A little slab'll do ya'...

(Fifth in a series. If you want to get the story from the beginning, start with post number one. If you'd like to put the following photos into perspective, there's an architectural floorplan in my August 23rd entry, "Almost Ready to Build".)

Okay, this is the last post about slabs...I promise. But I've been fascinated watching the foundations of our new studio get built. Hey, concrete is interesting stuff! What would modern architecture be without it?

Here's the freshly poured slab for Control Room B, where Mike McGinnis will hold forth.


And here's where yours truly will slave over a hot keyboard all day.


Control Room A is ready to be poured. This will be Anthony Fedele's new digs. The forms for Studio 2 (just behind) are also ready.


From this perspective, you're looking from Control Room C, across the nearly prepped Studio 1, then to Control Room B.


Don't let the dimensions fool you. The space between - where Studio 1 will be - is 28 x 22 feet.

And finally, the diminutive Studio 3, a one-person vocal booth. Again, while it looks like a closet from this perspective, the interior dimension will be a reasonably comfortable 6' 6" x 8' 0".


It's Tuesday, September 30th, and all slab work is scheduled to be completed by the end of the week. Next week, the sprinkler system will be raised into the beams to make room for those wonderfully high studio ceilings. All the HVAC air handlers and hard duct work will also be installed next week. Apparently it's much easier to do this stuff before there are walls in the way. (I'm learning all this stuff from people MUCH smarter about it than me!)

And speaking of people smarter than me...


Beck says, "Slab-tabulous!"

Until next time...