610 and 630 Court Street Progress - 2017

630 Court Street: Pieces of steel angle iron were installed on each side of the columns of the moment frame along the Main Street façade.  These angle iron pieces will support a steel plate that will form part of the seismic connection between the new moment frame and an original I-Beam in the brick wall.  This image shows an angle iron temporarily held to one of the moment frame’s columns, so holes could be drilled through both.

630 Court Street: A steel plate was added on top of the angle iron pieces.

630 Court Street: One of the completed angle iron and steel plate connections, tieing the new moment frame to the original I‑Beam in the brick wall of the the Main Street façade.

630 Court Street: Criss-crossing rebar was installed for the new foundation of the steel moment frame along the Main Street façade.  This foundation extended 5 feet above the basement floor, as well as several feet into the ground below.

630 Court Street: The concrete form for the foundation of the moment frame was completed in the basement.

630 Court Street: Through an opening in the first story floor, concrete is poured into the foundation form in the basement.  That foundation will support the steel moment frame along the Main Street façade.

630 Court Street: This image shows one of the “posts” or columns of the moment frame along the Main Street façade, as it connects to the newly poured concrete foundation.

630 Court Street: A new drainage system, using an underground pipe, was added to the floor of the basement.  The pipe carries water to an existing sump pump pit.  Previously, water that made its way into the basement at this location travelled along grooves cut into the surface of the concrete floor.

610 Court Street: A worker lays carpet tiles in Suite 101.

610 Court Street: Communication wires are installed in the ceiling of Suite 101.

630 Court Street: The holes that had been drilled in the basement wall in May received epoxied rebar, as a part of the construction of the the foundation of the moment frame along the Main Street façade.  In this image, the moment frame is suspended above.

630 Court Street: The bottom half of the moment frame along the Main Street façade is made flush to the top of the second story floor joists using left-over pieces of angle iron.  In this image, a piece of dry lumber has been bolted to the top of the moment frame so that the floor can eventually be tied directly to the frame.  Additional ties will be created from the moment frame to the adjacent wall.

630 Court Street: A concrete form begins to take shape with the installation of plywood panels at each end of the form.  Once poured, the concrete will become the foundation of the moment frame along the Main Street façade.  After additional rebar is installed, the front plywood panel of the form will be erected.

630 Court Street: Work continued on repairing the second story roof trusses.  Every roof truss in this image has been repaired.

610 Court Street: Preparations were made for a new tenant to move into Suite 101.  In this image, a worker demonstrates how he will grind-down an uneven edge between two old concrete pours on the floor, prior to carpets being installed.  Other work included installing outlets for telephone and computer wires, repainting, switching out fluorescent lights for LED lights, and replacing the tiles in the T-Bar ceiling.

630 Court Street: The bottom half of the moment frame along the Main Street façade is assembled.

610 Court Street: Special pads to protect the mirror finish stainless steel doors and door frames were purchased and tested.  These pads will be deployed each time a new tenant moves in.

630 Court Street: The bottom chord of the existing roof trusses are repaired using lumber that matches the thickness of the original lumber.  The light-colored lumber in the upper part of this image is new; the dark-colored lumber in the center part of the image is old.

630 Court Street: The new bottom chord beams are connected to the old lumber of the trusses using steel plates and thick-shank wood screws.  All lumber had to be pre‑drilled to receive the screws.

630 Court Street: A “special order” load of lumber arrives from Berry's Sawmill, Inc. in Cazadero, California.  These beams are 30 foot long, full-thickness, 2x8s and will be used to repair damaged roof trusses on the second floor.  The lumber had to be full‑thickness to match the existing boards in the trusses.  The trusses had been compromised during previous remodels of the building.

630 Court Street: The 2x8 beams are stamped “No. 1” which is the highest grade of lumber available.

630 Court Street: A “post” or column section of the moment frame along the Main Street façade is moved into position.  This moment frame will be partially assembled and suspended above the basement floor.  A concrete foundation will then be poured below it.  These moment frames are part of the seismic retrofit work.

