Final Blog
Mar 2nd, 2012 by michelleli
On Monday, Feb. 27th, the materials were acquired from Michelle. They were brought to Adam’s house and the box was constructed. Using our CAD drawings we came up with a construction plan to maximize our efficiency. Construction took approximately 4 hours. As an extra precaution for safety, we made sure to sand the edges and rough spots to prevent splinters. Everything went exactly to plan.
The following is a photo from construction day.
Unfortunately, the original elbow hinges that Michelle got for us were not suitable for use with our box. The hinges we requested were not available at Rona. So, we resorted to using bolts and a chain to keep the lid open.
The final product consisted of:
- main compartment with a removable divider
- removable tray for smaller items
- side compartment for hockey sticks
- hinged lid with lock and handles
- swivel wheels with optional locking mechanism
On Thursday, Mar. 1st, we delivered the box to CityReach. We left the box slightly unfinished in order to involve the kids in minor hands-on experience. We brought extra tools expecting to work with multiple kids, but only two were given the privilege of working with us. Cam and Dakota helped us put the chain on and added a couple screws to the box.
We then presented to the kids and organizers at CityReach. We gave a brief description of how we built it and what features we added to the box. The kids were extremely excited that we had built something for them and the coordinators were very pleased with the finished project.
After delivering the project we all felt very grateful to have the opportunity to help out our community and this organization.
Congratulations on planning, designing, and executing the project so well! It’s impressive that the project progressed so smoothly. I am wondering to what you attribute your success? Was it the relationship with your client? Or your superior planning skills? Or?
More generally, i wonder if you see connections between this project and larger civil engineering projects.
Again, congratulations on this work.
Susan Nesbit