August 14th, 2023 - See Employee Log

 1) Organized call with Western Steel Construction to verify the cost of project expansion from 65' x 100' to 70' x 100'.

2) I organized the website for the meeting with Meredith & Sean Reid to kick off the hanger project. 

August 16th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Initial Review of Western Steel Building & identified correction: 

Items to be corrected: 

• We need to shift the delivery to before or after the Christmas & New Year holidays.

• Inventory and inspection dates must be extended if delivery occurs around the Christmas and New Year holidays. 

• The manufacturing defect inspection deadline needs to be extended. 

• Discuss with Western Steel Buildings why sales tax was not presented in the initial estimate. 

August 18th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Received Payment from Sean Reid for: 

• Invoice #1138 - $9,371.15 (power upgrade & project organization). 

• Invoice #1134 - $98,780.00 (initial deposit for building engineering, erector confirmation & general contractor fees).  

August 21st, 2023 -  See Employee Log

 1) Reviewed & negotiated contract with Western Steel Buildings for 70’ x 100’ building:

• Delivery Date

• Quantity & defect correction time frame

• Confirmed 30-year coating warranty

2) Signed contract and wired the initial building deposit to Western Steel Buildings: $59,891.00. 

3) Confirmed building opening requirements with garage door manufacturers. 

August 22nd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Had a call with Chris Price at Klima Architecture on all requested items. 

August 23rd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Picked up exterior color samples from the Western Steel Building in Park City & met with Ed, our sales rep. 

2) Confirmed with Ed that black is available in all finish types (roof, trim, and wall sheeting).

August 30th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Organized foundation engineering with Hazelwood Engineering. Emailed project requirements and provided a general overview of the scope of work needed for the project. 

2) Organized site plan requirements with Altitude Engineering. Emailed project requirements and provided a general overview of the scope of work (offsets, power & water locations) needed for the project.

3) Provide preliminary drawings to the garage door installer to make sure rough openings match the doors, quoted, and ensure there is enough space for wall-mounted commercial openers. Pre-engineering double check.

4) I sent an email to AMSCO Windows to ensure rough window openings match the requirements for the four 2' by 10' windows above the west-facing garage doors. 

5) Found one small mistake in preliminary plans (roof sheeting plan) panels 24 Ga. L4 Harbor Blue (wrong color -contacting Ed to correct 4/30/23). 

August 31st, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) I tracked down and organized the site topo map for Altitude Engineering. Discussed site plan requirements. 

September 12th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Sub Contractor Emails (Western Steel Building & engineer update) gentle nudging to hurry up.  

September 13th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) I reviewed the site plan with Altitude Engineering. Verification of building location, Water, power SWPPP plan envelope, driveway & concrete pad.

September 15th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Meeting with Sean at 1960 Edwards Ln to confirm the building layout. It was decided the new building would run north-south in the long orientation per the site plan developed by Altitude Engineering updated civil plan. This includes a 30 ft offset from the property line.

2) The driveway location was confirmed near the south side of the white fence. 

3) The property owner identified the ideal spoil disposal locations. 

4) The property owner showed us the location of all known irrigation lines. One main line is behind the current barn and is marked with an access cover. A second line was identified in the envelope of our proposed electrical line to service the new structure. The homeowner suggested that this be capped as it is currently leaking. This will be completed upon the installation of the electrical. 

After meeting with Sean at the project site, Nick & Jared paid a visit to Western Steel Buildings to check in and confirm the status of final engineering as plans as they were already delayed. 

September 18th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Received reaction details from Western Steel Building to begin finalization of foundation engineering plan. Engineering calculation sent to Hazelwood Engineering  

2) Continue to badger Western Steel Buildings to speed up final engineering to ensure everything remains on schedule. Racing for permit submittal and snow. 

September 19th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Reviewed the updated site plan and made one small correction regarding the power trench location. The trench was moved from passing through the driveway to follow the perimeter of the property. This was confirmed by Meredith Reid in a phone call, as the driveway will stay in place. 

September 21nd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Reviewed Wasatch Building Department requirements. Review current documents and begin to assemble all required paperwork. 

