Casowasco - Emmaus Commons Expansion

2009-06-17T07:39:00.000-07:00

2009-05-18T08:09:00.000-07:00

Men's Bathroom tile almost completed.

Woman's Bathroom tile almost completed.

Outdoor Fire Pit for the Courtyard of Churches

Courtyard of Churches wall almost complete

2009-04-28T05:34:00.000-07:00

New venting system that is being installed.

North Porch entrance

Hall of Champions

Siding is being completed this week

This is where the Courtyard of Churches will soon begin to be layed

Front view of the Hall of Champions

Main South entrance to the building

New transformer installed to carry the new electric load of the building.

2009-04-17T11:19:00.000-07:00

New furnaces for the building.

Outside windows and trim.

New entrance way to the building on the South side.

Hall of Champions - insulation complete

Outside of the building, siding being put up.

Project progressing quickly

2009-04-02T18:03:00.001-07:00

Worker placing cement on the stairs going to the lower level.

Worker placing in the new windows.

Venting going in the main dining room.

View of the entrance to the Founders Room.

View of the Foresman Forum from the North Porch deck.

View of the windows in the Hall of Champions.

View of the Hall of Champions - the main dining room.

2009-03-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

2009-03-17T06:14:00.000-07:00

Trusses go up

2009-03-07T13:13:00.000-08:00

Framing in the process

2009-03-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

View of the south - Standing in the Founders Room

Back (North) view of the Founders Room

View of Foresman Room (old North Porch)

Construction moving quickly

2009-02-23T17:15:00.000-08:00

Progress on the building is moving quickly now. The main floor has been poured and the basement floor is on its finishing touches before the cement is put down. The framing should begin this week and that is expected to move fast as well.

Placement of the steel continues

2009-01-22T19:54:00.000-08:00

A steel beam had to be added to the old North Porch.

The new Gift Shop is being framed in.

Look out over the new addition to the Strader Hall of Champions and the Founders Room.

The Elevator Shaft

Steel Beams put into place

2009-01-21T07:46:00.001-08:00

Inside Construction Photos

2009-01-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

The forms for the foundation are all set and pouring will begin tomorrow at 10am.

The former North Porch has been gutted. This portion of the porch will be the new Gift Shop.

This view is the new doorway into the Foresman Forum.

This view is the front view of the new expanded bathrooms. It is almost double the size of the old bathrooms.

View of half the main dining room.

View of the side of the bathrooms, which have already been replumbed for the new fixtures.

Photo updates week of December 7th

2008-12-09T09:11:00.000-08:00

Photo Updates

2008-12-01T10:12:00.002-08:00

The Masonry Work Begins

2008-11-19T07:08:00.000-08:00

Snow blanketed Casowasco last night with a few inches of snow, just in time for the masons to finish the forms for the first round of concrete that is expected to be poured tomorrow morning.

Project Photo Updates this week

2008-11-13T14:59:00.000-08:00

Project Photo Updates

2008-11-05T07:52:00.001-08:00

Main Dining Room Demolished

2008-10-27T19:19:00.000-07:00

Groundbreaking Ceremony

2008-10-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

Today's Groundbreaking Ceremony was a wonderful time of celebration and we were blessed with a beautiful Fall day on the shores of Owasco lake.

Jackie Bellamy opened the service - over 70 people were in attendance.

Mrs. Patricia Smith sang for the special music.

Mike Huber broke ground with the golden ceremonial shovel.

Bishop Marcus Matthews, participated in the ceremony. This was his first visit to Casowasco since taking the Episcopal Office in the New York West Area in September.

The golden shovel against a backdrop of fall mums.

A view of the celebration from the lake facing Emmaus Commons.

Last look at this side of the building. Tomorrow the main dining room and Vanderburg Room will be demolished.

* A special thanks to Anne Riddell, owner of Anne's Studio & Photography for taking the photos of today's ceremony and celebration.

Stay tuned for more photos and videos as we progress on this exciting project.

NOMADS begin the demolition work

2008-10-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

Eleven wonderul NOMADS joined us for a few weeks to help us with many projects around site, one which was the beginning demolition stages of the expansion project.

They took there time taking off some of the wood that will be used in the new meeting spaces below the dining room.

They worked hard on getting many of the nails out so that it will be ready to go back in the Spring.

The Bulldozer arrived earlier this past week. Work has already begun on the outside, including the taking out of the windows.

On Thursday, the crew began taking the roof off.

The electrical contractors have been in the building to remove hte electric.

Final inside look ...

The roof is now gone.

The Groundbreaking Ceremony will be tomorrow, October 26, at 3:00pm with Bishop Marcus Matthews presiding.

On Monday the bulldozer will begin tearing the main dining room off of the building so that preparation can be made for the cement work.

Final Look before the project begins

2008-10-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

Main part of the Dining Room

A look at the buffet lines

Another look at the main dining room - this part will be torn off in the coming weeks for the expansion of the main dining room.

Vanderburg Room

The dark room (for photography)/craft storage room has been renovated and studs put up by the NOMADS during the beginning of October. This studded area is where the new HVAC system will sit.

Test - project to begin soon

2008-09-10T04:36:00.000-07:00

This is a test posting - our hope is to begin writing, posting pictures and videos of the Emmaus Commons Expansion fo the Dining Room at Casowasco. Check back for more informaiton soon!