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The elliSONS

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Introductions

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The VDC Team

  • Leon Nguyen (Project manager) - Senior
  • Derek Doan (Project manager) - Senior
  • Cristofer Fuentes (Engineer) - Freshman
  • Yovani Coronado (Carpenter) Sophomore
  • Andrei Aspiras (Architect) - Senior
  • Tony Nguyen (Designer) - Senior

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VDC: Client Objectives

The Project:

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  • Need a place for students to relax and sit
  • Reliable and sustainable

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Client Objectives:

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  • Durable, safe, and stylish design

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We need to start with some important questions for IHS students…

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Where do you hangout with your friends when there are no classrooms open?

Where do you hangout when it is a hot sunny day?

Have you found a place to sit down outside recently?

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OUR IDEA

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VDC: Project Objectives/Community Impact

  • Benefit students at IHS with better place to socialize and build community
  • Beautify teacher’s environment
    • The area outside the classroom is lonely and we plan to change that
  • Expansion capabilities
    • A better design for the future students to add onto

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Why should we build it?

Our school

Other schools

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Sketchup

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Gantt Chart

RED = PREDICTION

BLUE = REALITY

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Contract

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Materials List

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Budget

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Cut List

Our list for the amount of cuts of wood we need

  • Helpful and quick
  • Easy in advance
  • Simple

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Project Process Step #1

  • We first cut the red wood into the correct measurements and dimensions
  • While cutting wood we had people digging out the dirt for our benches.

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Project Process Step

#2

  • We then screwed our wood pieces together to assemble the bench.
  • While assembling the benches together, we had other people framing the benches for the concrete to pour on.

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Collage

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Project Process Step

#3

  • we made the concrete surface for the benches to stand on.
  • We then poured the concrete onto our frame.
  • We used screeds to flatten out the concrete to make it more smooth and layered.

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Project Process Step

#4

  • We finished by installing post bases on the bottom of the legs of the bench
  • Drilled holes into the concrete and install the benches onto the concrete slab
  • Voila!

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Bench

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Thank you for listening

Any Questions or comments