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Several months ago, the building was cleared and Cleveland Cement began working on several indoor projects.
Once we got everyone out of the building, they tore the whole first floor out, down almost 4 ft. and well below where it originally was, Haselden explains. We poured concrete slabs, and they installed computer floors for access for the modern equipment.
Cleveland poured cement floors throughout the building and restructured any wall work that needed to be done. They also poured the work for new elevator shafts and worked on repairs and access holes on the roof. Haselden says the roof work shows the uniqueness of the construction methods used on the building.
The structure itself has no foundation. Its brick sitting on dirt, but the brick walls are 4, 5, sometimes 6 ft. thick. They go up through the whole structure and support all the floors and roof, all without a concrete foundation, Haselden says. The amazing thing is all the structure is brick, yet the roof is cast-in-place concrete.
The two wings built in 1906 on either side of the Jeffersonian building also have a unique roof structure that Cleveland Cement had to deal with.
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Updated: July 8th, 2008 05:26 PM EDT
Concrete Meets History
Cleveland Cement Contractors covers the concrete work on the restoration of the 216-year-old Virginia Capitol
The Capitols central structure, built in the late 1700s, has no concrete foundation, but is supported by brick walls 4 to 6 ft. thick.
Cleveland Cement Contractors installed a new concrete mechanical tunnel on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol.
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Several months ago, the building was cleared and Cleveland Cement began working on several indoor projects.
Once we got everyone out of the building, they tore the whole first floor out, down almost 4 ft. and well below where it originally was, Haselden explains. We poured concrete slabs, and they installed computer floors for access for the modern equipment.
Cleveland poured cement floors throughout the building and restructured any wall work that needed to be done. They also poured the work for new elevator shafts and worked on repairs and access holes on the roof. Haselden says the roof work shows the uniqueness of the construction methods used on the building.
The structure itself has no foundation. Its brick sitting on dirt, but the brick walls are 4, 5, sometimes 6 ft. thick. They go up through the whole structure and support all the floors and roof, all without a concrete foundation, Haselden says. The amazing thing is all the structure is brick, yet the roof is cast-in-place concrete.
The two wings built in 1906 on either side of the Jeffersonian building also have a unique roof structure that Cleveland Cement had to deal with.
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