June 16, 2013 This passed week was a busy week for Team ASUNM. The week began with spraying the moisture barrier and weatherproofing on the house. The job was done well and in a short amount of time. That left us the rest of the week free for a lot more work to be [...]
This week was an interesting week at ACT. A couple of adjustments were made to the plumbing and a framed shower pan was made by a couple of the students to save costs. The shower head was selected and now we can have a concealed connection seamlessly designed with the bamboo shower planks. Students, [...]
Last week was rough – in week. The SHADE home completed their electrical wiring and outlet/switch install, copper pipe plumbing lines, and Beka mainlines, and the mechanical equipment was installed last week. Our generous mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors and some students came on site to install the equipment needed for the mechanics of the [...]
On Saturday morning the crew at Accelerated Construction Technologies moved the modules out into the yard so that they can receive the elastomeric membrane coating for waterproofing purposes on Monday. The next post will also show the Mechanical module being moved.
Today we received yet another shipment of supplies. This time it contained our beautiful planters from Kornegay Design along with corrugated metal decking from Western States Decking.
More construction images from our visit to ACT today!
Check out the latest construction progress of the SHADE home for the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition. The house is being built at Accelerated Construction Technologies in Phoenix, AZ.
The house is literally coming together! The modules have been coated to prevent rust and pushed together to frame out the rest of the house. The framing should be completed soon and we will be moving on to plumbing and mechanical rough-in.
Recently John Cribbs, Team ASUNM’s architectural project manager, wrote a blog post about his experience with SHADE and how he has grown with the project. See what he has to say on SolarWorld’s blog. Click the green text above to read more.
