We started out the afternoon by clearing all the junk that packed the top of the old band practice platform/wood shelves. The rain poured down over the corrugated steel roof and in through the thousands of holes and openings. We stayed dry, but cold — this time of year the warehouse is maybe, oh, 10 degrees cooler than is outside. Justin swears this was a warm day in there.

We’ve been selecting the wooden i-beams which will form the support structure for the future B.I.G. Museum. We plotted them out and tacked some in place temporarily. Jordi, Nate and Forrest put up the original wood shelves a couple of years ago, and they built the things level enough that we can lay the new joists across the top before we tie them together with 3/4″ plywood decking. We’ll finish by shoring up the sides with the wooden i-beams — thereby shifting the weight off of the old structure and floating the museum. More soon!