This weekend Studio V got to work on site at Old Towne Creek county park. All of our hard work in the shop coming together to get this donor wall structure standing. We spent a couple of weeks in the shop fabricating, staining, and assembling as many of the pieces as we could.
We took a few trips out to site to transport all of our building pieces, and Friday we broke ground! The 6 holes for the columns were all dug up and leveled during studio time on Friday. Then Saturday we spent the whole day out on site doing assembly. 
First to go in were the two back columns. When those were level we stood up the back wall piece and screwed it in. Then we put the center piece of the back beam above to laterally support the structure and ensure columns were spaced correctly. Next we put in the two back left and right columns and laid in the subsequent beam pieces to make up the entirety of the back beam.
From there, we worked on the front two columns. These were slightly more difficult as they were taller and therefore heavier. After a couple of tries with leveling the ground, we were able to get those columns in and stood up with diagonal bracing. Then we added the side wall pieces in between. The donor wall sits 4″ above ground, so David had the smart idea of screwing in blocks right at that height, so we could set the wall on the blocks then just align the wall vertically and screw into place.
The final wall and column assembly gave us the most issue, as it likely was the summation of tiny margins of error throughout – but we managed to get the entire wall in and secured well. Let me tell you, this wall is HUGE. Actually seeing the pieces on site and stood up gave us a real sense of scale that I think will help us moving forward on our Plymouth Park project.
Finally, we carried over the giant front beam and lifted it into place using the genie lift. It was suspended in the center and slowly lifted and moved into place. Once it made it to the top, we had to pound it down to secure it to the columns.
On Sunday, a few more of us went back outside to screw the beam into the columns, and place the rafters and purlins on the top. This weekend very productive and exciting, making strong headway towards the completion of the Old Towne Creek project! While some went out to site, the remainder of us continued working on final drawings for Plymouth Park and starting to get material counts so we can begin fabrication this week!