DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Thursday and Friday Recap! I'm going to throw it back to late last week when the crews were rolling along, knocking things out, and getting it done. The welding crew were hard at work finishing the last of the wall panels while the rest of the steel crew were working on setting up the overhead [...]
With the utilization of new technology comes lessons in checking for errors and optimizing settings. As cuts progressed over the weekend, the CNC was no different. First, we learned to double check the placement of clamps to ensure proper clearance for the CNC's cutting head to pass. A 1/2" difference in placement caused the head [...]
As we're all working away in the woodshop I see this framed photo of Norm Abram in the office that takes me back to watching This Old House with my mom growing up, learning how to do all the same stuff we're doing in the woodshop now. Just a good reminder as to why I [...]
A quick week recap as we go into fall break! This past week, our steel team has been hard at work preparing the steel elements for the trellis. The process has been cutting all the metal down to size, punching holes in the parts that get connected to the columns, brushing/grinding off all the rust [...]
Hi, Today we split the group in half. Group One : went on site to re-flag the pavilion with our new adjusted orientation and positioning of our structure. From our first try we noticed that our ramp was angling your body towards the tree along the path so we went back on our model and [...]
First day on-site! Our project must "Go West" just like the objectively great Village People song. Or, more accurately, orient west, due west to be precise. After identifying reference trees and using triangulation to spray paint column locations, we realized the pavilion needed to shift location slightly north from what was originally marked on the [...]
After a round of riveting summer adventure tales from my classmates, we got right back to work on our first day back in the design studio class. The first order of business was to figure out all that we needed to do to complete out build before the end of the semester. This involved setting [...]
Today we finally got a draft construction document set off to John, our engineer for the project. The model has been completed and we've been wrapping up some finer details. Tyler and I have focused on refining the underlying deck structure and how multiple girders and joists connect at a single point. We may have [...]
Well, I was supposed to post the Friday before Spring Break, but apparently I was already mentally checked out! So enjoy the photo I took while relaxing at Lake Jocassee up in Clemson... Before the end of class Friday, we had quickly revised our final design slide show and gave a shot at a practice [...]
Only one day left before our conceptual review! We were supposed to hold it on Wednesday, but Friday was more convenient for our clients (thank goodness!). We've begun to finalize a one-page template for each of our independent designs (13 total) and final sketches are starting to come together. I was in such a groove [...]