aerial view of Safe Harbor Dome early morning 02/03/04

 

SITE PREP Starting site prep-10/02 More site prep-11/09/03 Compaction test, Airform arrives-11/13/02 Demolition1-11/24/02	RING FOUNDATION Ring Foundation-11/22/02 Concrete Forms-12/26/02 Concrete Forms 2-12/27/02 Backfilling Forms-12/29/02 Placing Rebar-01/02/03	AIRFORM Unfolding the Airform-01/10/03 Unfolding 2-01/10/03 Raceway & Vertical Rebar-01/13/03 Drilling Well-01/21/03
GETTING READY TO POUR Arrival of Door-02/11/03 Pouring Footing Ring-03/05/03 Form Removal-03/17/03 Landscape Area-03/21/03 Portico Footings-04/02/03	AIRFORM 2 Spreading Airform Again-04/02/03 Building Airlock-04/05-03 Attaching the Airform-04/08/03 Inflation of the Airform-04/09/03 Inflation #2 -04/10/03 Inflation #3 for TV-04/13/03	FORMS Portico Archway-04/15/03 Scaffolding-04/16 & 17/03 VBucks-04/18/03 Arches-04/19/03 Arches & V Bucks-04/20/03
FOAMING PROCESS Foaming first layer-04/22/03 Rebar Stickers-04/23/03 Foaming 2nd layer-04/24/03 REBAR Rebar, Day 1-04/29/03 Rebar, Day 2-04/30/03	REBAR Rebar, Day 3-05/01/03 Rebar, Day 4-05/02/03 Rebar, Day 5-05/04/03 Rebar, Day 6-05/05/03 Rebar, Day 7-05/06/03 Rebar, Day 8-05/07/03	ELECTRIC Electric, Day 1-05/08/03 Electric, Day 2-05/09/03 WINDOWS Cleanup-5/12, 5/13/03 Window Fix-5/15, 5/16/03 Window Fix, Day 2-5/18/03
SHOTCRETE Shotcrete-5/28-5/30/03 Shotcrete-6/2, 6/3/03 Shotcrete Essay-6/14/03 Emptying Dome-6/15/03 Sand Coat-06/18/03	FORM REMOVAL Portico restrictions-07/02/03 Tour cleanup - 09/18/03 Dome cleaning - 09/21/03 SPRAY SAND COAT Sand Coat - 10/03/03 Next day - 10/04/03	CUTTING AIRFORM Opening windows -10/07/03 More cleanup - 10/08/03 PREP FOR FLOOR POUR Plumbing 1st floor -10/14/03 Electric, Pour Prep - 10/15/03 Floor Poured - 10/16/03
DOME TOUR Dome Tour Day - 10/18/03 THEATRE WALL BLOCKS Reward Wall Blocks - 10/24/03 NEW EXTERIORS Exterior Photos - 10/26/03	THEATRE WALLS Setting Blocks - 11/01/03 Assembling Theatre - 11/08/03 Theatre and Scissor Lift - 11/09/03 Theatre Door - 11/13/03 Finishing Theatre Walls 11/14 &15	POURING THEATRE Bracing walls - 11/28/03 Bracing walls - 11/29/03 Bracing walls 2 - 12/04/03 Pouring walls - 12/06/03
ARRIVAL OF INSUL-DECK Delivery - 12/09/03 Over theatre - 12/13/03 Over kitchen - 12/14/03 Laundry room - 12/18/03 Guest Bedroom - 12/21/03 Guest bath/Hall - 12/22/03	FORMING SECOND FLOOR Second Floor views - 12/23/03 More shoring up - 12/29/03 Walking on 2nd Floor - 12/31, 01/01 More gluing - -1/03/04, 01/04/04	BUILDING STAIRWELL FORMS Building stairs - 01/13/04 More bracing - 01/17/04 Rebar on 2nd floor - 01/21/04 Plumbing on 2nd Floor - 01/22/04
POURING 2ND FLOOR Pouring the floor - 01/24/04 Walking around - 01/25/04 Removing jacks - 01/31/04 AERIAL PHOTOS OF DOME Aerials - 02/03/04	FIELD TRIP Nolte Kitchens - 02/06/04 Vita Bath and Spas - 02/06/04 TAKING FORMS OFF STAIRS Form removal - 02/07/04	STUCCO Stucco application - 02/13/04 Portico prep work - 02/14/04 Framing front door - 02/16/04 Keep on stuccoing - 02/21/04 Stucco, Stucco - 02/23/04
CONTINUING STUCCO Door Lath  - 03/01/04 Portico and more stucco - 03/04/04 Stucco forever - 03/05/04 Dining room layout - 03/07/04 Upstairs stucco - 03/11/04	UPSTAIRS STUCCO More scratch coat - 03/12/04 Delivery of Generator - 03/18/04	WINDOWS & DOORS Gluing window airform - 03/20/04 Window & Door installation - 03/22/04 Window installation - 03/23/04 Front door installed - 03/24/04 Glass block window - 03/25/04
