Winter construction on Schooner Estates Memory Care
January 22, 2019
Construction in Maine during the winter poses a few challenges. The recent cold snap means that to keep on schedule, construction crews must innovate to overcome the challenge of frozen ground. For the Schooner Estates Senior Living Community in Auburn, ME, Landry/French Construction has built a temporary tented structure around the CMU elevator shaft so the masonry is protected and remains warm. They are blanketing and heating the interior of the foundation to thaw out the ground frost—36” deep in some...