The concrete surface is smoothed by crew (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The floor has been poured at the AHL’s newest home, Belleville’s Yardmen Arena.
On Wednesday, dozens of crew members of Ball Construction were on hand to pour 900 tonnes of concrete, which make up the new ice/entertainment/conference surface of the renovated rink.
Staff from Ball Construction pour the Yardmen floor surface measuring 200 feet (l) by 85 feet (w) 0.5 feet (h) (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The floor has a lot of piping running end to end. 17.4 kilometres stretch every few inches for the entire surface.
Director of Recreation Mark Fluhrer says things have to go slow and have to be right.
A north end look at the Yardmen floor being poured (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
Project Manager Peter Lyng says it is a complicated and delicate process.
(l-r) Gary Hauck Ball Construction VP, Project Manager Peter Lyng, Director of Recreation Mark Fluhrer, Jon Schellenberger Ball Construction Site Supervisor and Jason Ball Ball Construction at centre ice (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The measurement of the ice needs to be exact. The crew must create a surface that is within 2 millimetres end to end.
Project Manager Peter Lyng shows how exact the height of the ice floor must be, within 2 mm (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
Gary Hauck Ball Construction VP says there is a lot of work to get to this point.
A concrete truck delivers to the Yardmen arena. 900 tonnes is needed for the floor (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The crew will submerge the floor in cold water, to allow it to harden over the next 30 days. The longer they let it set, the longer it will last. The hope is 30 years.
PHOTOS FROM OTHER PORTIONS OF THE RINK BELOW
The new elevator shaft in the Yardmen (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
This is the entrance for the visiting AHL team (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The visitors dressing room for the AHL (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
A member of the Ball Construction crew looks over drawings of the Yardmen (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
Project Manager Peter Lyng points out a wall of the Belleville Sens dressing room
This will look very different once complete, however this is the entrance to the ice for the AHL Senators (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The overhang on the new northwest corner of the arena (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
The Sens dressing room (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
A worker cuts steel for the new VIP suites at the Yardmen (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
This is the view of the ice from the centre VIP suite at the Yardmen (west side) (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)
