ROOF PROJECT PROGRESS

• US Department of the Interior's Save America's Treasures program, 
• The Montana Congressional delegation, for their assistance
• City of Livingston and Park County, for CTEP allocations
• Montana Tourism and Infrastructure Investment Program
• The Paul G. Allen Family Foundations
• The Livingston Community Trust
• The Montana Arts Council
• First Interstate Bank
• Bank of the Rockies
• You, our dedicated foundation members and friends

Okay, here's what's been happening.  Preparatory work included lead paint abatement, floor work with insulation in the attic, and colonnade supports.  Support reinforcements are now mostly installed, and the roof work itself is in process.  

A few pictures appear below of what you have made possible.  There are quite a few of them here, so please be patient -- they could all take a good minute or two to all load up across a dialup connection, but they're worth seeing.  

Lead paint work on the colonnade as a first step	Removal of water-damaged plaster sections
Museum Director Diana Seider converses with the Diamond Construction team onsite in June.	Opening the floor in the attic for insulation preliminary to primary work to follow.
A little hard to read at web-photo resolution, but the roof project sign that greets people out front.  The credits are mostly as they appear above on this page, with the names of contractinf firms beneath.	Opening the colonnade/portico in July to add structural supports.
Trimming the new roof opening, late July.	Loading in reinforcement steel (safely tied in, and no, he's just signaling at the crane, not losing his balance).
Operating the lift	The view from the roof cut
Loading roofing materials onto the Bocker lift	A roofer carries rolls to the cradle
East-side tear-off and particle board layering prior to felt paper sheeting.	Tear-off, boarding, and felt paper along the  colonnade, with scaffolding around the Martin's chimney before dismantling.
Disassembling the baggage-room chimney (west side above Miller Architects and the Gourmet Cellar).	A little sunlight through ceiling boards in a place that hasn't seen any in a good half-century or better.
A truck collects the old shingles and debris.	A reconstructed beam support structure.
Laying out sheeting.	Cutting concrete for the gutter drains.

Further images will be posted as the work proceeds...