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Welcome to Building the Best! Inside are pictures of a few of the buildings I've worked on in Southwest Montana for the last couple of years

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Lot 125

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CMR

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CMR 1
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CMR 2
CMR 2
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CMR 3
CMR 3
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CMR 4
CMR 4
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CMR 5
CMR 5
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CMR 6
CMR 6
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CMR 7
CMR 7
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CMR 8
CMR 8
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CMR 9
CMR 9
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CMR 10
CMR 10
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CMR 11
CMR 11
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CMR 12
CMR 12
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CMR 13
CMR 13
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The Club

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B unit
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A Unit 2008-12-19
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A unit office tower and fireplace
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The much anticipated Tree
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West Facade 12/19/08
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East facade 12/19/08
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Slopeside of B unit.
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B office tower and east facade from the north
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B unit stair tower.
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North side 2008-10-24
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B patio
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A unit Entry hall and bridge viewed from great room
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South face B unit
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Closeup of log tails A office tower
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Logs on A Office tower
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Front facade of A unit
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A unit entry
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West (Uphill) face of the building
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A unit deck
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Shed roofs between units
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B unit tower
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B unit front facade
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The North Face
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A unit facade
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View from the slopes
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A unit entry
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YC 003.JPG 2008-02-01
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The steel is up, walls are built and ready to be placed.
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A closer look at some of the steel.
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Progress! Lower level bearing walls are framed and most of them are standing.
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Blue sky is a nice change, even if it was only for a couple of hours.
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Lone Mountain is right back there, but today it's hiding in the clouds and snow.
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2/15. Starting to take shape.
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Finally a clear day.
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2008-02-23
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Joists are starting to roll.
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2008-02-23
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Second floor steel is up.
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Joists are rolling
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It'll be a nice view when it's all finished.
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Finally, the first pieces of decking.
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Joists are rolled.
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Setting the four 40' parallam posts visible in the background was an adventure.
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Starting to look like a building.
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View from the road.
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A beatiful day
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A-unit coming out of the hole.
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A-unit upper floor framing is almost done.
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B-unit upper floor is ready for decking.
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Taken a few hours before six more inches of snow fell.
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Seven inches of new snow on May 9th.
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Matt on the moat.
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A few rafters are up! Lots more beams and rafters to go.
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B-unit from the South
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A-unit lower level after thawing.
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A-unit from the South
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The rear of the building.
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Beam work over the A-unit bridge.
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A-unit's main ridge.
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Nate looking very enthusiastic in the snow.
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B unit front facade.
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Matt and Dave enjoying the snow. Taken on June 6 at 1:18pm
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A few hours after the snow the sun came out again.
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Snow on June 6. The roof on B unit is coming along.
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Log accent in the A unit office tower.
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Benji in the A unit great room.
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The rear of the building (which faces the ski hill) I can't get back far enough to get the whole thing in the frame.
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A unit master bath.
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Timber tails on A unit
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A unit great room rafters and trusses
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A unit roof starting to take shape
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Log tails on A unit great room
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A unit office tower
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A unit 6/30/08
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B unit 6/30/08
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West side of A unit looking north
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Ceiling of B unit office tower.
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B unit great room
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Log tails at A unit deck
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B unit

Goode Place

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Starting to look like a building.
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Almost ready for housewrap and siding.
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A view from the south.
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The building front when framing with framing nearly complete.
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A shot of the interior framing. Hanging the large steel beam on the left was, um, exciting.
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Nate with the beam saw.
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Matt attaching the last piece of corrugated steel.
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The crew minutes after the final piece of siding was attached.
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The completed building shortly before the first tenant opened for business.
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A view of the building from the west.

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