Ochoa’s Designers & Builders Inc.

Andy, Hieu, Elizabeth, Annayely, and Bryan

Objective:

Building Quality/or Time Effective Houses for Stray Animals

The Animal House Project

Team Members and Roles

Hieu

Role: Construction Manager

Andy

Role: Lead Architect

Annayely

Role: Financial Manager

Elizabeth

Role: Architect

Bryan

Role: Financial Manager

Bryan- Financial Manager

Responsibilities:

1. This role can count the money that the people will get for their payment
2. Can count how much the company owes for the materials and how much they can pay using the correct amount.
3. The Financial Manager needs a financial aid as their education so they can learn how to manage their money to their company
4. Their Salary is 120k-190k

Hieu - Construction Manager

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and directing and managing construction projects the full way through
• Reviewing the project designs and schedule in-depth to make sure everything is in order and on track
• Creates requests and proposals for projects and ensures proper communication between builders and different trades

Education

• Typically for an entry level position, construction managers need a bachelor's degree in construction or a related field and some work experience in that field

Salary

• The average salary of a construction manager is around $116,448

The Role of an Architect

Job Description:

A person who Designs Buildings and Advises in their Construction. A person who Designs and Guides a Plan.

Education:

To become an Architect, one must have these following Degrees:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Associate's Degree
• General Architecture Degree
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

Responsibilities:

• An Architect has to Research
• An Architect has to learn the Programs
• An Architect has to make Plans
• An Architect has to Design and administer building projects for clients
• An Architect has to Apply knowledge of architectural design

Salary:

The median annual wage for architects was $82,320 and the Lowest 10 percent earned less than $49,950, and the Highest 10 percent earned more than $136,310.

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Problem Statement

What problems do stray animals impose to themselves and others?

• Permanent exposure to elements due to no permanent residence
• Probability of becoming feral rises with poor living conditions
• Feral cats are a risk around neighborhoods and cities
• To the surroundings environment and themselves

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Design Statement:

• Tiny homes are a safe spot for stray animals
• Knowledge that the strays have no diseases leads to:
• More human interactions
• Allows humans to carry out house maintenance safely
• Accomplishing safe environment leads to:
• Clean, disease-free home
• Animals are less wary of humans through daily human maintenance

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Design Criteria:

Some necessities in our design are:

• Protection against the Elements
• Insulation to keep heat in and the cold out
• A reasonable amount of living space
• Litterbox (animals can use regular dirt as litter, they can dig a hole and cover their waste)
• Solar panels for a Heating Pad and Night Light

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Design Constraints:

Some limitations are:

• Financial Budget
• Location
• Permission to take up allotted zone
• Size
• Ergonomically sized for at least two strays
• Time
• Build one within estimated schedule
• Materials
• Tools

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Project Impact:

What impact would tiny homes for stray animals have?

What is going to be accomplished from this project?

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• Tiny homes give sense of protection
• Accomplish safer homes for stray animals
• Beneficial human maintenance
• Benefits to clean homes
• Succession: project deadline is met

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Problem Impact (New Disclaimer)

Recently, we have noticed that there is a stray bunny that resides in the back area of our construction yard. We will build the stray animal a home so that it can stay safe in the strange temperature ranges that we have been experiencing lately. There is also a stray cat that lives on the CCA campus, we might build another shelter for that cat too.

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Project Administration:

• ICE (Integrated Concurrent Engineering):
• We applied Integrated Concurrent Engineering through communicating via email and document chat and having in-person meetings to discuss our project. The designing team and the presenting team collaborated to provide insight to the final product

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• How did you apply VDC?
• We applied Virtual Design and Construction through the use of team management by effectively scheduling our time to work, breaking it up into components for each area of design as needed (BIM, Spendings Sheet, Presentation, etc…)

• BIM (Building Information Modeling):
• We applied Building Information Modeling through the utilization of SketchUp to design and visualize our project (cat house).

• PPM (Project Production Management):
• We applied Project Production Management through using Google Sheets to track our numbers and figures on our project.

The Gantt Chart w/ Learning Curve

Rough Allotted Time: 8 Weeks

Note: We only meet about once or twice a week for an hour and 30 minutes.

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Social Justice:

• Sad Truth: People release their pets into parks and public areas
• These recreation facilities provide strays minimal shelter; if at all
• Building houses for strays provides them with shelters
• Humanitarian effort which gives:
• Improvement for a better life
• Becomes less susceptible to health dangers

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Environmental Justice

• Strays have to survive in harsh environments;
• Frigid winters
• Harsh summers
• Strays deserve a chance at life
• Being forced to endure the conditions without a home, especially after being thrown out of their old one, is wrong.
• We work to provide this justice:
• A safe environment for animals
• A safe environment for people to freely interact with

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Green Energy:

• Designed solar panel on roof
• Solar panels charge energy during the day and provide electricity for nighttime use
• Night light and heating pad inside house
• No electricity would be needed to sustain this system
• No extra cost for energy

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Rough Spending Sheet (House)

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Rough Spending Sheet (Electrical)

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Rough Spending Sheet (Decorative + Miscellaneous)

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Sketchup First Rough Prototype Design (by Andy Dao):

Solar Panels

Bathroom

(Dirt Hole)

Door Flap

Window Drip Cap

Windows for Air Circulation

Sketchup Second Rough Design (by Andy Dao)

Solar Panels

Window Drip Cap

Door Area

Window

For Air Circulation

Dirt Hole/ Bathroom Area

Sketchup Semi-Final Design (by Andy Dao):

Solar Panels

Window Drip Cap

Door Flap

Triangle Bracket

(Like those on a Shelf)

Dirt Hole

Bathroom

(Can be swapped w/ litter if needed)

Foundation / Elevated Platform to avoid water build-ups / puddle blocker

Sketch Up Dimensions

Sketch Up Minor Changes

Night Light Outside (So people don’t walk into it)

Sketchup Final Design (Any Questions?)

Longer Dirt Hole

Smaller Base

Night Light

Shortened Window Drip Caps

and Shortened Shelf Triangles

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Heating Pad Inside

New Dimensions

Metric Chart

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Making of the (Prototype) Animal House:

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Making of the (Prototype) Animal House:

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Thanks for Watching/Listening

Check out new Model w/ Link Down Below

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y-B4hZHzIRh4Gid0Qfmwblce3ZOpucMn?usp=sharing

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Keybinds for Viewing:

The letter o for orbit, means to rotate around

The letter h for hand, means to move around

The letter z for zoom, means to get of close or far back by dragging up or down

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Gantt Chart

• 1 week figuring out how much materials are needed for a cat house
• 1 week cutting wood
• 2 weeks assembling the house
• 3 weeks figuring out and doing wiring
• 1 weeks putting together the dirt hole

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Rough Estimate of Total 8 weeks to build

*Note - Our team only meets 2 days a week (90 minutes each day)

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