September 29th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Reached out to Sean & Meredith to organize a prebuilding meeting. This was scheduled for Monday, September 25th. 

Items To Review:

• Build contract

• Updated build schedule 

• Preparation for wire transfers & payment schedule

• Change order process

• Finalization of concrete pad 

• Shipping container relocation & site preparation for survey  

• Discussion of propane/natural gas (implication of addition, possible delays) 

• Plan for future utility stubs 

2) Received permit drawing from western steel building. 

3) Confirmed delivery date 10/31 with Kurt Fitch (two truck loads). 

4) Conference call with White Mountain Erectors to confirm availability and slot on their schedule. Confirm estimated building days (24). 

Confirmed:

• Estimated building days (24)

• Triple-checked snow load per details 

Items to confirm:

• Insulation manufacturing

5) Moved the delivery date to 11/7/2023 per erectors request.

6)Organized payment schedule, build contract & drawing details.

October 1st, 2023 - See Employee Log

1)Building permit organization & Wasatch County submittal requirements. 

October 2nd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Submitted building permit.

2) Organized contact with & double checked (legal & accounting).

3) Organized concrete with F'Prime C mix. 

October 3rd, 2023 - See Employee Log

I had a call with Grant From A Plus Garage Doors, confirmed garage door options for customer to review & scheduled install for December 18th, 2023.

October 4th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Completed final payment to Western Steel Construction $152,623.65 (see wire link here).

 2) Had a call with Mike at White Mountain Erectors to confirm needs & scheduling. 

October 9th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Permit double checking and clarification of future requirements. 

October 10th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1)Health Department calls & review payment.

October 11th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1)Meeting with Joel & Sean at Salt Lake International Airport to discuss U45 requirements & negotiate a long term lease.

October 12th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Updated permit information regarding facility utilities. 

2) I organized a letter from the water department stating there was no conflict with the site's current septic system. 

October 16th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Placed garage door order with A Plus Garage Doors & provided a 50% deposit for the order $27,017.50 (see invoice here).

October 18th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Contract signed for A Plus Garage Doors & delivery date confirmed. 

October 26th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete material planning.

2) Permit payments.

3) SWPPP Organization.

October 27th, 2023- Jared

1) Plan review. 

2) Plan printing, county signing/permitting requirements & equipment organization.

October 28th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Equipment delivery 289D & level best grading box.

October 29th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Equipment mobilization Cat 306, 301.7 & concrete forming supplies.

October 30th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Prepared site for project.

2) Began initial excavation take off & site layout.

3) Installed all SWPPP requirements. 

October 31st, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Meeting with AllTerra Surveying & plotted out building landmarks.

2) Began site & foundation excavation & base install.

3) Mobilized 180 Tons Of Gravel For Foundation. 

November 1st, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Finalized concrete footer excavation & base preparation. 

2) Porta potty delivery. 

3) 340 feet of footer layout & rebar organization/install. 

4) Confirmed concrete teams for November 2nd pour (concrete trucks, pump, & last minute forming needs). 

5) Double checked all math for tomorrow’s pour.

November 2nd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Last minute concrete footer forming. 

2) Rebar fine tuning. 

3) After the initial rebar inspection, the inspector requested a change to all piers; thankfully, our team of 15 was able to reset the rebar despite it being identical to the engineering detail. Upon the inspector's return a few hours later, the rebar inspection passed, and we had a successful pour.

4) After completion of the pour, concrete blankets were laid out to protect the new footer until it was fully cured. 

November 3rd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) After yesterday's pour, we returned to the site to double-check that all concrete blankets were still in place and cleaned up the job site. Everything was in order, and the concrete cured well overnight. 

November 6th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Today, our team striped the footers and cleaned up all waste materials from last week's pour. 

2) Additionally, the first semi arrived with 50% of the steel structure. The structure was unloaded, checked for damages, and inventoried. 

3) Lastly, we met with Jason at Allterra Land Surveying & plotted out foundation landmarks. 

