Orange County Choppers go green? Well, maybe…
Posted by Chris Mann in GeneralAug 12th, 2009 | No Comments
OCC, famous for creating outrageously styled motorcycles for businesses and well-heeled clients like Jay Leno, have come up with a somewhat different design for global electrical & electronics company Siemens… Read More →
What a difference a week makes.
Posted by Andy Mann in ConstructionAug 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
The site of the new greenbuild studio is on my drive to work (all 8 mins of it!) and out of the corner of my eye as I have been driving along I’ve seen the progress this week as the concrete block has arrived and some pipes and rebar seemingly are popping up above the building hoarding. However, nothing prepared me for the progress the Projetech team had made when I visited the site yesterday afternoon. Read More →
The greenbuild building starts to take shape…
Posted by Andy Mann in ConstructionJul 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Yesterday was an exciting day – the ground floor concrete base was poured. So now you can start to see the shape and layout of the whole studio. It really is something to see a building start to appear after the months of drawings, conversations and discussions. It’s also a little daunting – did I make the right decisions!! Is it going to be big enough !! Anyway concrete is poured so it’s ALL GO now !! Read More →
Tuvalu and Maldives going green…
Posted by Chris Mann in GeneralJul 20th, 2009 | No Comments
I was reading the BBC news website this morning when I came across this news item… it seems that the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is working on meeting all its energy needs from renewable resources by the year 2020. And the Maldives, another low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean, also announced earlier this year that it is seeking a similar goal. Of course the money has to be found to make these kind of radical changes, but in the long run I’m sure these nations (who like Turks & Caicos rely heavily on tourism) will benefit both environmentally and in economic terms. Read More →
How to get noticed…
Posted by Chris Mann in GeneralJul 16th, 2009 | No Comments
The site’s beginning to look like a “proper” construction site now – fencing going up along the roadside boundary, hard hat warning signs, and most importantly a big new banner announcing to passers-by what we’re up to… Read More →
What the building will look like…
Posted by Chris Mann in PlanningJul 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Here are some artist’s impressions (based on the architects’ drawings. which I hope will give you an idea of how the finished building will look. The colour scheme isn’t exact, but these pictures do give an impression of the building’s design. Downstairs will be our main office, a meeting room, kitchen and toilet facilities, and our studio, and upstairs will be more office and meeting space. Read More →
Video update – July 13, 2009
Posted by Chris Mann in ConstructionJul 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Earlier today I went up to the site to see what was going on – they guys have really been making progress! Clearance of the site is complete, they have marked out the location of the building and started to put up the shuttering for the concrete foundation, and they have excavated a BIG hole for the underground water tank. When I arrived, the concrete truck had just completed pouring the base of the water tank, and the slab was being smoothed out. Read More →
Video of the groundbreaking
Posted by Chris Mann in ConstructionJul 9th, 2009 | No Comments
On July 2nd Andy was on hand to shoot some video of the construction guys starting to clear away the vegetation from the site… Read More →
Our project featured in “Times of the Islands”
Posted by Chris Mann in GeneralJul 9th, 2009 | No Comments
If you live in Turks & Caicos (or are visiting), you may want to pick up a copy of “Times of the Islands“, our local news and general interest magazine. The Summer 2009 edition has an article by editor Kathy Borsuk all about our “green building” project. Read More →
Blocking the traffic
Posted by Chris Mann in GeneralJul 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Slight chaos on Leeward Highway this morning as I was driving to work… It was time for the large mobile excavator to leave the site this morning, having been busy for the past week moving tons of rock, levelling the site and digging a BIG hole for the water cistern. Now that the “heavy lifting” is done, the construction team will be able to start laying out the foundations of the building. Read More →
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