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East Corner

Upper North Corner

West Corner

Living room viewing to the west

The Arbisser's Break Ground on their beach home!

The Celebration caught the attention of the local media

Pre-Construction Conference with major contributors - Architect, Engineer, Major Trades, and the Client via teleconference

The format of this conference at MyGreenBuildings office helps set the objectives and goals for the project, and helps develop our expectations for accountability.

Pilings are created by drilling to the proper depth and filling the hole with concrete and reinforced steel.

The site is well-pointed, and water is continuously pumped out from under ground

Pilings revealed.

Forming for piling caps and grade beams

Piling caps and grade beams are highly reinforced with re-bar

Operating on Beach road without much room to maneuver

Column and shear wall construction

First "lifts" of completed "formed & poured" columns and shear walls

Scaffolding

Prepping sleeves through the slab

Rebar for first floor slab

First level pour

Forming second floor structure

Mezzanine level poured with structural columns and block work toward 3rd level

Western edge of mezzanine level

Forming second story tie beam

North side of home

View from Siesta Beach

Looking out to Siesta Beach from third level

Lisa Arbisser and her contractors Grant and Steve at the ALNO/Miele demonstration

ALNO cabinets being considered - bases only.  All food was prepared for the
evening in Miele Appliances

Temporary supports

Forming structural hole in roof deck for swimex spa

Detailed ledge to accept Swimex Spa

Dropping the spa into the fully-lined receiving chamber

4th floor (roof deck) structure for access, bath, steam-room and wet-bar area

Clock mockup from the beach

Interior framing is all metal - no wood.

Drs. Arbisser enjoying the view from the roof on a quick fly-in to visit the project

View of two lots the Arbisser's donated to the Sarasota Conservation Foundation

hold nests of the endangered Snowy Plover

Plumbing with Manabloc

Terrazzo Floor Install

Riser detail

Floor detail

Insulation, framing and electrical rough-in

Plumbing for penthouse master bath

Master tub and shower with an unobstructed view of the beach

Windows and "store-front" curtain wall glass - All glass insulated, impact and Low-E

Retractable wall track

Roof-top facilities - wet bar, bath, steam room and pool -
liner prepared for tile install and vegetated "green" roof garden

Northeast corner from road

American Clay Finish an the walls - working out a soft corner "fix "

Bathroom tile

Roof-top sauna

Glass curtain wall

Custom ash doors

Elevator install

Windows and sliders to beach

View of home from the beach

Custom shower floor detail

North-east side view of rain leaders to cistern

Rainwater harvesting system by Raindrops Cisterns are installed
under the structure and will be tied to rain leaders

Wrapping up construction - Look for finished photos soon.

Stay tuned for fInished photos

Siesta Key Beach Home

Video of Groundbreaking   

Article on Groundbreaking

Street View - North Corner

Beach Side will have high efficiency, insulated and impact Low E Glazing

View into master suite

This page will be updated periodically throughout construction

Dr. Amir Arbisser moves the first shovel-full of dirt

Architect Ron Sivits celebrates with the Dr's. Lisa and Amir Arbisser

Questions are raised and responded to so all can participate

Construction Begins with Auger-Cast Driven Pilings - a neighborhood friendly alternative to "driven" pre-cast pilings. .

Concrete is pumped through the center of the drill-bit to specifications managed by an on-site structural engineer.

After Concrete pilings have cured, the site is excavated to reveal the pilings.

Pilings are cut to the proper height, re-bar is trimmed and readied for piling caps.

Connecting grade beam

Pumping in concrete

Backfilling with beach-compatible compacted material

Columns formed and being "poured" or pumped with concrete

Finished columns to first floor & prep for scaffolding

Forming first floor slab

Concrete forming complete

Slab prep completed and ready for pour

Concrete pump

First floor complete

Pre cast stairs

Stairs Installed

Western view from under the mezzanine level

Another angle of progress on north side

West corner

"An evening with ALNO Cabinets and Miele Appliances" - Demonstration party for Lisa

Grant and Steve with Jim Lass, Architectural Consultant and Designer

Meanwhile...back at the beach

Roof deck steel being set prior to being poured

Scaffolding vertigo

Lifting the Swim-Ex spa onto the roof

Clock mock-up -- The Clock has since been deleted from the design

Structural concrete complete

Metal stairs installed and front facade ready for windows

Top floor landing window looking west over roof and clock

View of 2 story living room showing cantilevered deck

Who needs an office...

Electrical rough-In

Windows installed

Mechanical rough In - HVAC, plumbing, fire suppression, electrical, sound, alarm

Plumbing and fire suppression

Stairwell with open treads

Scaffolding for stucco exterior application

West facing stucco application - clock being deleted...

Mold and moisture resistant sheet rock  interior and stucco treatment on the exterior

Sand texture stucco complete on east facing exterior

Photovoltaic supports on roof top

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Custom Brac Installation

Wave tile in bath

Exterior prep and painting

Finished exterior paint

Elevator shaft

Clay walls emit zero toxins

Rain leader to cistern detail

Stone rider detail on roof deck

Solar photovoltaic and hot water panels

Kebony wood rails installed Kebony.com

Transplanted Gumbo Limbo from a local source will be the highlight of

this otherwise completely native beach habitat landscape.

Night Shot