Week Eight: First Day of Building Complete

Our first build day has been complete.  About halfway through the day though, we realized the the work would take longer than we thought and so we planned to continue working on it this coming Sunday.

We were at the EPRA office making any needed wood cuts and built the triangle frames for the roof.  We did this there is no electricity at the garden.  We were hoping to be able to get some of the wood on the shed, but the cutting and ground work took all day.  A few members of our group went to the garden with Nicole, and cleared away growth from the area.  This included the vines growing on the side of the shed and area where the water catchment barrel would be housed.

After taking on site measurements of the shed (this time with an actual measuring tape).  We discovered that the photo analysis created a significant amount of error in the measurements.  Because of this modifications had to be made to the budget to make up for extra supplies needed.  A few supplies came off of the budget too after we found out that we either did not really need them or we could find the for free from somewhere else.

Prices are based off in-store purchases at Lowe's.

Below is the modified budget.  Please click on it to view.

Some of the budget modifications included no longer purchasing a hose and adding more wood materials and roof paneling to make up for the errors in photo measurement.  We found some additional wood in the backyard of the EPRA office which were will be using for the base of the water barrel supports.

The group is going back to hopefully finish on Sunday.  If for some reason more needs to be done after that day an extra day will be spent on the farm to finish it after the presentation.  This is to give other group members the time they need to study for their finals which are scheduled for the following week.  We have every intention to see the project to its completion.