With the first level's walls up...
...the "balloon framed" glue-lam window jambs could be inserted.
The place is taking on the look of a playground set on steroids.
Wayne bolts the jambs to the walls...
... then, between the jambs, bolts steel angles to carry the metal pan deck for the 2nd level's concrete floor. This will allow for windows to continue the full height of the two floors.
Some sidewalk superintendents came by to see how things were going.
Once all the walls and angles were up level and braced plumb, Jim Sutton and son Mike cut and put up the pan decking.
Nice job. huh! Good old RK Concrete and Pumping was called in again, first to lay the re-bar and weld-wire fabric, then...
...pump and pour...
...and screed a 6" slab.
Mike, at the far end, starts hard trowelling the slab. Not that we needed hard trowelling, but the unexpected sunshine had the concrete setting up fast, and it TOOK hard trowelling to get it smooth.
And smooth they got it. Level too: greatest difference between high and low was 1/8"!
Charlie made a visit, to check on progress, and to simulate being the 45 degree wall which will reflect the view thru the window down the hall.
So, once again, walls were raised, and another brace of 40' glue-lams were lifted: one in back, and ....
... one in front.
Brian starts the task of installing hold-downs to secure the headers to the walls.
Next, he and Wayne trimmed a cross beam to sit in large metal hangers on the headers, ...
... then called in Abe to help lift it in place. 
So, this is where we are at...now it is on to finishing up the 2nd Level walls, and starting the first of six (!!) different roof planes.
Meanwhile, where in the world is THIS side-walk super??A note on the weather...from the above photos, you may be wondering about the purported rainy winter weather of the Oregon coast. Indeed, I had to go back to Feb 10 to find this shot of "Coast View: Rain Lifing"
but lack of rainy photos is also a result of dis-inclination to take photos when raining!
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