In keeping with the mission statements of the Cotton Ginning Days / GAMTRA organization and Lucy Pennegar's historical preservation efforts, the club has long wanted to construct an early 1900's style machine shop on the show grounds, near where we constructed the blacksmith building several year ago. Devin wrote up and submitted the project to the Eagle Scout review board and received approval for the extensive project in early 2009. Most of 2009 has been devoted to the design of this building, the fund raising for construction of the building, and the permitting process. As we near the 4th quarter of the year, pieces are beginning to fall in place and construction is about to begin.
Early in the year Devin asked the group members to submit ideas on how the building might look. These plans were reviewed and Devin liked the layout submitted by club member Doug Kelley the best. This tentative layout was rendered in 3D SolidWorks as seen here.
In April, Doug volunteered his son, an architect in Raleigh, to prepare a set of plans to submit to the zoning and permit board of Gaston Co. In June Devin began the tedious process of acquiring a building permit. Many trips later and several modifications to the drawings, the permit was issued along with a zoning permit. Here is the finalized 2D drawing.
On August 6th Devin signed both the building permit and the zoning permit. A happy day for the young fellow. Here is a photo of the permit.
On Sunday August 9th Devin met State Senator Jim Jacumin at the show grounds to scope out the location for the building and to assess the grading work required. Jim has volunteered to do the grading work for Devin's project. The legislature is out now for summer break and it looks like just after Labor Day the grade work will begin. Lucy had said she has dirt available, which Devin will certainly need to bring the back edge up to level.
On Saturday October 31st. Senator Jim Jacumin brought his skid steer. Dirt was moved in while Jim moved and compacted the dirt all day.
Senator Jim Jacumin and Devin Holland pose before work begins. The first of the dirt removal begins.
The top soil was loaded in the truck to use as weight for packing the dirt. A load of dirt was brought in and Jim is moving it around.
More dirt is brought in..... Things are starting to shape up.
More dirt is brought in as the transit tells us we aren't level yet. Done!
All done and ready to be covered until ready to start on the forms.
A GOOD day's work!
7/19/10
Over
the last several months forms were set and now Devin and scout helpers are
digging the footings out where the angle straps that hold the poles will go.
The rock was delivered that morning and the boys started shoveling. All done and looking great!
Another view of the forms almost ready for concrete.
Mixing the concrete to go in the footings. Fixtures made to hold post straps. Concrete being poured in footings.
Devin
is shaking the concrete to get it all around the L straps that will hold the
building posts.
All the footings are poured and should be ready to pour the slab. 7/30/2010 It's concrete pouring time!
Calvin Huffman gave Devin some favorable pricing on concrete. The master finisher at work. This machine really slick the concrete!
Devin spent the afternoon watching the concrete cure - yawn....
and keeping it moist to protect the surface from the July sun.
Over the last several days the forms were all stripped, and the wood reused to make forms for creating the front porch on the building. After a hard afternoon's work, Devin is enjoying the coolness of the concrete for a short catnap :-)
7/12/10