February 15, 2023 Our first tandem structure at Fischer Village, which is actually called building 2, is in it’s final finishing stages. The interior on both sides of the tandem has been sheet rocked, tapped, textured and primed! Next steps… the interior doors and millwork, and then we move onto painting and cabinet installation. It’s … Read more
January 23, 23 Fischer Village is seeing more new construction. The foundation set up for the next two buildings (buildings 1 and 3) was started with the generous help and hard work from our amazing volunteers from Levi’s. This preliminary setup is now allowing us to install the underground and under-slab utilities. Once the undergrounds … Read more
January 20, 2023 A mile stone making moment– Building 2, which is our first building to be constructed at Fischer Village, has passed all inspections: electrical, plumbing, AC, mechanical, and framing!!! With all the inspections passing with flying colors, we began the process of “covering”. We started with a week of hanging drywall. What a … Read more
January 18, 2023 While Building 2 at Fischer Village was getting the sheetrock hung and tape on the interior, our amazing volunteers were working hard on multiple projects. Since the last report, our Habitat crew along with our diligent volunteers have completed a home repair for a local veteran family in Springfield. A new 200 … Read more
December 20, 2022 As we head into the holiday season, we are feeling accomplished. The roof isbuilt and shingled and the electricians and plumbers came out to complete therough in phase for their trades. Our hardy Habitat volunteers and crew focused on exterior doors, windows, the siding and trim. And we are completely dried in … Read more
December 18, 2022 It may be cold but here at HFHCL our construction team along with our subcontractors have been busy installing windows, doors, and the roof on Fischer Village’s lot 3 and 4. We’ve got the siding and trim on the main body of the building done which allows us to focus on detail … Read more
December 12, 2022 Being dried in also means the installation of the rough utilities. A HUGE Thank You to our subcontractors and the IBEW Electrical Union’s apprentices for getting this first building at Fischer Village ready for inspection. As of this report, HVAC and plumbing are ready to be inspected and the electric rough in … Read more
December 10, 2022 On the Repair program front we are doing a fence demolition and rebuild for a Veteran partner family in Springfield. The before pictures of the fence to come down. We have 2 days a week with volunteers over the next few weeks to get this fence project completed while we keep pushing … Read more
December 7, 2022 After a few days working in the bad weather the trusses are all rolled out and sheathed in preparation for the shingles. The same week that all of this roofing was scheduled we received a fair amount of snow on site at Fischer Village. It slowed us down a little bit but … Read more
December 4, 2022 After a late November snow, roofing on our first FV tandem was delayed but after a few grueling- weather work days, the trusses are up and sheathed in and prepped for the shingles!! Previous to the untimely snow storm, our hardworking HFHCL crew and our skillful subcontractors were building away. Tub and … Read more