This Maine CSA farm has a consistently w
This Maine CSA farm has a consistently well-written blog; the most recent post features repairs to their barn.
http://ow.ly/hsiWw
Oak timbers
These are Oak timbers, already stained, ready to package for delivery to the job site.
Traditional Post and Beam Construction
Post and Beam Construction!
Let’s go inside…
Native white pine timbers were chosen for the interior with douglas fir timbers for the exterior area.
Working with Bismark Construction and Huestis Tucker Architects, LLC was a wonderful experience, we look forward to future opportunities.
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 38,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 9 Film Festivals
Competitive Bidding
Competitive Bidding / Bid As Drawn
This can be a tough one, if you have a concern based on design aesthetic or worse…engineering. What’s the best way to approach this?
Let’s see….
1. Bid as drawn with so many comments and notes in the proposal that you think you are covered.
2. Bid as an alternate, hope they appreciate your attention to detail and concern.
3. Bid it both ways and hope for the best.
What do you think? In various construction methods, this similar situation must come up. We would like to hear your thoughts!
Timber Frame Raising / Progress Shots
View from the jobsite!
Great progress for day 2 timber frame raising.
Day 3, love that view!
Setting Joists
Setting the last full bent
Setting joists in the loft area…
Can you imagine the view looking out the dormer?
Timber Frame Raising End of Day 3
Day 4 begins below!
Day 5, time to wrap it up, setting rafters. Looks great!
View of the timber framing from lake side, nice.
Great job guys, come home!
