ABOUT US  Overview Annual Reports Architects Audit Committee Awards Executive Directory FAQs Office of Inspector General Press Room Responsibilities  CAPITOL CAMPUS  Architecture Art FAQs Grounds Map Multimedia Office Buildings Visiting U.S. Capitol U.S. Botanic Garden  VISITING THE CAPITOL  SUSTAINABILITY  DOING BUSINESS WITH AOC  Overview Procurement Opportunities Procedures Small Business Coordinator  EMPLOYMENT   Overview How to Apply Vacancies Workers' Compensation Related Links     Aerials       By Location     CVC Construction Photos 2005 CVC Construction Photos - January through March 2006 CVC Construction Photos - April through June 2006 CVC Construction Photos - Current Quarter CVC Construction Photos - July through December 2006 CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 6/26/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Above the Great Hall, skylight installation is nearing completion. Workers install the historic Olmsted bronze fountain basins on the East Front Plaza.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 6/19/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Workers install a grill to a soffit in the ceiling of the Great Hall. Painters stripe the traffic pattern on East Capitol Street. Landscaping crews plant dozens of new shrubs around the Senate Triangle, just north of the Senate Steps.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 6/12/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   This aerial of the CVC on the east side of the Capitol was taken Thursday, June 8, 2006. A CVC worker seals the joint between two of the glass panels of the skylight above the Great Hall.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 6/5/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Nearly 35 feet above the Great Hall floor, a skylight installation crew has begun installing the glass panels for the south skylight. Painters complete the final touches on the soffits between the barrel-shaped ceiling vaults above the Great Hall. A CVC crew prepares a concrete foundation for the historic seat wall around the large grassy oval on the south side of the Plaza.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 5/22/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Above the Great Hall, a skylight installation crew has nearly completed the assembly of the glass panel support system for the south skylight. A worker assembles a portion of the ceiling framework above the Exhibition Hall. A worker applies the first coat of paint to a plaster ceiling above the Great Hall.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 5/15/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   On a platform nearly 30 feet above the ground, workers apply a coat of plaster to one of three barrel-vaulted ceilings in the CVC Great Hall. Workers assemble the framework at the top of a new elevator on the CVC roof deck.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 5/8/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Masons set capstones along the perimeter of the south skylight above the Great Hall. Workers assemble a portion of the escalators on the south side of the Great Hall. Drywall installation has begun on the ceiling in the Great Hall.  A plaster finish will be applied later.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 5/1/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Tulip Poplar trees now line the north and south sides of the Congressional Auditorium and already frame views of the Capitol Dome. A mason sets floor stone along the west side of the CVC Exhibition Hall. A worker waters new grass on the Senate Plaza.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 4/24/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   The latest aerial view of the Capitol Visitor Center taken April 12, 2006. A CVC worker secures a portion of a platform to a scaffold in the Exhibition Hall.  The platform will allow ceiling work to begin while masons set floor stone in adjacent areas.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 4/17/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Framework is nearly complete in the House and Senate Expansion Spaces, which comprise approximately 170,000 square feet of building space. A mason (far right) completes a section of floor tile in the CVC Food Service Area.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 4/10/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   On April 10, 2006, landscape crews began to plant the first of 36 Tulip Poplar trees that will line walkways leading to the CVC entrances. Architect of the Capitol, Alan Hantman (right) points out some CVC ceiling details to Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, during a recent site walk.   CVC Construction Summary Photos -- Week of 4/3/2006 Please click on the photo to enlarge the image   Masons have begun setting Tennessee Marble base stone along the main staircase connecting the CVC to the Capitol. Masons have begun setting floor stone at the south end of the CVC Exhibition Hall.