Late wood delivery

15:30

Patiently waiting for a wood delivery which was scheduled for 10:30, five hours earlier. The late delivery has held up work on cutting and wasted a whole day. Wood was delivered shortly after the  photo was taken but the workshops were closing, as a result there was no time to cut any wood today.

Will Priest

Funding Update

The team are continuing contacting companies to gain the funds needed for the build.


MUSIC/BELLS (radio advert??, RNCM, theatres, local bell ringers, music shops) - Amelia Hunt, Katie Foster
MARKETING/MAGAZINES (Cheshire Life, Metro, The Mancunion??) - Mamta Joshi, Jilly Clifford
LOCAL ARCHITECTS - Brodie Kane, Catherine Bason
LARGE COMPANIES - Yue Ma (Charities), Ruochen Liu (International), Linxin Li  (Real estate, Travel)
TIMBER (materials, costings, transport) - Xing Meng, Georgina Naish



5.11.12

Calls:
11:51 McQueen's Musical Instruments - not their thing
12:10 Chase Direct - unsure
12:10 Alan Gregory Music & Musical Instruments - potentially interested, internal email info. head in 6/11
12:11 Tone World - more info provided via email
12:12 Sound base - potentially interested (Gareth) internal email info.
12:13 Piccadilly Records - no money :(
12:14 Spectrum Music - no answer
12:15 UK Music Ltd Oldham - no money!
12:43 Professional Music Technology - redirected to head office, speak to director / email

Outside Manchester
11:53 Rimmer's Music (Wigan) - redirected to head office, call Kathy
11:56 Symphony Music (Wigan) - positive response, more info via email
11:59 Handbell Ringers of Great Britain (HRGB) - interested however not their usual, emailed more info
12:03 John Taylor & Co. - engaged
12:04 Forsyths - engaged



Emails:
Manchester Universities Guild of Change Ringers (MUGCR) 
Lancashire Association of Change Ringers - PR Officer & Secretary
& ALL who were called


Also going to look into contacting local music/theatre venues 

Gabriela Rago

With the first order of wood, as well as the successful purchase of some small bells for the pavilion, things are finally well under way. It has been a stressful couple of days attempting to please everyone in the group with the fixings in the structure and the stability of the legs, however Monday will be the first day of workshop use and when we finally begin manufacturing our beautiful design. 

Final designs are being sent to the head of year, as well as to a structural engineer, both who have questioned the feasibility to fix the structure to the ground safely and securely. The legs are made up of 3 main struts and simple ladder frame construction; the struts are comprised of 2 layers of 25mm plywood sheet simply cut into sections of 4 as to achieve the curve with minimal construction time and economic cutting for the CNC machine. The noggins which are at 600c/s are fixed to the inner 25mm plywood before then attaching the outer piece hiding the screws. The 2 layers that comprise one strut are bolted together with the joining systems shown on the drawing in alternate spacing’s on each layer to give rigidity these will be visible on the outer layer. On the drawing the outer joint is the grey layer and the inner red, we have possibly thought

 about introducing a metal plate down the centre of these to give further structural capabilities. 

The 3 struts are fixed down to a waterproofed 25mm sheet of ply with L- brackets that are sunk 150mm below ground level to give further stability and stop any problems with uplift from wind. The DPM then runs up under the cladding to stop any water penetration to the main structure.

Workshop team update [1/11/12]

Thumbs up!

Steve Kirk has just informed us that the Workshop team have resolved he CNC laser cutting issue:

"We will be starting workshop on Monday following a delivery of wood. This will be split into two groups, one in MMU and one in UoM. We will be working on the legs as the body of the structure is going to be outsourced.

I will send out more information regarding times and people required nearer to Monday so keep an eye out for updates and emails. "

[By: Anita Olaye-Felix]

Workshop team update 31/10/2012

Working hard!

The workshop team have been rigorously trying to source the needed materials for the Chime pavilion and organise CNC laser schedules.

The morning of 31/01/12 was spent seeking advice fromm the Chatham workshop staff in order to find the most suitable type of wood and arrange appointments on CNC laser cutting machines. This progressed onto to contacting and meeting Timber companies that showed interest.