MORE STUCCO & DETAILS Details & stucco - 03/30/04 A/C unit arrives - 04/01/04 Sculpting - 04/02/04 Palmettos - 04/04/04 Stucco & Priming - 04/08/04 Painting & Washing - 04/13/04	FRAMING Building a wall - 04/14/04 Field Trip & septic tank - 04/15/04 Priming dome exterior - 04/16/04 Septic tank installation - 04/17/04 Kitchen wall - 04/20/04	MORE WORK Laundry room wall - 04/22/04 Field Trip to Eco-Pure - 04/24/04 Kitchen electric & tank - 04/25/04 Tank inspection - 04/26/04
Second floor stucco - 05/02/04 Priming Second floor - 05/04/04 Drywall in Kitchen - 05/07/04 More Kitchen drywall - 05/08/04 Theatre smurf tubing - 05/09/04	Master bedroom window - 05/12/04 A/C Installation - 05/13/04 1st floor a/c chases - 05/14/04 Kitchen cabinet install - 05/16/04 Finished cabinet install - 05/17/04	PREP FOR VENDOR DAY Guest bathroom install - 05/18/04 Water in dome, motor home field trip - 05/20/04 Electricians wire dome - 05/21/04 Purchasing motor home - 05/22/04 Building 2nd floor walls - 05/25/04
DETAILS 2nd floor electric - 05/25/04 Appliances - 05/28/04 Vendor Appreciation Day - 05/30/04 More 2nd Floor walls - 06/01/04 2nd floor a/c - 06/03/04	KITCHEN & THEATRE Kitchen hood install - 06/04/04 Theatre ceiling drywall - 06/09/04 Finished theatre drywall - 06/13/04 Front of theatre drywall - 06/16/04 Painting front of theatre - 06/20/04	THEATRE WORK Theatre interior starts - 06/21/04 Theatre, day 3 - 06/23/04 Theatre, day 4 - 06/24/04 Theatre, day 5 - 06/25/04
SHOW TRIP Atlanta trip - 6/27/04 - 07/04/04 Theatre work - 07/11/04 Theatre work, con't - 07/12/04 Theatre balcony - 07/14/04	BACK TO WORK Everglades shoot - 07/22 & 23/04 Field trip NextDoorCo - 07/23/04 Last phase, stucco - 07/26/04 Stucco, day 2 - 07/27/04	Field trip to European Living - 07/29/04 Painting Guest Bedroom - 07/31/04 Aventura field trip - 08/02/04 Theatre step - 08/05/04 Theatre & guestroom carpet - 08/06/04
Finish paint on shell - 08/08/04 Okeechobee Field trip - 08/10/04 Keys Field trip - 08/15/04 2nd floor studs, wall bed - 08/21/04	Electrical work - 08/26/04 Wall bed assembly - 08/29/04 Prep for Frances - 09/02/04 Aftermath of Frances - 09/08/04	Drywall upstairs - 09/13/04 Glass block on Balcony - 09/16/04 More glass block - 09/17/04 Fiber optic theatre ceiling - 09/22/04 Busy day, 4 vendors - 09/23/04
Hurricane Jeanne - 09/26/04 Stucco on stairs - 10/01/04 Details-open house - 10/06/04 Carpet & Railing - 10/07/04 Carpet/Railing #2 - 10/08/04	Open House - 10/9 & 10/10/04 Creative Design trip - 10/18/04 Work around dome - 10/25/04 Drywall & Flooring - 11/01/04 Drain field Filter - 11/05/04	Rubbermaid closets - 11/07/04 Drywall & Painting - 11/15/04 Trip to Eye of the Storm - 11/20/04 Trip to Cloud Hidden - 11/21/04 Putting up the tree - 11/29/04
Details /more details - 12/15/04 Christmas Day - 12/25/04 Working thru holidays -12/31/04 Christmas cleanup - 01/02/05 Glass table arrives - 01/05/05	Bathroom tile - 01/10/05 Finishing bathroom - 01/16/05 Lighting change - 01/22/05 Countertop, day 1 - 02./05/05 Countertop, day 2,3 - 02/08/05	Countertop, day 4 - 02/09/05 Countertop, day 5 - 02/10/05 Countertop, pouring - 02/11/05 Countertop, cleanup - 02/13/05 Countertop, finished - 02/25/05
