The first wall panel

Aug 13, 2009

Today, workers from H&S Construction installed the first wall panels on the National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital.  The pre-engineered steel panels are being hung horizontally, in a pattern reminiscent of traditional “clapboard” siding.  The galvanized panels will weather into a shade similar to “Cape Cod Gray.”  Most importantly, these walls will provide shelter to thousands of sick and injured sea turtles, seals, dolphins, porpoises, and pilot whales.  When the first cold-stunned turtle strands in late October, we will be ready….

Installing the first wall panel.
Installing the first wall panel.
Measuring for the second.
Measuring for the second.

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