November 7th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Today was a rainy/snowy day, so the concrete crew was off, but we were still able to receive and unload the second half of the building. The remaining building was double-checked for damages and inventoried. 

November 8th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Today, we began the layout of the concrete wall locations and installed 340 feet of 2x4s for the base of the concrete forms.  

2) Jared Grant & Ben Williams began hydro excavation of the power lines for the new tie-in and power upgrade.  

3) Lastly, we began excavation of the house well and exposed the main water line for service to the new structure. Prior to leaving, this was insulated with concrete blankets to protect the well from freezing.

November 9th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete form installation continues with the installation of a second row of 2x4's 340 feet of forming drilled and anchored to the concrete. 

2) Ben & Jared further hydro-excavated the well line to meet the plumber's needs and scheduled stop and waste installation with Beehive Plumbing. Further hydro excavation continued to expose industrial irrigation lines to ensure safe power line trenching. 

November 10th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Team concrete form installation, 680 feet of forms matched to project elevation. 

November 13th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Confirmed pier, rebar & bolt requirements with engineer.

2) Ordered all anchor bolt materials. 

3) Ordered all 2’ x 10’ AMSCO Windows & Doors.

4) Confirmed delivery date of insulation November 21st, 2023. 

5) Had a meeting with Beehive Plumbing & confirmed well water tie-in. 

6) Organized total station survey for anchor bolt install.

7) Concrete team organized all remaining form brackets, cut rebar to length, installed horizontals, and formed all walls in preparation for installation.

November 14th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Meeting with Jason from AllTerra Land Surveying to confirm wall & pier locations are correct.

2) Began concrete pier rebar install. 

November 15th, 2023 - See Employee Log

Plywood, plywood & more plywood

1) Concrete wall and snap tie install (west & east side 200 feet).

November 16th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete wall & snap tie install (north & south side).

November 17th, 2023 - See Employee Log

On Friday, we finished the concrete pier prep and had to make some tweaks to the rebar to ensure the anchor bolts would sit plumb. 

1) Concrete pier elevation.

2) Rebar cleanup.  

November 19th, 2023 - See Employee Log

On Sunday, the rain continued, but we were able to begin the truing process of installing whaler supports. A lot of hammering, string lines, and staking was required, but the walls straightened out beautifully.  

November 20th, 2023 - See Employee Log

Today was a super rainy day, but we were able to keep things rolling with rebar install and anchor bolt gig buildout. 

1) Rebar double check/tweak. Ensured all spacing was correct. 

2) Concrete pier form install.

3) Built anchor bolt templates.

November 21st, 2023 - See Employee Log

It was a big day, but the team did great as we successfully poured 340 feet of foundation wall.  

1) First thing, the boys installed the rebar hairpins & trued up all forms.

2) Then Jason from AllTerra Land Surveying stopped by to confirm all anchor bolt layouts prior to pouring.

3) Quin from Wasatch County performed our rebar inspection and we successfully received of certificate of approval. 

4) Upon the boom truck's arrival, we poured 30 Yards of concrete with F'Prime C Mix. (4500 PSI, With hot water & 1% accelerant to ensure curing with the cool temperatures). The outdoor temperature during the pour was 54 degrees, with an evening low of 28 degrees.  

5) Lastly, to ensure our beautiful new walls were protected from the cold, the team stayed late to cover the concrete with blankets. One blanket on either side of the wall and one blanket on top to keep everything cozy! 

November 22nd, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Site Cleanup and secured concrete blankets in preparation for Thanksgiving, the storm.

2) Stored all insulation indoors to protect against the weather.

November 27th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete wall stripping & rental returns.

November 28th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete wall stripping & site cleanup.

2) Purchase & delivered electrical conduit.

3) Lighting organization.

4) Start excavation for power line.

November 29th , 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Electrical conduit install 200ft of 600ft.

2) Lighting organization.

3) Product returns.

November 30th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Foundation preparation.

2) Power line install 200ft, 400ft installed of 600ft

3) Man door order details.

4) Site cleanup in preparation for storm.

December 4th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Jobsite winter preparation (Cobble & Gravel) power line install continues.

