Firm foundation -- Concrete floor poured

   At 6 a.m. On Dec. 12, 2011, at 6 a.m., subcontractor Dan White Construction started a 330-cubic-yards concrete project at the site of the new Joplin Missouri Stake Center.

   Cappy Caps, the foreman, orchestrated the pouring from 33 cement trucks, plus one concrete pump, as his crew of 17 workers spread the concrete to create 17,000 square feet of sub-flooring.

   The continuous pour continued for nearly six and one-half hours, concluding at 12;24 p.m. Then the workers continued the process of smoothing and finishing the concrete.

   David Farnsworth, job construction superintendent for Hunt's Taylor Creek Contractors Inc., reported the details of the concrete pour for the new Joplin Missouri Stake Center.

David Farnsworth took this picture looking west by northwest. In the foreground is the concrete foundation for a block wall enclosure to the side of the Joplin Missouri Stake Center. In the background are the ruins of the Joplin High School.

David Farnsworth took this picture looking west by northwest. In the foreground is the concrete foundation for a block wall enclosure to the side of the Joplin Missouri Stake Center. In the background are the ruins of the Joplin High School.

W. Lee Hunt took this picture of the curing concrete floor looking west. In the background are the ruins of the Joplin High School.

W. Lee Hunt took this picture of the curing concrete floor looking west by northwest. In the background, left, are the ruins of the Joplin High School.

W. Lee Hunt took this picture of the curing concrete floor looking west by northwest. In the background, left, are the ruins of the Joplin High School.

W. Lee Hunt took this picture of the curing concrete floor looking west by northwest. In the background, left, are the ruins of the Joplin High School.

W. Lee Hunt took this picture of employees working on the concrete foundation for a block wall enclosure, shown in the first two pictures, on the south side of the rising Joplin Missouri Stake Center.

W. Lee Hunt took this picture of employees working on the concrete foundation for a block wall enclosure, shown in the first two pictures, on the south side of the rising Joplin Missouri Stake Center.