Weekend Construction Update

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Hope everyone had a good Easter
weekend.  Over the weekend, the team worked on constructing
the interior soffit walls as well as the bathroom wall.  On Friday they
finished the entire north soffit as well as the bathroom header.  On Saturday,
the rest of the soffit on the west wall was finished.  Considerable effort
was exerted in order to join the north soffit with the west soffit at the
corner.  The team was forced to come up with some ingenious, on the spot
solutions to make it work.  The rest of the bathroom wall was finished and
the joists for the bathroom wall were finished too on Saturday. 

 

I would like to thank all
the hard work put in by the members who stayed down and worked this
weekend.  The job you did was outstanding and you accomplished a
lot.

-Adam

Safety First

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On Saturday, April 4th, 9 members of the team headed to
Columbus, Kansas, to be trained by Doug Westervelt of Crossland Construction
Company for their 10-hour OSHA certification. The team members gathered in the
middle of the night to make the long drive to an early workshop. The intention
was to have enough people trained that there would always be at least one
individual which OSHA training on the worksite to oversee safety. These individuals will help to maintain a safe working environment  while
minimizing hazards that may arise.

 

I want to thank those who volunteered time to be trained in
safety awareness and the individuals of Crossland Construction Company that
agreed to train us.

 

Dominic Clucas

Student Safety Officer

The Work Continues

Construction on the 09 house resumed earlier this week.  It may have been hard to follow on the webcams because we’ve been doing some work on the inside.  The soffit and interior walls are coming along quite nicely.

You may also have seen us unloading our recycled siding for the outside of the house.  We’ll make an update when we know what day we will begin installing it.

For those of you who missed the construction thus far (or didn’t sit at your computer and watch for several days straight), I encourage you to check out the newly posted time lapses.  We’ll post more as work continues.

-Bryan

Much Deserved Break

If you’ve been following the webcams, you may have noticed that the SIP installation was completed last week.  Construction wrap and temporary doors were put up to protect the house from the elements while the team takes a much deserved Spring Break.  Work will resume upon our return to the S&T campus.

-Bryan

Walls go up smoothly

Sip Installation – Amber Gomaz

The first day of SIP installation went pretty well.  Nothing went wrong except for at the very beginning.  Thermocore was unloading the panels when all of the sudden the boom truck transferring the panels to the ground almost tipped over.   Thankfully no one was injured and no damage was done to the panels.  We also got our hinges, but unfortunately they were not what we had specified. Hopefully we can get that situated so that we can install them into the roof.

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Surprise

Check out the webcams today. There is a surprise there that we think you’ll like. 🙂

SIPS are to go up!

SIPS are go be installed tomorrow, Tuesday March 17th.  Installation should begin at 8am and continue for most of the day.  Stay tuned for updates!  Don’t forget to watch the installation live via our webcams!

No go on the SIPs

As you may have seen on the webcams there are no walls out at the construction site. We were out at Dark:30 today getting ready for Thermocore’s arrival. At 7:50am, Luke Sudkamp, Director of Design & Construction called Thermocore to find an estimated time of arrival. As it turns out the walls weren’t manufactured as they should have been.

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Subfloor is complete

View imageFor those of you who have been keeping an eye on the webcams, the subfloor was finished late last night. Thermocore of Missouri will be in Rolla first thing Monday morning to begin putting up the SIP walls.P3090142.JPG

Construction has started

We received the steel for the subfloor this past Monday. All 32 joists were finished yesterday. Here is our construction schedule for the next few days.

Thursday:           
Setting piers

Friday:                 
Final assembly of frame and start warm board

Saturday:            
Finish up warm board

Sunday:               
Relax! Do all the homework we have been procrastinating!

Watch our construction live at http://solarhouse.mst.edu/