Work on the North Wing Addition slows a bit as the weather gets colder. Temperatures here in Corning have ranged in January from -9° F to 54°. Surfaces can become more slippery just like the roads. Workers walk carefully and … Read more →
We’ve reached the next big milestone in the construction of the North Wing addition: the walls are beginning to go up. The concrete serpentine walls will rise to an impressive twenty one feet. The concrete is being placed six feet … Read more →
Pouring the concrete floor for our new 26,000 square foot North Wing gallery has been a multi-step process. At the end of August, we shared a time lapse video of the east half of the floor being poured. But, before … Read more →
Almost all modern concrete is reinforced with steel rebar. Steel and concrete are an excellent combination. Concrete is strong in compression and relatively weak in tension. Steel is strong in tension. They have similar rates of expansion and contraction when … Read more →