National Music Centre’s January construction update
Posted Jan 31, 2015 3:08 pm.
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The warm weather in January was a definite boost for the ongoing construction of the National Music Centre downtown near the gateway to the East Village.
CEO Andrew Mosker tells 660News, the building process continues to go well.
“Before Christmas, the last structural beam was put into place, so when you go by the building now you actually see the entire frame of the building in place as it is meant to be which is really exciting, so the wonderful architecture that is this building with the magnificent skylights will what become the parapets at the top of the building, the curvatures of the bridge you can start to see now within the structural frame,” he said.
Mosker goes on to say that crews have actually finished all of the framing on the historic King Eddy, so the next step, which is going to be happening in the coming days and weeks, is the historic brick from the original King Eddy will start to be reinstalled on the exterior of the ”new” King Eddy, which is an important milestone.
He adds all of the concrete slabs or floors are now in place, so you can virtually walk into every part of the building in both the west and east blocks.
Over the coming weeks, the actual roof will be closed up, protecting it from the elements and thenwork can continue through the winter.
The National Music Centre on 9th Avenue and 4 St., S.E. is scheduled to open in the spring of 2016.