2) Wall sealing.

3) Utility concrete coring for future utilities.

December 5th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Power line backfill.

2) Topsoil removal for barn concrete pad.

December 6th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Power line access box install.

2) Purchase & delivery of 60 ton’s of gravel for powerline backfill & drive way.

December 7th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Purchase & delivery of 110 ton’s of gravel for future concrete pad winter install cleanliness.

2) Power line excavation & driveway cleanup.

3) Prepared site for the weekend storm.

December 11th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Barn apron subbase preparation & topsoil removal 300 cubic yards.

2) Site cleanup (burn two brush piles).

3) On the east side of the Hanger, we brought down the grade roughly 12'“-16” and provided a 2% slope away from the building to proper drainage.

December 12th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Waterline excavation.

2) North side site rough grading.

December 13th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Gravel delivery for waterline & site backfill.

2) Waterline instillation & backfill.

December 14th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Waterline yard cleanup.

2) Concrete supply demobilization (first load).

December 18th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete supply demobilization (second load).

2) General property clean up (hand raking of well rocks from lawn & powerline cleanup).

December 20th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Well stop & waste correction.

December 21st, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Site cleanup & prepare for erector install.

2) Emailed Hunt Electric to confirm start date.

December 27th, 2023 - See Employee Log

1) Confirmed & paid Man Door Order with 24”x 60” light kit with Diamond Wire Glass (black hardware).

January 2nd, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Purchase, delivery & install of 42.07 ton of 1” gravel.

2) South side gravel ramp install.

3) Additional gravel delivery hydrants & surrounding foundation.

4) Hydrant & future water plumbing organization.

January 3rd, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Today Grant Installed frost freeze hydrant’s on the north & a second on the south side of the property.

January 4th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Installed future service line stop & waste access port & backfilled.

2) Cleanup shop & site for forecasted snow.

3) Prepared site for erectors (power & trash trailer).

January 8th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Met on site with erector.

2) Organized parts of building in relation to the foundation with the team of erectors.

January 9th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Door frames picked up from manufacturer.

2) First coat of paint applied.

January 10th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Going vertical!

2) Ensured foundation and structure were a good fit and strong connection to begin moving forward with the rest of the steel structure.

3) Steel door frames painted and ready for install.

January 11th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Majority of the vertical structure installed.

January 15th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Installed the ridge beams, things are moving along after the storm.

2) Site snow removal after yesterdays big storm.

January 16th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) The door frames were installed today.

January 18th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Insulation and paneling began today.

January 22nd, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Meet with the erectors today on site and all the flashing, window and door trim is installed.

2) Back wall insulated and sheeted today.

January 23rd, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Met with inspector on site for bolt inspection: inspection passed.

2) East side of structure is complete.

3) Windows installed.

4) Onsite meeting with Sean to review electrical, go over lighting layout, & discuss U42 Hanger expansion prices.

January 24th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Tracked down extra galvanized Cee Purlins for extra garage door reinforcement.

January 25th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Delivered extra galvanized Cee Purlins for extra garage door reinforcement.

2) Emptied dumpster at Heber Dump.

3) Plowed out snow for erectors.

January 31st, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Prepared all man doors for paint.

2) Checked in on the erectors, 50% of the roof and insulation installed.

3) Also we cleaned out the garage after all the insulation was removed.

February 5th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Picked up man doors from paint & began install.

February 6th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Today the team completed installations of the man doors.

2) Manufacture was contacted as the deadbolts were not fitting properly.

February 7th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Meeting with electrician to ensure all details are in order for next week install.

- Discussed mainline install

- Lighting layout

- Switch locations

- Outlet locations

- Blew out conduit debris in preparation main wire install.

February 10th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Organized manlifts for Hunt Electric install.

February 11th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Organized additional materials for garage door install and power layout.

February 12th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Organized & installed outlet struts.

2) Met Hunt Electric on site to begin electrical install.

February 13th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Organized & installed temporary garage door supports.

2) Hunt Electric installs main panel.

February 14th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Three 12x14 garage doors installed by A Plus Garage Doors.

