I’ve Seen Fire and Rain

by | Jul 25, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 This week was highlighted by the weather, again. A frontal boundary decided to camp out over Southeastern Minnesota for about four days. During that period, the area was plagued by numerous thunderstorms. As you can see, the...

All Hands on Deck

by | Jul 18, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017  The majority of the week was spent building the joists to support the walk-around deck. The joists are constructed out of 2 x 8’s attached to 2 x 10’s. The 2 x 10’s are secured to the ends of the 16 girders and...

Girders Done

by | Jul 11, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 We’re Not in Kansas Anymore It’s a little difficult to see in the photo on the right, but this is a wall cloud produced by a mesoscale thunderstorm that passed to the North last Thursday. This same storm spawned an F2...

Up go the Floor Support Beams

by | Jun 27, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 Hello and welcome to the “Fun with Girders Show”! The delivery of the 2″ x 10″ x 20′ pressure treated boards arrived on Wednesday afternoon. A total of 64 of these boards will be used to make 16...

Up go the First Floor Outer Beams

by | Jun 19, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 Just Beaming Along This week ended a day short for me as I could not pass up my favorite event of the year – The Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Amherst, Wisconsin. But before I get to that, the weather cooperated last...

First Floor Posts Erected

by | Jun 12, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 I guess I’ll never be happy. Either it’s raining or the deer flies are out. I don’t know why they call them deer flies I’ve never seen them with antlers, but they are certainly not “dear”...