time-lapse to 8/16/14

Same period, two different angles.

Forming vault walls

Forms are progressing for the pouring of the vault walls. This vault will be functionally just for mechanical features like furnaces and pumps, but there will be some space for emergency refuge and it will be an extraordinarily strong structure.

And if you drive by you'll see the large quantity of ductwork on site. These are big! The volume of the building requires a lot of air flow; moreover, the noise of the heating and A/C inside the building is decreased by having larger ducts because the same volume of air can be moved at a lesser speed. 

Vault slab!

Vault Work, Pouring Lowest Slab

Concrete pump truck; Completion of lowest slab

The Mechanical Vault taking shape; Sumps installed in upper left

St. Kateri Construction HQ!

Stone arriving

Thanks to Brady Boulds for our first haul of stone!

Ready for the 4th next year

So I'm not 100% sure but I'm assuming this assembly is a fireworks launching system for the tower. 

Fr. Longenecker on sacred architecture

http://catholicexchange.com/preaching-hall-temple

A brief but very good summary of the philosophy behind St. Kateri Church, and traditional Catholic architecture in general. Thanks to Cram and Ferguson for helping us strive for this goal!