Furthermore, after meeting the Workshop staff some issues where identified:

• Timing: At this stage Chatham's laser cutters may not be able to facilitate the demand of Chime and Serpents cavern, which both require 30 hours plus on CNC cutters. Due to this the workshop team are now working on sourcing an external and efficient CNC cutting service in order to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

Below is a video of Steve Kirk, leader of the Workshop team, informing us with a detailed update:

[By: Anita Olaye-Felix]

                                               

Funding Team Update

Funding Team Update

The team have been busy working hard making as many contacts as possible to try and raise the funds. 

We are also pleased to announce that a generous donation of £1500 has been confirmed from a company named Your Exclusive Move; more information on this later.

Calls made on 31.10.12

12.48 A.D.C. Architects - didnt pick up

12.48 Reid Architects - potentially interested and asked for further information to be sent on by email

12.51 OMI Architects - had heard of the competition and potentially interested and asked for further information to be sent on by email

12.52 Randle White Architects - sponsored a pavilion last year and would really like to sponsor/help local projects but really cannot afford to at this time so it wouldn't be considered

14.49 Dwelle - sponsored last year, not interested this year though

14.51 Stride Treglown Architects - director on holiday for two weeks but emailed information on that may be passed onto someone

14.54 Calderpeel Architects - asked if it could be emailed to them

14.56 Edge Architects -not connected

14.57 AUD Architects - not interested at the current time 

Emails:

14.03 Reid Architects

14.06 OMI Architects

Dear Sirs,

Following our telephone call this morning I am writing to give you more information about our project.  I would like to introduce myself as part of an upcoming project organised with The Manchester School of Architecture and The National Trust. 

As a small group of second year architects at the university, we have been lucky enough to win a competition for a garden pavillion within The National Trust grounds of Dunham Massey, Altrincham. Our design is based on the old internal servants bell system, as a place for children to come and sit in the shelter and engage with the surroundings. Our design has been selected from six competitive groups and will be commissioned on Tuesday 13th - Wednesday 14th November. 

We have envisaged this design to be constructed from many layers of plywood, to play with the light and be in keeping with the surroundings. In order to complete our project we are currently seeking your sponsorship  and in return we can offer advertisement of your firm on our pavilion (eg. your company and logo on the site at The National Trust Dunham Massey, and on any of our work for this project, posters at uni for students to use again etc). We are also currently corresponding with local magazines and newspapers who whilst advertising our pavilion can include a mention of your firm. We are aware that this may be a fairly short timescale for build, however we are confident in our design and construction. Not only would this benefit us as students we hope that you would be keen to support a local university and your local part of The National Trust. 

I have attached an image showing the section of our pavilion which explains how our concept has developed into a coherent design. It also includes images of our pavilion subject to seasonal change. 

Here is a link to a video about the project, which contains information on construction: http://vimeo.com/51160376. Should you require further information on this project I would welcome you to contact me so I can pass this on to you.

I hope that this opportunity is of interest to you.

Yours faithfully,

Brodie Kane

2nd Year Architect

Manchester School of Architecture

Manchester Metropolitan University

The University of Manchester

Dear Sirs

I am writing in the hope of interesting you in an upcoming project run by the Manchester School of Architecture in collaboration with the National Trust. As a  small group of second year architecture students we have been lucky enough to win a competition for a garden pavilion within the grounds of Dunham Massey, Altrincham. 

Our design is based on the old internal servants bell system, and is used as a place for children to come and sit in the shelter and engage with the surroundings. Our design has been selected from six competitive groups and will be commissioned on Tuesday 13th - Wednesday 14th November

We believe that this project will be an interest to your readers as Dunham Massey is the most visited National Trust land in Cheshire, with 200,000 visitors in 2010. Our project will be locally designed and built, and will be a prominent feature in the grounds of Dunham Massey during this season.

Attached you will find further information on the design, including drawings and photos.

We look forward to hearing from you in the near future,

Yours Sincerely,

Mamta Joshi,

Second Year Architect,

Manchester School of Architecture

Hi Mamta

Thanks for your email,

I look after the commercial side of CityLife – marketing/advertising etc. I have however, forwarded on your email to Paul Ogden who is the Editor of CityLife so I’m sure he will be back in touch if he is interested in running something.

All the best with everything and give me a shout if you ever need anything from me,

Kind Regards,

Guy

Keep the hard work going team!

"it's okay children, it's a 12p biro"

- Katie