Construction Update #12 (last one!)

Yes, indeedy, this will be the last Construction Update entry. We are almost done, and from here on it's just a lot of finishing touches before we are ready to open. A lot, though.

The Eldo gang have been cruising, and are just about done, right on time. They have a few lead anchors left to install, a few hours of training for us on care and feeding of the beautiful walls they have built for us, and then they'll pack up their truck and head off to build someone else a gym nearly as nice as ours. :-)

Steve and Mark from Asana are now on site, installing our padded floor. See the photo below for a peek at their work in progress. The custom modular pads in the advanced bouldering area are now in place, and they're working on the 6" blue carpet stuff now. That should all be in place by the middle of next week.

Some of the other construction has taken a little longer than planned to wrap up, but there too we are down to finishing touches like soap dispensers and toilet paper rolls. Yes, after about 3 1/2 months of construction, we now have indoor plumbing! There was much rejoicing.

We are holding our initial staff orientation day on Sunday, and then we'll be routesetting like mad, and doing a million other things to get ready for opening day. We're certainly on track for the competition on the 27th, and we are hoping to have a little preview before then, but can't announce anything until we get past the required inspections and have approval to open our doors for business. Stay tuned!

This will be the final Construction Update, but we'll continue to post updates on our opening plans and everything else that is going on in the gym.

Here are a couple of recent shots of the last bits of work.

The stalactite, before it got painted.

The custom modular pads in place in front of
the advanced bouldering area, and the open cell
foam is going down in the rest of the north side.
The foam gets cut out to make room for the
slackline posts, and we'll have foam inserts/caps
to cover the holes when the posts come down
(for example, to make a nice large spectator
area for the Tour de Bloc comp).