2023: Student Dorms

Written By Brett Walfish

Happy New Year everyone! We thought, what a better way to start off 2023 than with catching everyone up to speed on our Student Dorm construction?

The plan is to have both dorms (A frames) up by the summer, two wings, one on each side of the Mainhouse, connected by an open breezeway. We are in the middle of Winter, so everything has to work in harmony with the weather. Both buildings are going up as simultaneously as possible.

Over the weekend, we came up with tentative names for each one to keep track of the progress:

  • Eagle Rock Wing - Southwest facing

  • Battle Creek Wing - Northeast facing

Battle Creek Wing (going up first!)

Order:

  • Excavate the site (Shout out to Precision Excavating!)

  • Fill with 2’ of Engineered Fill

  • Pack it down (the little cute yellow robot)

  • Put in the Ground Wire (Shout out to Kilowatt Electric!)

  • Pour concrete footings (Shout out to Black Hills Concrete Solutions)

  • Continue putting up rebar & forms

  • Next: Pour walls, backfill, call the plumbers for some drains, then pour the floor!

Eagle Rock Wing (catching up!)

It is about to busy a busy next few months for us with conferences, fundraisers, the Beetho-VAN Project, grants student college auditions, competitions, the build, and more! We will try to keep you updated with the most interesting events as they come up. Thanks for being patient :)

Brett Walfish
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