2) Hunt Electric installs light conduit.

February 15th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) One 12x14 & one 24x14 garage doors installed by A Plus Garage Doors.

2) Hunt Electric continues install.

February 16th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Grant Excavation team installs all overhead halo lights.

2) Hunt Electric continues install.

February 21st, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Meeting with electrician to ensure all details are in order for next weeks install.

2) Prompted the electrician to pick up the pace as the man lift would be going away soon.

February 21st - March 4th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Hunt electric continues power install at a slow pace.

March 4th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Hunt Electric pulled inside wires through conduit.

March 5th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) After numerus delays I contact the CEO of Hunt Electric and discussed the problems we were having with his team and that it needed to be resolved promptly.

March 11th -15th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Fabricated & installed flashing for all ridge beams.

March 19th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Installed all exterior lighting junction box to provide extra support for the lights.

March 21st, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Installed all exterior lighting goose necks.

2) Continue pressing of Hunt Electric on main power install and poor service.

March 25th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Organized & purchased shop floor drain materials.

2) Began excavation of internal drain water trenches.

March 26th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Installed 4” floor drain pipe in each bay and stubbed out side 30ft. Additionally all plates are covered with metal caps for easy access when septic expansion is approved in later project phases.

March 27th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Today Jared had a meeting with Eric Larsen at Hunt Electric stating our disaffection with Greg the service provider. Negotiations were made with Eric Larson defining the additional fees caused by Greg the electrician and how our bill would be prorated.

2) Installed 4” floor drain pipe in each bay and stubbed out side 30ft. Additionally all plates are covered with metal caps for easy access when septic expansion is approved in later project phases.

3) Upon a meeting with Heber Valley and Light, it was made clear it would be a cleaner install to place the meter next to the power pole. Therefore we excavated the last sections of trench and relocated the meter base to the power pole.

March 28th, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Email and conversations with both Hunt Electric & Meredith Reid on power upgrade authorization.

April 2, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Meter base secured with sonotubes & concrete.

2) Sweep 90s backfilled with sand & ready for electricians.

3) Inside gravel rough grading.

4) Additional gravel calculated for slab.

April 9, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete preparation & trucking 56.21 ton of 1” gravel.

2) Meeting with concrete team for floor poor.

April 15, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) New 400amp service install. Purchase & delivery of 9.86 tons of sand for conduit bedding.

2) House service line excavation & relocation. New house service wire pull & upgrade to include larger wire per IFC2021.

3) Install of ridged conduit.

4) Meeting with inspector & Heber Valley Power & Light, electrified barn, power upgrade inspection passed.

April 16, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Power line site cleanup, backfill.

2) Walk through with Sean of the new power.

3) Meeting with Tracy to fix last minute power items.

April 23, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete Slab Install Day 4:14am Start, the crew crush it. To kick things off we made sure all our washout and hoses were in place, our drain elevations are set and installed 340 feet of joint expansion foam around the perimeter of the floor. At 5:30 am the first truck arrived and we began the pour. With 25 min spacing, it took just over six and a half hours to pour the floor. Then the real work start, from 1pm to 10:00pm the concrete team hand and power troweled the floor 5-6 times cleaning the edges and making the floor super smooth. Additionally, as the floor was curing we laid out the control joints and began cutting the vital joints until we can return tomorrow to complete the job. All and all the floor looks beautiful. Tomorrow we will complete the saw cut the joints and clean the slab.

2) Installed 340 feet of expansion foam

3) 130 Yards of concrete purchased and installed

3) Burnished machine power troweled 6831 sqft

4) Laid out & saw cut the 50% of the floor control joints

April 24, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Concrete control joints cleaning, floor wash & watering.

May 1st, 2024 - See Employee Log

1) Purchased, delivered & installed 9 tons of gravel for final inspection. Wasatch County code requires compacted gravel up to threshold of all doors to pass final inspection.

2) At 1pm we had a our final & building electrical inspection with AJ from Wasatch County and passed with no alteration required.

3) Confirmed with county that certificate of occupancy will be issued in 7-10 days.