Our faces are quite chapped after withstanding a day of hurling wind under a cloudless blue sky. We made a great deal of progress and everyone put forth an incredible effort. I returned to the site this evening to better understand the roof deck and what our next step may be. The roof deck has an occasional weld but, for the most part is held down by a few easy to locate screws. I removed three and a half sheets with very little difficulty and in doing so exposed another major structural member; this one under the cantilever. Harm stopped by and was impressed with our effort and progress. We discussed the mounting debris. At the first of the week he is going to contact Precision Builders to see if they will furnish us a dumpster. We also talked about renting a piece of equipment to help with lowering the structure and heat pump on the roof. More will follow about this.
For those interested I plan to return to the site at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon to finish removing the roof deck and parapet on the west facade. Someone will need to contact Habitat this week about the sink, light fixtures, etc. we have to offer them. Nicole suggested we search for a grant in relation to this project. A little extra money could never hurt. Furthermore, I think we should contact the Norman Transcript and see if we can have them do a story about this project and somehow tie it to architecture in the communtity at large, I also think we could approach Susan Senazey [sic] from Metropolis about this project. When she visited OU a few years ago she had a great deal of enthusiasm for projects of this nature and I think there is potential for her to include a small segment in her magazine about us. Its worth a try.
Check out Sofia's photos, she is going to have a video soon too. This is all for now, respond with what you think.
Feb 25, 2007
DECONSTRUCTION
DISMANTLE: Petro-Stop:
For those interested we have full permission to continue dismantling the Petro-Stop. I am unsure of a specific demolition date, however it its imminent. For those interested in pursuing the dismantling effort we will need to meet some evening this week to prepare for at least one long weekend day of manual labor. Prior to any further deconstruction we also need to develop an explicit and accurate set of as-built documents.
More to follow...
For those interested we have full permission to continue dismantling the Petro-Stop. I am unsure of a specific demolition date, however it its imminent. For those interested in pursuing the dismantling effort we will need to meet some evening this week to prepare for at least one long weekend day of manual labor. Prior to any further deconstruction we also need to develop an explicit and accurate set of as-built documents.
More to follow...
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If you do not have a google/gmail account, you will be asked to get one. I suggest we all keep consistent e-mail addresses to just the first and last name (mine is sofiakoutsenko@gmail.com).
If anyone has any questions or problems let me know and I will help you get set up. There may be many adjustments to the blog at first, so please bare with me. I'm going to try and keep things as simple as possible.
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