So we went to pickup our steel columns today as well as our top caps which will hold the wood beam. We took it from Hilo Steelworks directly almost across the street to Aloha Machine & Weld. Hilo Steelworks is odd in that part of the building is a macadamia nut processing factory. The Aloha Machine & Weld is also little funny. If you notice in the streets view picture I provided above you can see that half the machine shop is entirely open to the open air. This sort of thing would not be possible in Toronto or elsewhere where there is winter. Here its very pleasant weather all year around and having an open shop is a ideal solution I think.
The Aloha Machine & Weld tell me the columns will be done tomorrow. So we will pick them up, drill holes in the top plate for our bolts and then paint them with our special cold galvanization paint. This paint is very odd, its a small paint can but weighs 6 lbs / 2.8 kg. It has 95% zinc content and is likely the cause of the weight.
We have been reviewing the wood wall drawings and we're in for quite a challenge it seems.
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