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The floor of the first level is an octagonal slab of poured concrete.  In the center of this slab a column made of concrete block was constructed to hold the second level floor.  This column has a hollow centre that will serve as a tornado shelter and a concrete roof which the second level floor beams come into.
The finished first level floor and the centre column.
The second level floor joists are made of red iron radiating in a spiders web pattern. The steel bar joists that go from the centre column to the outside walls are red iron steel I-beams.  Welding these I-beams together with wire bar joists provided by SMI Joist of Starke, Florida and then covering with V-grip steel decking from Marlyn Steel of Tampa, Florida creates the basis for a poured concrete second level floor deck. All the steel was supplied by Long Welding of High Springs, Florida
Pouring the second level deck.
The interior floor is built from twelve inch deep galvanized steel joists manufactured by Deitrich Steel of Wild Wood, Florida. The steel joists allow greater spans and a stiffer truer floor surface.
Installing the second floor interior floor.

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The windows and doors are framed using VBuck a product from Vinyl Technologies out of Utah and supplied by First Coast Polysteel of Jacksonville, Florida. This vinyl buck system allows the builder to create rough framed doors and windows without using any wood products that can warp and twist when the concrete is poured.
Putting the VBuck together to form a doorway.

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