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Community health and wellness center construction update January 2026

Bloomington City CouncilWednesday, January 14, 2026
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[0:00] I'm Dakota Kenyon out here at the [0:02] community health and wellness center [0:03] project site with Adam Bla Venzant, [0:06] project engineer working with Jun. Hi [0:09] Adam, tell us what's going on back here. [0:12] >> Prepping for footings and foundations. [0:13] This is one of the last sections we have [0:15] to do. This [music] is specifically [0:17] around the uh nudatorum section of the [0:20] building. So these are our deeper [0:22] footings and foundations. And right now [0:25] they're prepping for formwork starting [0:27] next week. He said, "We're [music] [0:28] getting close to finishing up [0:29] foundations here. After that, what can [0:31] we expect to see?" [0:32] >> So, yeah, after these footings and [0:34] foundations are in place, what we'll see [0:36] is pre-cast walls starting to grow up. [0:38] And that process is a fairly quick [0:39] [music] process than traditional um [0:42] frame. So, it'll be quick. It'll be [0:45] it'll be looking like a building real [0:46] soon. And then we're into structural [0:48] steel and the decking and interior work. [0:50] >> In terms [music] of working out here in [0:52] the winter, anything special we need to [0:54] be aware of? [0:55] >> So, yeah. I mean, we always prep for [0:57] winter conditions and we hope for the [0:58] best, but sometimes we got to bring out [1:00] ground thaw machines in order to, you [1:02] know, keep the ground at a temperature [1:04] that's working and we don't have that [1:05] frost in the dirt cuz otherwise we have [1:07] to get new dirt, bring it in and keep [1:09] that frost out. [1:10] >> For more information on the project or [1:12] updates, [music] head to [1:13] bloomingtonforward.org.