***UPDATE***

When I wrote last, Wednesday December 17, 2008, our shop appeared to be going up just fine. However, there have been some complications. In the building industry there are only three things that can go wrong:

1. Materials
2. Weather
3. Workers

On our job, we have been blessed with some of the best workers in the area. We have a highly skilled, hard working crew. I have no complaints about their effort, skills, or any other matter as it relates to the crew. They are the best. However, as you will see in the next couple of pics, everything else went bad.
The weather turned our usual bit of Fall rain into a persistent downpour, keeping everything soaked including the road. Also, the company that supplied our steel did not cut part of the building right; holes where missing, slots uncut, etc. They also provided us with extra parts. Their engineer verified that they shipped us pieces that do not go on our building.
All of this amounted to a very lengthy, and in construction as the time frame expands so must the budget, build time. Now on to the pictures.