Town Hall Place
Brunswick, Maine
Construction Progress
May, 2011
A little sun has come out and the leaves are happy. Grand opening is scheduled for the Saturday of Mermorial Day weekend.
May, 2011
Curbing is being installed. The asphalt will be poured later this week and then the pavers will be installed over the subbase next week.
May, 2011
Granite curbing is being installed along the rear of the building. The new entrance has been isntalled, too.
May, 2011
Life is good side of the store.
May, 2011
After the ribbon cutting ceremony, the bronze plaque was unveiled by Mike Ouellet, general contractor, and David Matero.
May, 2011
Missy, the store manager, about the cut the ribbon in front of Brunswick council and chamber members.
May, 2011
Ribbon cutting ceremony.
May, 2011
Open for business.
May, 2011
The back exit has been completed, except for the cleaning.
May, 2011
Town Hall Place at night.
May, 2011
Herbie greeting visitors from the exterior.
May, 2011
Store opening is one full day away.
May, 2011
The merchandise is beginning to be highlighted.
May, 2011
Greg Day taking a break from aiming lights.
May, 2011
Greg Day aiming lights. Lights are a combination of halogen (for color rendition) and LED (efficiency) track mounted fixtures.
May, 2011
Toilet room is almost completed.
May, 2011
The valance has been installed on the lights.
May, 2011
Furiously unpacking, folding, tagging, and shelving.
May, 2011
The Life is good sign is up.
May, 2011
Mike, the millworker, made a mockup of the light valance for the changing and toilet rooms.
May, 2011
Installing lights in the new canopy.
May, 2011
Mocking up the "Life is good" sign.
May, 2011
The mechanical units have been delivered.
May, 2011
The back stair has been opended up. Waiting for phase 2.
May, 2011
Denis from Perfect Signs has delivered the bronze plaque commerorating the origingal Town Hall Building located on this site until it was torn down in 1961. The plaque will be unveiled during the ribbon cutting ceremony next week.
May, 2011
The store and future office exit is beginning to be bricked.
May, 2011
Nicole Pilgrim painting Herbie the Moose.
May, 2011
The metal deck has been removed in the office area. Diffused light will flood the offices.
May, 2011
Looking through the borrowed lites from the retail to the future printing area.
May, 2011
Lights mounted to the storefront will highlight window displays.
May, 2011
The interior fit out of retail continues.
April, 2011
The morning light reflecting the Town Hall Place letters. The perforated metal helps to create a dynamic sign with static elements.
April, 2011
A combination of halogen and LED light fixtures are being installed throughout the retail area to achieve good color rendition and energy efficiency.
April, 2011
Shelving being installed in Cool As A Moose.
April, 2011
Cabinetry is being installed in the Life is good area. The windows (borrowed lites) from the store look out to the screen printing area in the basement.
April, 2011
View from below.
April, 2011
The precast concrete sills have been installed along the Maine Street windows, along with the sunshades.
April, 2011
Notice the quality of light from the skylights. The plywood is on the floor for staging but when this is removed the light will make it down to the basement.
April, 2011
The skylights being installed. These will bring daylight to the printing area in the basement.
April, 2011
The interior of Cool As A Moose with paint and flooring going down.
April, 2011
The Town Hall Place sign with lights.
April, 2011
The interior of Cool As A Moose is being primed.
April, 2011
The canopy frame is here. It is scheduled for installation soon.
April, 2011
The skylights are being installed above the future printing area. Part of the floor is covered by plywood to act as staging but eventually that and every other joist will be removed to bring light into the basement. The windows into the retail area will allow shoppers to watch their shirts being printed.
April, 2011
The upper part of the staging is down unveiling half the building.
April, 2011
Sheetrock has been installed.
April, 2011
The sign behind the curtain.
April, 2011
John Lotfey (electrician) Jacques Santucci (Opus Consulting), and Karen Bushey (Cool As A Moose)
April, 2011
This UFO is acutally roof decking being removed for the skylights.
April, 2011
The architect and Jada looking at the finishes. Tracy Davis from Urban Dwellings (see photos below) chose a very nice pallette of colors.
April, 2011
The existing roof membrane is being cut away for the installation of the skylight curb.
April, 2011
The roofers are replacing insulation with new insulation and a fully adhered EPDM roofing.
April, 2011
Denis from Perfect Signs holding one of the letters from Cool As A Moose.
April, 2011
A job meeting with Ouellet Associates and the owner, Kip Stone, in red.
April, 2011
The perimeter walls of the retail area have been sprayed insulated. This picture is also a good example of how the windows work, good light distribution and no glare.
March, 2011
The skylight frames have been construced on the second floor. Once the roofers are ready, these will be carried out onto the roof. The glazing in the skylights are by Kalwall.
