Posted by ppeery on April 14th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, General, Project Updates
We had a wonderful day today installing the floor system–which went up quickly and accurately. I cut. Matthew supplied Jon and Lucas up on the scaffolds and we got it done in five hours–much to my delight. We are also running a waste coefficient of about a tenth of one percent…1/10 [...]
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Posted by ppeery on April 12th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General
Today (half day) we finished the lower frame in getting up the bandboards on the eave sides. We ran some cursory diagonals and it seems the building is less than an eighth of an inch out of square, and we have not yet leveled the eave posts…which we will do first thing Monday morning before [...]
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Posted by ppeery on April 11th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Project Updates
Today was a pretty high production day work at The Baldwin Center at Bundoran Farm….we finished the lower plates and then did the gable band boards and leveled the building with a few diagonals. At that point we installed the three internal posts (a rarity for Geobarns) in deference to the 100psf live load floor, [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on April 11th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General
In today’s New York Times, Ed Rothstein offers a review of the new Jefferson-Monticello visitors’ center, opening this week in Charlottesville: in his article “Jefferson’s Blind Spots and Ideals, in Brick and Mortar” The new facility, just a few miles from Bundoran Farm, will be another great reason to come to Albemarle this spring (as if one needed [...]
Posted by ppeery on April 11th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General
We had a productive day today working with spectacular spring weather at Bundoran Farm –If I could afford it I would be glad to pay our clients to work in such a perfect, pastoral and pristine setting as this found in the countryside of Albemarle County….what a blessing. Sisters and Girders We spent the morning [...]
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Posted by ppeery on April 9th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Project Updates
This morning we drove to see another local Geobarn job that is basically complete to pick up some leftover hardware while Concrete Services rapidly stripped the forms from yesterday’s pour and removed their equipment off site. The waterproofer came and sealed the foundation–and our Envirosafe (non toxic) treated lumber came at 1:00 PM and after [...]
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Posted by ppeery on April 8th, 2009 in Education and Inspiration, General, Project Updates
A significant milestone was recently reached at Bundoran Farm. The first residents, or as we prefer to call them “Stewards”, moved into their new home at Bundoran Farm. After years of effort and the support of so many, it was a true joy to see the newest benefactor of Bundoran Farm’s legacy landscape start to [...]
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Posted by ppeery on April 8th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Project Updates
Today we arrived and offloaded the tractor trailer for the start of construction of the Baldwin Center for Preservation Development at Bundoran Farm–thank to Eddie Mawyer and the massive tractor with forks on it–and staged some material while they poured the walls for the building…. grateful they were as far along as they were [...]
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Posted by Casey Williams on April 8th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Green Building, Project Updates
We have broken ground on the construction of the new building to house the Baldwin Center for Preservation Development at Bundoran Farm. The Baldwin Center building will house a non-profit foundation with a mission to showcase innovative practices in rural land use planning and development, agricultural preservation and environmental stewardship. The new home of the [...]
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Posted by ppeery on April 5th, 2009 in Agriculture, General
One of the amazing things about being out at Bundoran Farm is the ability to witness, first hand, some pretty cool things. It is now calving season on the farm. Everyday it things seems like there is a new addition to one of the herds. This morning while driving down Plank Road, I noticed a [...]
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