What's the Point?!

Well the shelter has finally be finished, there have been laughs, stress, out of tune singing and free cheeseburgers. It has been hard work and some of us found it harder than others to keep ourselves awake......

Many inspirational songs and speeches later we made it through the review with our eyes open and Eimear and James managed to string some words together for the tutors.

shame shame shame

The sheet metal for the roof will be put up in the coming week to make sure its waterproofed as it got quite leaky in the rain today! The exhibition for the shelter project will be held at Fat Sams on Friday 12th. Thank you for following our progress through the past few weeks, we hope you were kept entertained.

Sleepy Sunday

Walking down to the Botanics along Perth road with 4 sheets of plywood was interesting at 7 in the morning. Luckily very few people were out and about to witness our struggle! Everyone was feeling slightly cheerier today, with some people feeling on top of the world....

The cold was getting to some of us, and there were a few grumpy faces on site .... 

Lets hope this afternoon is a bit warmer, and the shelter finished so we can celebrate!

Saturday Shivers

We were all feeling the cold yesterday at the Botanics with many of us losing the feeling in our toes. Spirits were lifted when the lunch list was taken and thanks to our friends at the golden arches we got free cheeseburgers! James was on top form with his rendition of "shame shame shame" receiving only minor abuse from the rest of the group.

The boys were feeling adventurous, braving severe heights to get the frame screwed together....

We got the majority of the cladding done and the roof was under construction, even if there were a few flaws......

The cold left us feeling numb, however after the realisation that the studios shut at 5pm on a Saturday there was a mad dash to the studios to take all the materials we were storing out. We were very lucky Mike had his car parked just off site, all the materials were then moved to my flat. By the end of the day we were all feeling a lot like this......

Setting our alarms for 6am was painful, but we are all excited to see the finished project!

Freaky Friday

It was a mad day today as everyone was running around trying to get everything finished. The elements of the roof were cut in the workshop and the bench was constructed. On site the battery's for the drill failed us once again and James showed us how he could use sheer brute force to drill holes into the timber.....

Thankfully the tools in the workshop weren't relying on batteries so lots more could be done and the sheet metal for the roof was cut. 

Its an 8am start at the Botanics and a 9am start in the studio tomorrow, however transport for the materials left in the studios overnight has not been sorted so the Point group will be wandering down Perth road on Saturday carrying a roof and large bits of timber. If anyone in the vicinity fancy's giving us a hand there is a bottle of wine in it for you! Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to get a little more shelter and a little less frame on the ground .....

Mark showing us how its done

Doomsday

After an inspiring speech was sent round last night from James, everyone was feeling fired up and raring to go. with nearly  the whole team making it in for 9....

Let's hope there's more people running round the Botanics! Last day of the project has come quickly, and we are all feeling the pressure. Hopefully we can enjoy firework night and relax over the weekend.

A+E

Our first casualty was had today, Hannah took a turn for the worse and had a serious accident. The team were all very concerned and we all wish her a speedy recovery.....

With one member of our team injured the team pulled together this afternoon. We had four people on site putting the triangles together and all that's left is to put one side together and clad it. The roof is as ever lying under question marks, Nathan heads the team in the workshop making sure everyone knows what to do.

The girls dominate the workshop this afternoon showing the boys how its done.....

The presentation team worked on putting sheets together, making sketch up videos and building models. Tomorrow it will be work, work, work! All the cladding needs to be done and the roof needs to be put together, not to mention the bench! Mike's petrol has taken a hit and he's desperate to fill up, so everyone is spreading the word for Plain White Tees in Liquid next Wednesday. That drill looks pretty scary ......