Landscaping started - 03/12/05 Hanging Projector - 03/14/05 Landscaping - 03/23/05 Fruit Trees - 04/17/05 Furniture - 04/26/05	Accessories - 04/30/05 Trip Pics1- 05/25/05 Trip Pics2 - 05/29/05 Trip Pics3 - 06/01/05 Trip Pics4(Lynx) - 06/02/05	Trip Pics4(Runco) - 06/03/05 Trip Pics4(Bishop) - 06/04/05 Trip Pics5(Bishop 2) - 06/05/05 Trip Pics5(VBuck) - 06/07/05 Trip Pics5(Rubbermaid) - 06/10/05
Trip Pics5(Cincy) - 06/11, 06/12/05 Trip Pics6(Signature) - 06/16/05 Trip Pics6(Wind-Lock) - 06/17/05 Trip Pics7(Atwood) - 06/18, 06/19/05 Trip Pics7 (Smithsonian) - 06/21/05	Patio pad - 07/04/05 Retaining wall - 07/12/05 Tree delivery - 07/13/05 Plans & stucco - 07/19/05 Painting Portico - 07/20/05	Patio Plan - 07/25/05 Land Plan  - 07/25/05 Concrete Bridge - 07/30/05 Forming walkway - 08/01/05 Hiding the cables - 08/05/05
Pouring the Walkway - 08/06/05 Misc updates - 08/08/05 Screen Dome - 08/10/05 Grinding Walkway - 08/14/05 Rebar in Patio Slab - 08/16/05	Placing Pool - 08/17/05 Flowable fill/Pool - 08/18/05 Patio pour #1 - 08/19/05 Patio pour #2 - 08/20/05 Grinding Patio - 08/24/05	Digging Ponds - 08/29/05 Painting dome - 09/02/05 Texture painting - 09/09/05 Screen Dome - 09/11/05 Screening - 09/12/05
Propping dome - 09/15/05 Foaming windows - 09/16/05 Screening 3rd layer - 09/17/05 Front windows - 09/19/05 Another Layer - 09/23/05	Master Shower & Tub - 09/24/05 Master Shower #2 - 09/26/05 Tile & Stones - 09/27/05 Ponds & Misc - 09/28/05 Waterfall - 09/30/05	Drywall & Screening - 10/01/05 Bedroom Drywall - 10/02/05 Drywall & Glass Block - 10/03/05 Drywall & tile - 10/05/05 Tile & Paint - 10/07/05
Dome Tour - 10/08/05 Waterfalls - 10/12/05 Securing Screen Dome - 10/19/05 Before & During - 10/24/05 Damage Report - 10/25/05	New puppy & Fish - 11/09/05 Coral Light Field Trip - 11/23/05 Thanksgiving 2005 - 11/24/05 San Juan Pools Field Trip - 11/28/05 Xmas & Misc photos - 12/13/05	Flowers - 04/08/06 Springtime - 05/03/06 Decorative Screen - 05/10/06 Starting the Screen dome - 05/27/06 Second layer - 05/28/06
Third layer - 05/29/06 Screening third layer - 05/30/06 Fourth layer - 05/31/06 Screening fourth layer - 06/02/06 Up on Sawhorses - 06/03/06	Up on Stemwall - 06/04/06 Screen Dome completed - 06/05/06 Screen Dome Cleanup - 06/06/06 Beautiful Outdoor Photos - 06/07/06 Landscaping - 06/09/06	Alberto - 06/13/06 Gazebo - 06/16/06 Tie down - 06/22/06 Grill Frames - 06/28/06 Kitchen Island - 07/01/06
Tiling Island - 07/03/06 Ready for Party - 07/04/06 Demolition - 07/17/06 2nd demo - 07/18/06 Spreading Dirt - 07/22/06	10/13/06 Portico Trim 10/14/06 New "Dock" 10/15/06 Cleanup 10/23/06 Dome Tour 01/11/07 More dirt	01/12/07 Spreading again 04/27/07 Fish Farming 05/04/07 Planting a stacker 05/05/07 The birds 05/07/07 Hydroponic garden
05/12/07 Trellis 06/14/07 Garden 07/31/07 Waterfall Statues 3-D Photos 04/08/08 Flowering	04/10/08 Logging 04/19/08 Beehives 05/06/08 Windows 05/08/08 Dolphin Wall Art 05/13/08 Windows, part 2	05/14/08 Windows, part 3 05/15/08 Windows, part 4 05/16/08 Windows, part 5 05/19/08 Chicken Run 05/28/08 Painting the top
06/07/08 Spraying the top 06/11/08 Filling in the front step 06/14/08 Coming round the bend 06/15/08 Dining room sideboard 06/17/08 Chicken Tractor	08/07/21 Exterior photos 07/25/08 Honey Harvest 07/26/08 Harvest Field Trip