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Building a Bakery: The Small Stuff You Don’t See

The newest location of TOUS Les JOURS bakery is under construction in Holly Springs, NC, and along with all of the beautiful finishes that future customers will see every day, comes the “behind the scenes” work that gets covered up as soon as it’s inspected. The most recent example of that: the 1,000-gallon grease interceptor and sampling vault installed earlier this month with the help of WACO Plumbing Company and Rowland’s Backhoe Service. As the name implies, the purpose of the grease interceptor system is to separate and contain grease flowing out of the kitchen before it makes it to the sewer system. Without a grease interceptor, the hot, liquified grease can cool down and solidify in the pipes, creating a big mess for everyone upstream of the public sewer.

Located in the Southpark Village Shopping Center in Holly Springs, TOUS Les JOURS is expected to be open for business in late May to early June of 2025. With dozens of other locations across the eastern United States, the French-Asian bakery is already garnering lots of excitement from Holly Springs locals.

This project is being delivered to the Owners through the Design-Build process with Gontram Architecture and Ten Penny Construction.

Michael Jordan Collision – 10

 

Michael Jordan Collision Center Timelapse 2016-04-01 from Eddie Gontram on Vimeo.

Two months to go at the Michael Jordan Collision Center project in Durham, NC.

The interior concrete work is now complete, allowing metal stud framing for the customer and office portion of the project to begin.  The 30-foot high stud walls were the first to be installed.

New high windows along the south side of the building were framed and trimmed out.

The wash bays on the Upper Level were poured, allowing for the masonry wing walls to be installed in a week or so.

The front entrance canopy and ADA ramp were poured.

LED high bay lighting has begun in the Lower Level.

Next week, more exciting work continues as the paint booths are delivered and installed, and the 2,000-gallon oil-sand separator will be installed below the front parking lot. Structural steel for the new canopy entrance area is also due early next week.

This project is being provided to the Owner via the Architect-led Design-Build process with Gontram Architecture.

Free NCAA Pool! #GAPool

GANCAAgifTen Penny Construction and Gontram Architecture have (again) teamed up to sponsor a FREE NCAA Pool this March.

Brackets coming 8:00 PM, March 15th!

To subscribe to the NCAA Pool, click HERE.  We will send you a special invitation when it is time to make your picks!

A March Tradition, the Gontram Architecture Pool is a FREE pool, open to (almost) anyone, with great prizes for the winners (and some losers).

IT’S FREE! It doesn’t cost a penny to play! That way, we don’t have a problem with the authorities, no one gets arrested, and everyone has a great time!

As always, there are lots of great prizes!

In March, our online bracket will be available immediately after the pairings are announced on Selection Sunday. Completed brackets are due by 11:00 AM EDT, Thursday, March 19th.

5 Ways Commercial Tenants Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

A must read post from Gontram Architecture for anyone considering commercial space…

5 Ways Commercial Tenants and Buyers Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

NC Retail Assoc Basement

Framing is underway in the basement of the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association building in downtown Raleigh, NC.

Ten Penny Construction and Gontram Architecture are reconfiguring some office space to make it more usable.  This project is on the heels of another project that completely renovated the 1st and 2nd floors of this 1925 building.