Michelle has now picked up the materials and they are at CityReach. We were unable to get them donated, but she has decided to utilize the budget provided by UBC. In accordance with our construction plan, we will be using the UBC truck to pick up the materials and prebuild offsite. We picked the Chevy truck because it has a full sized box to fit the plywood. We have reserved this truck for Monday, Feb. 20th, from 8:30-2pm and have coordinated a 9:30am pick up time with Michelle.
After we pick up the materials, we will build at Nathan’s apartment. Nathan, Mike and Adam will be preassembling the box as the rest of us will be out of town.
We have submitted a list of materials to Michelle at CityReach. As they are trying to procure a donation from the nearby Rona, we are currently waiting to hear back on that possibility. If that is not possible, there is a tentative limit of ~$200 that the faculty will supply to cover materials costs.
Hopefully, we will be in possession of the materials by the end of next week. Then we can borrow a vehicle from the engineering department to pick them up. We are planning to do the cuts over reading break, although some of our members will be away. Since we do not know at this time whether the UBC civil shop will be open during the reading break, we may have to move the cutting back to Michael’s house as originally planned.
After the break, we will do the assembly at the CityReach centre and attempt to involve the children as much as possible. We will have inquire about an extension to make this possible though, since the current deadline is set for the end of the break.
Since some of the materials are of a very specific nature, we have sent Michelle the following pictures of what we would like for some of the materials:
Over the past week, the group has gathered together to develop a plan to proceed with construction. Michelle requested to put shelving in the larger recessed area and a cork board in the smaller one. However, due to building policies, it would require us to meet with the Facility Manager and arrange a time to install the shelves. Unfortunately, due to limited time, we decided it would be best to focus on the cork board and the gym storage box. We devised a list of materials listed below:
3 – sheets of 3/4″ plywood
3 – 8′ 2×4’s (for corners of box)
3 – (Optional) 8′ pieces of Trim 1×1 (for the cork board)
1 – Box of 8 x 1 1/4″ screws (need a box of 200+) (for shelving and box)
2 – Door Hinges (for the box)
2 – Elbow Hinges (for the box)
1 – Latch system (for the box)
Cork board (enough to cover 30″x76″)
4- Wheels (box)
Michelle will forward this list to Rona, and hopefully we will have the donations within the next week to start construction of the box.
Below is an AutoCAD drawing of our box:
AutoCAD drawings of our box
There will be 2 phases of construction. Firstly, we will cut all the pieces of wood at Michael’s house as he has the necessary tools. We will then transport the pieces to The Warehouse to assemble the box IKEA style. This way, in a safe and supervised manner, we can involve the kids, allowing them to gain experience with handy-work and basic construction. Michelle informed us that they have paint and paintbrushes so we can, with the kids, add a little spice to the box.
