The final beam was installed this week. This one was to span the support at the back of the house and bottom of the stairs.
This work went a little faster, I beleive size helped with that. The same process was followed, scaffolding was put into place, temporary supports were put up to take the weight off of the beam while being replaced. The team cut out the old beam then inserted the new steel I beam. Once that was in place, Jerry’s crew dug out the holes for the pillars. Once in place, the city inspector came to sign off, then the concrete was poured.
We now wait until Monday for the concrete to set. The good news is another weekend with laundry (most likely our last), the bad news is we can’t use the indoor stairs to get to the laundry.
Our architect and the structural engineer stopped by yesterday, and the engineer liked everything he saw which is a always a good thing.
Next week, the rest of the floor will be removed, then the plumbing team comes to replace all the old pipes.
I didn’t take a picture of the new beam, but you can see a little of it here in the picture below. 
Look how open the rest of the basement is with the new beam now in place!!
