Week Three: Most of the large rubble from the prior rink demolition has been hauled away along with the old steel tubes, insulation, and PVC pipes. Crews have now started removing the face of the existing wall with a high pressure water blaster.
Week Two: Since last week, crews have successfully removed the top layer of the old rink floor. All that is left now is hauling out the deep gravel base and blue foam insulation. This is accomplished by the front end loaders scooping it up and loading it on dump trucks to be hauled away. Work has started on the rink machinery itself, by reclaiming and recycling old cooling fluids and refrigerants.
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Ice Skating Rink
Construction
Progress
From Ranger Brad Hunt
Week One: Ice rink Construction has begun! This week started the Demolition phase of the old rink. Crews have been hard at work Jack hammering and removing tons of concrete, old pipes, rebar, and foam insulation that once was the old ice rink and reflection pool. This Debris is then loaded on dump trucks and hauled away!
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Week Four: Work continues even with a week of heavy rain.
In this first picture you can see the jackhammer punching through the rink floor that consists of several inches of concrete embedded with rebar, cooling tubes, large pipes and foam insulation.
Here we have this massive backhoe that comes in after a section has been jackhammered, and rips out sections of the rink floor.
Nearing the end of the first week, the crews have done a good job tearing up and hauling much of the rink flooring away, but there is still more Demolition to be done!
Here we have the front end loader scooping up a tremendous amount of gravel, and then dumping it into one of the many waiting dump trucks.
In the Ice Rink Compressor room, various cooling fluids and refrigerants have been reclaimed and recycled, and old piping and insulation around the chiller have been removed.
The tall tower condenser behind the visitor center has started to be dismantled. This is done with a cutting torch.
Crews are still dismantling the old Mechanical room .This is all done with a cutting torch as well. The chiller has been removed and all the pipes have been recycled.
The rink drainage system pipes have been installed and buried. This area can be seen in the darker areas around the perimeter inside the rink.
More Rink Piping
Welding Rink Piping in the Mechanical Room
Whats missing here? The old condenser tower is gone. It was cut up and hauled away!
Week Five: The rink and pool drainage lines have been put in as well as the fountain pipes for the reflecting pool.
Starting to add sand and gravel to the rink
floor and grading it with the equipment
A Bobcat filling in part of a drainage line
The giant Glycol tanks have been removed from the mechanical room freeing up a lot of needed space!
Finally our brand new professional Blademaster
skate sharpening machine has arrived!
It was graciously purchased by
The Friends of Quiet Waters Park!!! Thank You!!!!
Week Six: The absolutely gorgeous weather has allowed a lot of work on the rink to be done. The perimeter of the rink was formed, reinforced with rebar, and was poured on Friday.
Here you see the outer perimeter of the rink /pool
slab all wired up and reinforced with rebar.
The concrete truck pours the mixture into the form and...
...workers then spread it out with shovels and trowels.
A worker then comes along and smoothes it all out!
Week Seven: Lots of rain but...
...the work still continues.
The complete floor border of the ice rink was
poured and cured to a nice smooth surface.
A layer of filter media cloth was laid down over
the gravel base and covered with a layer of sand.
The sand layer is then spread out
over the cloth and graded.
Week Eight: The gravel layer has been spread out and graded. Pink foam insulation board has started to be put down.
Here we have a well insulated trench dug and
the first header pipes have been installed.
The tower condenser support poles have been formed
up and poured with concrete. Soon the metal forms
will be removed showing the concrete pillars.
Week Nine: Crews have placed thick foam board insulation over the entire rink floor.
A close up of the insulation.
The concrete forms have been removed showing
the support pillars for the condenser.
Weeks Ten through Thirteen: Construction is on hold while the contractor waits for the coolant lines to be delivered.
