The Foundation/Racino

After constructing the foundation and cementing the posts, we began to build off of the foundation and form the deck like area.  We came up with the cool idea to build a deck and a shed off of the deck. Throughout these days, I realized how tedious construction can be, how bad I am at screwing in screws, and how much precision is required to form a successful project.  Making sure that the wood is leveled and that the distances between pieces of wood are equidistant are all essential to completely a successful project.  While I knew that math would be involved, I did not realize the precision that would be required.  On Wednesday we were supposed to go to the Rocksino.  After arriving at the Rocksino in Northfield, which is 30 minutes away, we were denied entrance to the building.  We were not 21 and our mentors associate assumed that we could be escorted to the restaurant despite being underage.  Because this was not permitted, we were not able to get a tour of the casino.  While this was a bit frustrating, we went to Gene's office outside the Rocksino and went through exactly how we were going to make the shed.  This was extremely helpful as we had the opportunity to pick the brain of the head of this construction company.  Afterwords, we got a tour of the exterior of the Rocksino from the superintendent of the project.  After spending 4 days building the shed, it was impossible for me to fathom how a structure that large and complex could be built.  I have developed a much great appreciation for the construction industry as a result of this project.