DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
As we move closer to the placing of the piers, the class is making final preparations to get started on construction next week. A group consisting of Michaela, Brittany, Baker, and John (myself) have been working to knock out the remaining details, which consist of the roof connections and the handrails. The goal is to [...]
On Monday, we split tasks within the group. As some continued to wrap up CDs, some adjustments had to be made to our foundation plan due to changes made on site. As this all comes together, we are keeping track of our material count for accurate pricing as we begin placing orders. One team continues [...]
Our first Saturday workday is officially in the books! We headed out to site at 8am in hopes of waking up before the bugs, but no such luck. We split into two teams – girls on landscape cleanup and boys on foundation layout. Nothing like a little friendly competition to get the job done. Now [...]
A few of us got our hands dirty on-site during studio on Wednesday and the rest of the crew stayed back to keep working on the roof design. The roof design is wrapping up and is looking great. A couple of us will be heading out to the site again tomorrow to finish up cleaning [...]
We began the last class in the studio and discussed what needed to be finalized in the roof and railing structures. Our intentions were to mark the location for the bridge's post but we weren't able to access a floating deck from Blu Tide. Then a group of us went out to the site to get some [...]
As the design is being finalized and CDs are being approved, we have come to the question of money. It usually always ends up being about the money. We are pursuing some grants from the Conservancy and from the city in order to accomplish all the aspects of the project including the deck, pavilion, path, [...]
Our spring break came and went and now we are back on the grind of completing our CD set and starting the build. The piers go in on April 5th so we have a lot to achieve before then. Currently, we are split into groups but the main thing we need to get done by [...]
Last time you heard from us we were getting into our construction documents, trying to finalize our roof design, and meeting with the structural engineer. We then went on spring break and after 10 long and relaxing days we are back! Some of us went away while others had a staycation and explored the beautiful [...]
Wednesday we met with the structural engineer John, to look over some of our details and model that we created. We went over some details about roof, railing, beams, and truss. Some adjustments John recommended was that the beams need to 2x10 and not 2x8 and possible have two of them instead of one. Another [...]
Today we hit the ground running by meeting with the structural engineer, John. From this meeting we learned that we needed to beef up the foundation of our structure a little bit and got a pretty understanding of what this portion of the design will entail. In addition, we came up with some ideas as [...]