Fun times at the ‘Alley House 2’ jobsite on Capital Hill today, courtesy of visionary developer Cascade Built. Four prefabricated modules that comprise the house were delivered by Method Homes. The process of setting into place began around 11 am. First, the shrinkwrap gets removed:

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Misc. prepwork. View into kitchen area.image

Somewhat of a crowd assembled…including a KOMO news crew.image

The hoist beginsimage

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Guys use tie ropes to orient the module as neededimage

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Up and over the neighboring treesimage

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Almost in placeimage

Up on the site, crew assemble to guide the module into placeimage

Carefully ‘threading the needle’ – over pre-installed holddownsimage

First module is set! Three more to come…but I have to head back to the office – I’m swamped these days. More later.image