Our Open Web Trusses Have Arrived.

Our New Roof!

That's All For Today!

To compensate for expansion and contraction, they'll pour the cement in 20 foot sections, let it dry, then pour some more. If they'd let us write with a stick in the wet cement, we'd write, "We ♥ Ortega Library!"

It's a 15 Cement Trucks Day!

Our Adult and Teen Area Floors Are In!

Here Comes The Children's Room Floor!

Have You Been Wondering Why All Those Ribar Posts Are Shaped Like Candy Canes?

They're bent in candy cane fashion as a safety measure to protect workers from getting seriously injured.

Before they pour the next phase of concrete, they will mark the spot on the ribar where it should be cut, and then they will cut it.


This finished ribar is now ready to be covered with concrete.

These Cute Little Grey Bricks Are Called "Dobies."

Dobies are used to keep the ribar in place when the concrete is poured.

There Will Be No Water Seeping Up Into Our Floors!

We've got 9,000 sq. ft. of Vapor Barrier!

Our Capillary Water Barrier

First, they cover the entire space with crushed rock, then they place sheets of plastic vapor retarder over the rock. Next, they'll pour the cement floor.

9,000 Square Feet With An Ocean View!