A month to go? WOW – Turks and Caicos first greenbuild almost done?
Posted by Andy Mann in GeneralNov 16th, 2009 | 3 responses
Well its now mid-November and it feels like just yesterday that I was watching the bulldozer make the first cut into the bush to start the building process. Now the building is essentially finished and we are in that “home stretch” with everyone pulling to have things finished by Dec 20th 2009.
All that is left to do are lights, the stairs and the exterior areas.
A fair amount has been done to the exterior. The UV windows are in, the roof is finished with its reflective barrier and sun tubes. We’ve also altered the parking area so that potentially an electric vehicle can be parked right at the door. We have an external power point just to the left of the front entrance.
Soon the on-site office will go and the low maintenance landscaping will start to go in. It’s been designed to only need the water we collect from the roof and grey water from toilets and the shower.
The front office space – looking GREAT!
The showroom space. We are very excited to have this great space to properly show off our work!!
The entrance area has gone from great to AWESOME. With our “Big Ass Fan” at the top, the two storey display area as soon as you walk in and the bamboo stairs and flooring (coming soon!), it’s really going to ROCK!
A view upstairs of the work area along with the top half of the atrium area. The rail along the top will be great.
Originally, this back office space was going to be left as a store room and built out later. Building costs were SOO high we simply could not afford to finish this space off. Thanks to Tim at CASL really working the budget and excellent contractor Projetech, not only have we been able to finish this space, its actually a really cool area with a great view out to the major resorts and ocean.
One of the sun tubes “in action”. The diffuser cover will cover over the tube.
Another quick view of that entrance wall! It’s going to take some BIG pictures !
It was just before sunset when I visited the studio – I cannot wait to do a shoot under the gazebo area once the flowers have grown up!
Great looking pavers for the front steps.
We are so grateful to Ron Shaw our architect for his great design, for Tim from CASL who has kept tabs on everything as well as giving some great input and Projetech who have done a superb job on the building. I would HIGHLY recommend anyone building in TCI to use them – they make a great team.
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Hey Louise! I LOVE the new studio! Congrats to you all from all of us here at White House Custom Colour! We’re very excited for you and will love to help you fill it up with world-class display pieces of your world-class work. Now, if only you could fly me out there to inspect it all for myself when it’s done… :O)
Hey….office looks great……love the open look….and we really like the big ass fan and the overall look it creates.
Can,t wait to see finish…here and in person!