This Week:

The electricians set can lights, fans, and cut in boxes throughout the house.

AV wiring also continued and boxes set and locations cut in.

Plumbing valves and rough in were completed.

Hvac rough-in was completed to 95%.

Exterior siding materials were procured and scheduled for delivery.

The metal roof install was started.

Upcoming:

The electrical rough in will likely get wrapped up along with the hvac and our framers will wrap up the fireplace framing.

The roofers will install the skylights and keep running the panels and setting those in place.

We'll get things cleaned up out front and continue to make a plan for mitigating the seepage we've been tracking at the foundation.

Ideally we may be able to start calling for mechanical inspections for some of our trades.

This Week:

We continued to reconnect with our subcontractors and coordinate their return to the site.

The siding, grading, framing, and plumbing crews continued working.

We continued scheduling the upcoming trades.

Upcoming:

The electricians will install the lighting that was delivered.

The roof will be installed and the gutter installation will begin.

The framing crew will make adjustments to the framing where the mechanicals need space and close more of the house up to prepare for the coming colder weather.

Hurricane Helene Impact Update:

We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while we used our time and energy last week to put ourselves back together.

While it will be some time before we are fully recovered, crews have returned to projects, and the work continues. Unfortunately, some of our subcontractors and vendors have experienced catastrophic losses. We are still in the discovery phase and working hard to understand the true impact of project schedules and budgets. We are working with these folks closely and respectfully to understand the impact on projects. As a brief example, one of our commercial window and door manufacturers has reported that their entire facility was washed down the French Broad River, which held recently manufactured windows and doors for the Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County project currently under construction.

We are anticipating some impact to the materials market due to scarcity and availability. We have seen some diversion of materials that physically can’t be delivered to our area due to road closures. Those vendors are working hard to source alternate routes and get materials we have already purchased to us. The full impact of this storm and the one that hit Florida won't be fully realized until the next few weeks.

We will continue to be in touch through our weekly updates and will schedule meetings with you if we determine that your project schedules or budget will be heavily impacted.

This Week:

We regained power to the site. There was a moderate amount of cleanup of mostly fallen branches, with a minimal impact overall.

The plumbers finalized the rough-in with supply lines, valve installation, and recirculation lines.

I met with other subcontractors onsite to ensure that their plans to continue working were not impacted by the storm.

The lighting protection crew began running their copper lines on Friday.

Upcoming:

The HVAC, electrical, and AV rough-in will be completed.

The radon system will be finished.

The siding crew will finish installing the siding.

The gutters will be installed.