Unit X draws to a close as we reach the week of installation.
Over the next three days all of the groups will be installing their pieces
within the space ready for the viewing on Thursday. As our project is a
structure, all of our work lies within the construction over these next few
days. We will record our progress and record challenges we face and how we
solve them.
We had discussed the time we’d meet this morning for the
ladder training (this was mandatory otherwise we could not use the ladders on
site). I was the first on site with the wooden planks, two books and scrap
paper just in case we don’t have enough. Shortly after Georgianna, Sam, Lucy,
then Eve with all of the required materials.
As mentioned in previous posts and throughout development we
planned to place a wooden support above the steel frame of the ceiling which
would suspend the structure, Sam had cut the planks and drilled holes for the
screws to create the frame. When we arrived we found a sign that said we could
not remove the foam tiles from the ceiling, this meant we could not place the
wooden support above the steel frame and we had to figure out another way to
support the whole structure. After discussing ideas we experimented with hooks
that were provided for blacking out the windows; we planned to hang the support
from the steel frame (without removing the foam boards) which would then
suspend the structure. However this posed problems because of the positioning
of the steel frame of the ceiling to the lengths of the wooden planks; this
meant that the hooks did not align with the frame correctly and caused the
support to become uneven.
We tried again this time using the fishing line from the steel
frame of the ceiling to suspend the support; however this posed the same
problem as the hook because the support was uneven and was very challenging to
ensure every corner was exactly level as well as strong enough to support the
weight. Finally a solution was found as I was at my CP tutorial where the
support is suspended from hooks from above the ceiling; connected to a metal
frame above the foam tiles and fishing lines ensure the support is level and
strong.
During this time to ensure progress was made, Georgianna and
Lucy took the time to cut the chicken mesh into the donut shapes needed which
we would hang the objects from. Eve went to Boots to collect the photographs
which would be hung from the chicken mesh. We found that we will need more
scissors, another set of ladders and potentially more items. We discussed this
before we left and will maintain communication through installation; this way
we can solve problems and work as an effective team.
Overall today has posed a number of challenges which we had
faced as a team and solved together, we remained efficient as members completed
tasks individually despite this. As we had manged the team and our time, we can
now proceed rather effectively as the remaining tasks are rather simple
compared to the tasks today.
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