March, 2011
The retail framing is complete and the rough-in is well on its way.
March, 2011
Wall framing is set off the block so that spray insulation will create a thermal break between the block and metal studs. Note the Solera glazing on the upper windows.
March, 2011
Washing the brick of the debris from cutting in the windows. Once the precast concrete sills are installed, the windows will be sealed tight.
March, 2011
The aluminum sunshades are constructed as part of the Kawneer storefront system.
March, 2011
Windows along the south wall are being installed. The aluminium sunshades will help block direct light during the summer but allow solar heat gain during the winter. Above the sunshades, Solera glazing will diffuse and distribute daylight to the interior.
March, 2011
The first of the aluminum sunshades have been installed. This is the view from the interior.
March, 2011
More welding for additonal roof reinforcing. The roof needed to be upgraded to current code standards.
March, 2011
The storefront windows along Maine Street have been installed. The vision glass is in, but we are waiting for the Solera glass that will be installed in the upper panels. Solera glass will help diffuse and distribute light to the interior.
March, 2011
The last of the floor grinding at newly poured concrete.
March, 2011
The kickers have been installed. Waiting for the exterior canopy steel.
March, 2011
A section detail by the structural engineers, Casco Bay Engineering, of the front canopy.
March, 2011
The canopy beams will slide into these tabs.
March, 2011
These tabs are being installed at the lcoation of the front canopy.
March, 2011
Kickers will be slotted into the tabs welded to the beam at the roof. These kickers will angle down to connect to the canopy steel so assist with the cantilever loads of the canopy.
March, 2011
The tabs for the canopy are being cut. This beam will be raised above and the kickers will be inserted into the tabs you see between the steel flanges (see kickers above).
March, 2011
STEEL AND BAR JOISTS ARE HERE! Now we can start building.
March, 2011
At the new entrance / exit being cut into the south wall, a copper pan was installed under the concrete and sloped to the exterior. Trying to alleviate the problem at the main entrance where water penetrated to the inside and rusted the structure.
March, 2011
Pouring concrete near the front entrance, above the resupported (rusty) beam.
March, 2011
Pouring concrete at the area of existing floor and metal deck that needed to be removed.
February, 2011
Maybe a little hard to see, the window height along Maine Street will be almost 2' higher than the original storefront windows. These large steel braces anchored wood blocking that supported a fabric awning frame. Removing the bottom of the braces and wood blocking will bring in more natural daylight through our Solera glass above the sunshade system.
February, 2011
As you can see, rust has eaten a majority of the beam embedded in the foundation. A bent steel plate will be bolted through the foundation wall below and welded to the underside of this beam to provide new support.
February, 2011
Eric Dube from Casco Bay Engineering and Don Ouellet from Ouellet Associates inspecting a severly rusted beam to determine whether to replace it or restructure itl.
February, 2011
It was the right time to renovate the old Grand City building. Concrete was removed at the front entrance to expose rotting metal deck and a steel beam. Now is the time to take care of this.
February, 2011
A mock up of the aluminum storefront window. To cover the edge of brick that has been cut, brake metal is wrapped around the edge. The storefront manufacturer has done a good job constructing this trim detail.
Fefruary, 2011
Remember that brick wall in poor condition? It has been rebuilt behind the curtain.
January, 2011
Staging and a protective structure for all the work that is beginning on the Maine Street facade.
January, 2011
Detail of a window opening. Note the old way of installing brick ties. Every 6 courses bricks were laid on a header course and mortared into the concrete block. The disadvantage to this system is there is no air space beween the brick and block so the brick does not work as a rain screen. However, it has worked for over 50 years.
January, 2011
Protective boxes have been installed in the openings, but they will be reused when the windows arrive. The wood frames will remain as nailing blocks for the frames. Insulation will be filled beween the wood and concrete.
January, 2011
Many of the brick openings have been cut. The openings will have barriers until the windows arrive.
December, 2010
Light! The first of the brick openings along the south side of the building have been cut. What a way to end the year. Here's to a great start to 2011.
December, 2010
The forms have been removed, water is still being pumped out below the pit. Once the waterproofing is installed and the hole is backfilled the water should not be an issue anymore.
December, 2010
This is what happens when only the window remains in place at the front. All the metal and flashing has been removed above the window. Water and ice are doing their own design work to our rendering. Storefront shop drawings have been approved and the aluminmum windows and doors are being fabricated.
December, 2010
The elevator pit has been poured. Now that Kip can see it, he is thinking of turning it into a Jacuzzi. One might think the elevator button for this floor 'P' stands for Production, we all know it means "Pool."
November, 2010
The elevator pit will be dug to 5' below the slab. It has to be this wide to build the pit foundation walls.
