Removing the Columns

One of the subjects that we discussed at length during budget discussion of the renovations was the columns.

It was very hard to visualize and many people questioned whether it was worth the money. Now that everything is exposed, the new steel is in it may be easier for people to understand what was going on.

Underneath the wood paneling at the the edges of the old bimah is a concrete block wall that ended in a concrete block column. The grey plane of concrete block is where the old menorah were.






This photo shows a worker welding two beams on to existing block. The idea here is that the beams transfer the weight from the roof to the new column and allows us to temporarily hold up the block while we remove the old and add the new.





Its all very exciting to see this finally happening!