Evergreen, Red Deer
March, 2024
We have reached the final full month of the build project! With the support of our last teamBUILD we added the finishing touches to the four homes. This includes mirrors in all the bathrooms, touch-ups, and cleaning.
The homes will officially be turned over to the new homeowner families on May 10, 2024, at our Home Dedication Ceremony.
Additional finishing touches for landscaping, driveways, and stonework will happen in the warmer spring and summer months to ensure the best quality and longevity.
March, 2024
In March we have begun hanging doors. This includes bedroom, bathroom and closet doors. We have also started the flooring for the second duplex!
February, 2024
This month, we had the second set of garage doors installed, giving both duplexes a new exterior look.
Priming and painting were completed in the second duplex, which is moving us along on schedule.
All the homes have had kitchen and bathroom cabinets installed. The open-concept kitchen, dining and living room are becoming more defined with the addition of the kitchen island. Flooring has started with the first duplex, adding warmth.
Next on the timeline will be flooring! Check back for updates soon!
January, 2024
The new year has arrived and has brought more progress!
The first duplex has completed mudding and taping. We have also primed and painted the walls. The second duplex has had drywall installed, and we are moving along to mudding and taping.
The second duplex had its bathroom tubs installed. Finishing work continues inside and out as we move one step closer to the finish line!
December, 2023
December has brought us one step closer to finishing our four new homes! The drywall has gone up in the first duplex, and we are moving along to mudding and taping. The second duplex has drywall delivered, and the first pieces are going up!
The primary bathrooms in one duplex have had their tubs installed. The bathroom is starting to take shape!
We filmed a holiday house tour of one of the future Evergreen homes to show off all our updates. If you are interested in watching, click the link below!
November, 2023
The cooler fall weather has arrived, but our houses are keeping warm! The second duplex received wrapping and shingles from Goodman Roofing. Mechanical working continued from Bruins Plumbing and Heating, Pass Electric, and Joe Hay. The first duplex has been insulated and is almost ready for drywall. The second duplex is well on its way to receiving insulation in the coming weeks.
The two duplexes have had a basement concert poured, and one duplex received concrete for the garage. This work was completed by Marshal Construction. This has helped to get all frost walls complete in both basements.
October, 2023
We continued to see a number of teamBUILD groups on site in October. We have compiled the framing of our interior walls on the first and second floors in both duplexes. We also have completed frost walls in the basements of the houses. The supports for pocket doors were installed for the future main floor washrooms.
The second of the two duplexes had their windows and doors installed. It also received its roof rafters! Like the first duplex, this arrived in four pieces that were first worked on on the ground. Our friends at Cornerstone Crane raised the refers to be secured in place.
We have had some mechanical work happening in the two duplexes. We had plumbing and HVAC work being completed by Bruins Plumbing and Heating, electrical work from Pass Electric, and Interior Systems from Joe Hay.
The first duplex began to be wrapped for siding, with the second getting ready! The first house also received shingles from Goodman Roofing.
September, 2023
September has brought us our first teamBUILDs! We welcomed groups of volunteers to the site to give us a hand. The teamBUILD groups supported us with many tasks on site! This year we help our first week of teamBUILDS, with five teams joining us. This was a huge help and made quick work of building walls.
The second duplex began framing and quickly caught up to the progress of the first. The first and second floor exterior walls were completed. Interior walls for both floors were also worked on. Windows and doors were installed on the first of the two duplexes. We also saw decks begin on both duplexes, we know the families will enjoy next summer!
August, 2023
August was a busy month on-site! Marshall Construction dusted off their Pythagorean theorem math skills as they squared up our deck piles. We have the damp-proof foundation coating applied to all the foundations. All the houses had their weeping tile or drain tile installed. This is to collect and discharge water away from the foundation of the house. In the pictures, you can also see Marshall Construction supporting gravel that will go around the perimeter of the houses and under the basement concrete slab.
We began framing the homes. First, the basement-bearing walls were put in place, and the main floor joists were completed. We sheeted the main floor giving us a floor to walk on! The exterior walls for the first and second floors of one duplex were begun and finished, allowing us to move on to the roof. The roof arrived in four pieces that were lifted by Cornerstone Crane. The house was really taking shape!
Inside interior walls began to go up, creating future rooms of the houses. The first wall to go up inside was the party wall which divides the two duplexes and provides structural support.
July, 2023
Our Evergreen build is progressing! Since the groundbreaking, we have been busy behind the scenes with a lot of prep work. This means scheduling, reviewing drawings, and submitting permits. Once these steps were complete, we were able to start working on-site!
We have seen some big changes! Snell and Oslund came out to the site and completed surveying for the homes. Then the two lots were staked to map out where the homes will sit. We would like to thank Snell and Oslund for their donation to Habitat Red Deer!
The sites have also been excavated. This step might just look like two big holes in the ground, as this involves digging out where the footings will sit and the foundation will be poured. Excavation is actually a very important part of the building process! This step is making sure that the ground the house is sitting on is just right, and is when we begin working on underground services. Underground services are essential for the houses to have water, sewer and power lines! All the essentials.
Our friend at Marshall Construction Company Inc. helped on-site as we moved into pouring our footings on both lots. The footings are important for the distribution of the weight of the house. You can also see the hard work of levelling all of our mudsills, joist ledgers, and window lintels. We have also been getting our foundation walls (or cribbed walls) ready for the next steps of foundations.
June 2023
In June we kicked off the construction phase of our Red Deer Evergreen build. We are building four new homes, marking our 7th, 48th, 49th, and 50th build in Central Alberta. The Evergreen build will be comprised of two duplexes with four homes. The homes are three bedrooms, one and a half baths, an unfinished basement, and a front attached garage.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 7, 2023. We announced three new families who will become homeowners once the homes are completed in the spring of 2024! We have one home still available for families to apply for. We will hold family information sessions for the final home on June 21, 2023, and June 26, 2023. For more information visit our 'Homeownership' tab.
We're breaking ground on our 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th homes!
Wednesday, June 7, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. We will announce our new families and kick off the construction phase of the build.
