathedral, Antigua from jeff bradley on Vimeo.

Restoration News Vol 1 Issue 8

We're back!!  Primarily as an online publication.  Please read, share and enjoy.

Replacing the Perimeter Beam at the Entrances

There is a 12" x 12" hardwood beam that runs on the inside perimeter of the Cathedral walls.  Where this beam passes under the doors at the three entrances to the Cathedral, it has disintegrated.  This is due to their exposure to water because they are intact everywhere else .  We are therefore replacing them with steel reinforced concrete beams at the door entrances only. 

The remanents of the perimeter beam are shown above, right where it passes under the door sills of the South entrance.

The placing of the steel reinforcement is shown above.  The men are standing next to the metal decking where the new aisles will be poured.