How Many People at McDonald's Today?

The concrete co sent a crew to wash the sidewalk. The welders are hanging the trash enclosure gates. Woody is out walking the job. Vincent is meeting with the store manager, Payal. And Glen is directing the landscapers. Total of about 48 people at this time. More expected after lunch.

McDonald's Sidewalks Complete

Sidewalks were poured yesterday. Here is a view of the finished product. This is stamped pattern colored concrete.

Saturday, & It's Full Steam Ahead @ McDonald's

Although, I gave myself a meritorious day off...Woody and other crews were working hard today. The sidewalks were poured starting at 8am. The interior finishers installed ceiling tiles & worked on hanging doors & hardware. They will install the office furniture on Monday. The landscapers continued irrigation work. Best of all the electricians are working this weekend. This building has to turn over in less than a week, and these guys are stepping it up to make it happen. Woody and the laborers continued cleaning and leveling the ground. As for me, I took it easy....aside from a few emails, a couple of calls, and uploading pictures.....I rested. Tomorrow we'll work on paperwork and finalize a plan for the final week.

McDonald's: Close to finished

Today the concrete crew is pouring the last of the drive thru. On the far right, I've posted a picture of yesterday's finished drive thru drive. In the center is a picture of the landscapers doing the irrigation work. Ted, SR PM, joined us again today. He went to meet with officials at the City to be sure that we have all our inspections set correctly. He's also steadily working on making sure the subcontractors have crews onsite finishing up. The city dropped our water meter by and we were able to get it set. We passed our Mechanical Final Inspection. Yesterday the front counters were installed so we will be ready for POS on Monday. The office package arrived and installation will begin Monday. Thank goodness for Woody's positive attitude. He refuses to listen to anyone that doubts his ability to get the project finished on time. Realistically, we are on schedule. But electrical delays and contracted work scheduled by McDonald's is making it a little tight. The key is for all contractors to work together for the same objective: To turn over the project to McDonald's in time for them to open on the 27th of May! Regardless of what you do it all comes back to the same thing: TEAM WORK!

McDonald's: Drive Thru Part 1

McDonald's Kitchen, Decor continues

Today the mechanical crew came to work on setting thermostats, grills & filters. The roofers installed the coping cap on roof. The tile crew is tiling the cooler area. The storage room at trash enclosure was framed today. Woody continues to work on leveling ground before the landscaper starts. It's been a very intense day, Vaughan, one of Parkway's owners, and Ted Young, our Sr Project Manager were both onsite today. They came to meet with the electricians. Of course, they are also inspecting the site for progress. Ted provided us with an extensive evaluation. We've been working with McDonald's contractors to complete kitchen equipment & decor installation. Meanwhile, we continue to await a response from McDonald's on the installation of the play stations. The backsplash arrived for the sink areas. The painters are finishing the touchups inside before beginning the storage room & trash enclosure. The concrete crew came in to pour the first part of the drive thru concrete. In the midst of all this work, we had a visit from Julie, Vincent, Rick, and two other McDonald's Directors.

McDonald's Interior Work

Interior work is very visible. I've shown here that they've now installed the hand dryers. They are finishing the mop sink areas. The tile at front counter is about finished. And decor is getting the dining room ready for the crowd. Kitchen equipment is still being installed.

8 Days! McDonald's deadline nears...

Ice condensor units and refrigeration was set on roof with the crane pictured here. It's been a busy day. The scheduled work is extremely aggressive the rest of this week and beginning of next week. Meanwhile the masons have continued working on the trash enclosure. About mid afternoon they assured us they would finish today to avoid delay if it rains again tonight or tomorrow. So Woody has now scheduled the roof for the storage portion of the enclosure, iron gate installation, and painting that will be needed. If all goes as scheduled the trash enclosure will be completed no later than Monday. Delivery of doors & hardware allowed us to schedule final carpentry & interior finishes for our subcontrator. Landscape work will begin tomorrow or Friday depending on the weather. This morning Woody went ahead and posted the notices for deadlines and turn over reminders. Most Parkway subcontractors are working very aggressively to meet the deadlines. It's impossible to stress how important a motivated, responsible, and work oriented crew can set the pace in a fast paced build. Julie & Vincent both visited the site today. Vincent is really making himself available to help with scheduling of McDonald's contractors and other items. It's good to have them visit. Not a bad days work

McDonald's Decor Arrives

McDonald's Deadline 9 Days Away

Wallpaper hanging was completed today as was the stone work on the building. The tile crew is close to finishing. The electricians connected kitchen equipment as the installers set it up. Add to the mix the decor crew that arrived to put on all those finishing touches. The plumbers are working in the restrooms and other finishing touches. The landscapers are scheduled for Thursday and final concrete work is scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Ceiling tile will be completed when kitchen installers and decor are finished in the building. EXCELLENT!

McDonald's Walls Near Completion

These photos show the wallpaper that is being hung today. The goal is to finish today. Left is pic at East entrance. Right is pic of crew room. The bottom pics are of the tile work at the beverage center, coffee bar, and service bar. Notice that the soda machines are now in place.

Kitchen Equipment Arrives

Trellis at McDonald's Complete

Welcome, Ronald McDonald!

As the stone work nears completion, Ronald visits McDonald's location. At least it looked like Ronald! Turns out to be a great look a like. Vincent brought a crew out to take applications for future employees at this location. Interested in a McDonald's career? Visit www.mctexas.com and apply online.

RACE DAY....Mother's Day

Sunday is here and we were able to enjoy a day off! Well, almost a day off. It's Mother's Day. The wallpaper hangers were a no show today. Can't blame them, it's hard to get crews to work a holiday. Sunday is our usual Nascar Race Day, but this week the race was held last night. When Woody returned from the job site, we went to the IMAX in Dallas to see Speed Racer! It's vibrant and colorful and the IMAX screen made it all the better. Then we raced home to catch the NASCAR race on FOX. My driver, Carl Edwards, placed 2nd. Woody's driver, Kasey Kahne, was left in the dust. Tony Stewart had some hard luck right to start with, but made an excellent come back. I'm still waiting for Juan Pablo to place first. So today is Mother's Day and we called our parents, then my son, the NC Highway Patrolman, called me! But it wasn't exactly a complete day off. We spent several hours studying for the OSHA final exam and managed to pass the chapter quizzes. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! Tomorrow it's back to McDonald's to finish the last phase before the May 27th Grand Opening. Our MOM'S: