It was on February 12th last year when the floor of the SkyDome at the National Corvette Museum was swallowed up by a sink hole. At the time, many were concerned about the fate of the museum being rebuilt–if it would. Well, we are happy to report that the rebuild is well underway, and the process has hit a huge milestone.

On April 8, 2015, the restoration of the SkyDome got one-step closer to being whole again, as crews poured over 200 cubic yards of concrete onto the floor and then spent the rest of the day finishing that part of the project. The day began at 4:00 a.m., as crews began pouring the first half of concrete slab on top of the dirt-filled hole.

The area being poured was too large to accomplish in one pouring, so the interior was divided into two halves. The first pour was of one half of the SkyDome’s nearly 14,000 square feet of floor space.

The remaining second slab of concrete will be poured in the very near future, completing the floor. Engineers have designed the floor in sections, as this “control” joint between the two slabs will provide more stability than the original solid floor.

Project Manager Zach Massey told WBKO Television in Bowling Green, “We’ve divided the room in half basically. We’ve poured between 200 and 225 cubic yards of concrete this morning. Crews will be working all day long finishing that.”

Massey adds that the project is on track with the construction team reaching the key milestone dates.