This morning on my way to work I photographed this team placing and flattening gravel in-between the concrete foundation walls for the new Hospice Residence. In the photo below, the excavator is where the private garden will be. Where the men are standing is where a...
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Making room for a new foundation
While there is still some debris to be cleared away from the demolition of Langton House, the excavator is starting to make way for the new foundation of Heeney House. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity?...
Moving forward
Yesterday and today work continues on the demolition of Langton House to make room for our new Hospice Peterborough Care Centre. It has been a difficult process leading up to this day but now we can move forward to build the best hospice for our community. [showhide...
Ribbons for remembering Langton House
Thank-you to everyone who participated in yesterday's Community Memories Ceremony - it was an opportunity for those who may have lived, worked, visited or simply admired this building to remember and celebrate the meaning the space had for them before the building is...
Remaining foundation poured for Hospice Residence!
As predicted, workers poured the remaining concrete foundation for the new Hospice Residence. My previous post was last Wednesday July 12 so they must have poured late last week. What a contrast to the July 12 photos! I am amazed at how straight and orderly the...
Hospice Residence: Prepping for remaining concrete foundation walls
Work on the Hospice Residence continues this week as workers place more wooden forms around rebar (see photos below). Probably next week the remaining concrete walls for the Residence foundation will be poured. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the...
The Struggle to Hold On
By: David Kennedy, Supportive Care Counsellor, Hospice Peterborough Impermanence – everything changes. It is amazing how this simple truth gets so much resistance even when we know it is true. The difficulty comes at times in life when what is changing is...
Concrete walls poured on top of concrete caissons
As predicted, last week workers poured the concrete walls that form the southern portion of the foundation for the new Hospice Residence. As with every major development at the site, the building shape continues to reveal itself - see photos below. [showhide...
Wood forms; more concrete coming
Despite some setbacks with the old Victorian home on the property, work on the new Hospice Residence continues. Thank-you to everyone for your recent support as we continue to focus on the goal of building a safe, homelike environment where we can offer the best...
New building continues to take shape
Over the past few weeks, workers have been putting rebar into, and between the concrete caissons. On Friday I was chatting with two workers at the site. They told me that eventually wooden forms will be placed around the rebar and concrete will be poured - much like...