610 Court Street: A T‑Bar ceiling with LED lights was added to Suite 103.  This type of work will transform the suite into a rentable shell, with the final finishes to be selected by the future tenant.

630 Court Street: Holes in a grid pattern were drilled into the basement wall.  Steel rebar will be epoxied into these holes and concrete poured next to the existing wall to create a foundation for a new moment frame along the Main Street façade.

630 Court Street: In several locations along the north wall, sections of the roof were removed and a line of holes drilled to allow the installation of epoxied all‑thread rods, which will hold steel columns to the inside surface of the wall.

630 Court Street: The pieces of the moment frame for the Main Street façade arrived and had to be lifted from the delivery truck by a crane.  Made of I‑Beams, the moment frame was specially designed to allow it to be bolted (instead of welded) in place.  This image shows one of the six I‑Beams of the moment frame being guided into the entry door of the building.

610 Court Street: A worker grinds down a rough spot on the concrete slab in the downstairs common area hallway, prior to installing carpet tiles.

610 Court Street: Carpet tiles are installed in the downstairs common area hallway.

610 Court Street: When sheetrock was removed from a wall, part of an old concrete stairway was revealed.  The majority of the stairway had been removed during a prior remodel, but about 8 to 10 inches remained sticking out from the wall.  In this image, a worker removes the remnants of the old stairway.

610 Court Street: Security cameras were added to the downstairs common areas.

610 Court Street: Sound insulation was installed in the ceiling of Suite 103 because that portion of the building has a wooden second story floor, which permits too much sound transmission between stories.

610 Court Street: Conduits for electrical receptacles and phone wires were added in the unfinished downstairs suites.

610 Court Street: The electric utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, installed electric meters for the individual suites and the common areas.

610 Court Street: A load of sound insulation arrived.  This insulation will be placed where the second story floor is made of wood (which is about half of the building -- the other half of the second story has concrete floors and does not require sound insulation).

610 Court Street: Purple-colored drywall was added against some of the exterior concrete walls, where moisture might penetrate the concrete.  This type of drywall resists moisture, mold and mildew.

610 Court Street: The electrician brought in a rigid steel conduit bender to make pieces of conduit required for the installation of the last two electrical panels.

610 Court Street: After rigid steel conduits were installed, wires were pulled from the main "bussed gutter" (shown in this image) to the new electric meter panels.

630 Court Street: Plans for a steel I-Beam moment frame to reinforce the Main Street façade were approved by the City. 

630 Court Street: A worker from ASI Alarms installs cables for a security system.

630 Court Street: An old lumber label was found while performing some more demolition.  This label might be from the "4C Lumber Company" and was apparently affixed onto Kiln Dried Old Growth Yellow Fir lumber.  It is unknown if this label was from the original 1920's construction or a later remodel.

610 Court Street: Yellow cable for security cameras is taken off the spool for running in the building.  These cables will eventually transmit images from security cameras.

610 Court Street: Vinyl street address and suite numbers are placed on the interior side of one of the transom windows by an employee of GLT Sign Solutions.  All sidewalk entrances received address signage.

610 Court Street: In preparation for electric meters, custom engraved phenolic plastic identification plates were affixed to each meter box.  These plates came from our preferred vendor, Elko Trophy & Engraving.

610 Court Street: Drilled head screws were added to an electric pull box so it could be sealed by the utility company.

610 Court Street: A red and white sign was added to the Main Service Disconnect for easy location in an emergency.

610 Court Street: A crew from Commercial Glass and Aluminum, Inc. replaces one of the mirror finish doors that had been mis-manufactured.

630 Court Street: A non-structural plate is welded onto a steel angle iron for use in the seismic reinforcement project.

630 Court Street: Part of a concrete slab is removed to make room for a new concrete foundation that will hold up a steel I-Beam moment frame, as required by the seismic reinforcement project.