August 22nd

:::FotoCap 1: View from the Third Floor looking southwest across Jefferson Park at Zocalo Lofts.







:::FotoCap 2: View from the Third Floor looking north at the wood stud wall framing (Unit 306?)








:::FotoCap 3: View from the Third Floor looking northwest at the corner of Clay and 23rd.







:::FotoCap 4: View from the Third Floor looking east at 301 (my unit) and beautiful Downtown Denver.




Intro:::
It was great meeting all of the future neighbors at the Saddleback Design interior finish kickoff earlier this week. As it turns out, I managed to coordinate a last minute construction tour today with Chris Achenbach, the RiverClay architect.

Observations:::
This week's progress is the start of the wood stud wall framing on the Third Floor units. The majority of the framing is tilt-up panels of 2x6's with the demising walls between units consisting of (2) walls of 2x4's, not touching, with (1) layer of gyp on both sides and filled with batt insulation. The ceiling will be constructed of wood TJI framing with resilient channels and (2) layers of gyp. board. The two north corner units, 300 and 301, have been slowed mainly because they are laying the concrete masonry block for the stair and elevator towers and using those areas for staging the materials. Most of the framing is taking place in the middle units, 302 thru 306. The parking lights are in place at the Lower Level parking and they are pouring the raised slabs for the storage units. The north metal pan stair is installed between the two parking levels only. Currently the only access to the Third Floor is up a single extension ladder--not for the faint of heart.

:::Sorry, No Weekly Slice of RiverClay PAN this week.