November, 2010
The hose goes down to the basement. This is a really big vacuum cleaner.
November, 2010
The pump truck is pumping out dirt for the new elevator pit.
November, 2010
The front gable has been removed as specified for the "Town Hall Place" sign. It's likely we will have to remove this wall and rebuild it because of the quality of the brick veneer structure.
November, 2010
The last of the cutting for the new lintels on the south facing brick wall. Once the lintels are in, the window openings can be cut out. The storefront windows and sunshade system have been approved and are on order.
November, 2010
The second floor brick and block has been cut out for the installation of the lintels, and some are in. Also note the amount of concrete slab that has been removed. The metal decking remains as staging until the new windows are installed. Once the windows are in the metal deck will be removed to bring in light to the offices below.
November, 2010
The front gable wood panels have been removed. The quality of the brick was a surprise. We expected clean brick veneer, even the clamshell paneling was formed into the brick out of wood. We will be meeting masons on site to determine the next course of action.
November, 2010
South façade. Lintels are being installed from the interior so the wall does not need shoring or bracing.
October, 2010
View of the future screen printing room. Eventually, every other bar joist will be removed.
October, 2010
This is what happens when moisture is allowed to migrate inside. Just below the vestibule above, moisture and salt have combined to rust out the metal decking in this area. There are 3 or 4 places throughout the building where this has happened.
October, 2010
The existing vestibule has been removed
October, 2010
Sawcutting existing concrete slab in the basement to install plumbing lines for the new screen cleaning rooms and toilet rooms.
October, 2010
To install plumbing under existing concrete slab, the slab and grade must be trenched. A sawcutting machine will cut the slab into manageable pieces.
October, 2010
Perimeter framing, the metal studs are set off the wall so that foam insulation can be sprayed behind the studs creating a thermal break between concrete block and metal. The ceiling in this area must be covered to create a fire rating between the production area and the second floor.
October, 2010
The old handicap lift is being removed piece by piece. You can just see Lance’s hard hat bottom left.
October, 2010
Photo of a railing mock-up. The railing will be surrounding the new floor opening down to the screen printing area. The railing must be see-through so that visitors to the retail store can watch their garments being printed.
October, 2010
Interior designer, Tracy Davis, Urban Dwellings, reviews finishes with Karen Bushey, Cool As A Moose, and Kip Stone (not in photo).
October, 2010
Wall framing has begun.
October, 2010
The new windows have been designed to fit within brick and block coursing so the work can be accomplished from the interior. The steel lintels will be installed before the concrete block and brick is removed.
October, 2010
Owner’s Rep, Dale Akeley, Architect David Matero, Electrical Engineer, Will Bennett and Electrician, John Lotfey reviewing the plans.
October, 2010
Shadows in the basement after removing existing flooring and allowing light in. One of the many images during demolition that you will not see again once construction begins.
October, 2010
Owner, Kip Stone, and the electrician looking on as Greg Day, DayMatero studio, reviews the lighting design
September, 2010
Location of new openings in the exterior wall painted on the concrete block.
September, 2010
Concrete has been removed from this portion of the second floor. Metal deck remains because new windows will be cut out of the brick and concrete block wall and the contractor can still use the floor for staging.
September, 2010
All concrete and metal decking has been removed in this location. Every other bar joist will eventually be removed. Screenprinting will take place below, in the lower level. The removal of existing flooring will allow light nto this space.
September, 2010
After the concrete slab is removed, the metal deck is welded off the bar joists.
August, 2010
Of the 40,000 sf of existing concrete floor, about 5,000 sf will be removed for multi-level spaces and light.
August, 2010
Serious demolition now. These walls were the old employee toilet rooms on the second floor
June, 2010
The interior walls are either concrete block or, in this case, metal lath and plaster
June, 2010
The dumpster arrives for the beginning of the easy demolition
May, 2010
Existing stairs will be salvaged and relocated
May, 2010
The main stair from the first floor to the basement with an old handicap lift
May, 2010
View of the front entrance at the old Grand City.
May, 2010
Approved South Elevation with new storefront windows, diffused glazing, and sun shade system to allow natural, non-glare daylight into this 1960’s building
May, 2010
Brunswick Village Review Board approved the proposed design of Town Hall Place as presented by David Matero, DayMatero studio, for the new home of Artforms and Cool As A Moose. Notice the removal of the gable, new canopy, new storefront and window shade system
April, 2010
Town Hall Place road towards the Brunswick Fire Station. This brick wall faces south. Picture this façade with new windows.
April, 2010
The old Grand City department store on Maine Street in Brunswick, Maine. The 40,000 sf store and restaurant in the heart of downtown Brunswick went on the market in 2009 and was purchased in early 2010 by Kip Stone, owner of Cool as a Moose and Artforms
