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10/06/2006
The youth play area is shown here with one of the first floor pours done. The area on the right (nearest the lake) will house the controls for all the sprays and interactive features and will be covered with a rock scape.
10/06/2006
This picture shows the outdoor pool from the third floor of King’s Pointe Resort.
10/13/2006
This picture shows the plunge pool for the twin speed slides and where they enter the lazy river.
10/13/2006
This is the toddler play area where parents and kids alike will find bubbling water on a cover play deck.
10/13/2006
This picture shows the jets that are built into the concrete deck for the toddler play area.
10/13/2006
A concrete bench is built into the pool for parents to rest as they watch their children play on the various water features.
10/13/2006
Crews continue to pour the walls of the lazy river.
10/13/2006
Crews continue to form up the foundations for the slides. In total the outdoor waterpark will have five slides that outlet into the lazy river.
10/20/2006
Crews have formed and pour the walls in this waving portion of the outdoor water park lazy river.
10/20/2006
The final footings for the outdoor main pool body have been formed. This area will be the zero depth entry area of the pool.
10/27/2006
Shot of the main pool body on the outdoor water park from the second floor of King’s Pointe. You can see where crews have started working on the rock structure around the youth play area.
10/27/2006
The first layer of the rock structure is placed on this area of the youth play area.
10/27/2006
The backside of the rock structure after the first layer is placed on.
10/27/2006
The last wall of the main pool body has been poured and soon crews will begin the work of creating the zero depth entry and pouring the remaining section of the pool floor.
10/27/2006
The steel framing for the rock structure is mostly in place at this point. Next crews will install the mesh backbone of the structure then hand apply the first layer of a sand, concrete and fiberglass mixture.
10/27/2006
This is what the rock structure looks like after the first layer of material has been placed on top. The half pipe at the bottom of the area is for the water from the top of the play area to drain back to the pool for recirculation and the silver handle is part of the interactive features of the area.
10/27/2006
One of the two man crew places the first layer of material on by hand. This crew just finished a job in Brazil before coming to Storm Lake. Once the first layer is on they will spray on the rock formation.
10/27/2006
This is a picture of the steel structure for the top of the control area that was created at the companies home office in Texas.
10/27/2006
The entrance to the outdoor lazy river is ready to have the floor poured in the upcoming days.
10/27/2006
Most of the footings for the outdoor slides and slide towers have been poured and await the arrival of the slides in the upcoming weeks.
10/27/2006
Inside the rock structure is the piping that provides water to the water features that reside hidden in the rock. These water outlets will spray water down on top of the people going down the family water slide.More Photos: Waterpark Indoor Waterpark Golf Course Sunrise Pointe Filter Building Great Lawn Aerial Professional Webcams
