Build - things that are good to know

walto Public Seen by 254

It is not going to be an easy year, but it sure as hell is going to be fantastic! - Bob the builder -

Some key stuff:

Official build starts on Saturday 16th and ends Wednesday 21/06 12:00 (no cars allowed on site thereafter)
Event ends & strike starts Sunday 24/06 early afternoon
Build safe! If anything, it really slows you down and ruins the atmosphere

Build materials

Through the KBORG build crew

you can enter your material (wood, shade,...) desires here: http://bit.ly/2KCGxSC
you can enter your tools (stuff you need to build) desires (that you then can lend out from on site) here: http://bit.ly/2HOPUAZ

Sources for material close to Berlin:

Material Mafia http://www.material-mafia.net
Kunst Stoffe Berlin: Central Department for Reusable Materials e.V. https://kunst-stoffe-berlin.de/

Sources for material close to site:

Tools: Niemann is a garden service center for renting Mini-Diggers - https://www.niemann-gartentechnik.de/
Wood: http://www.saegewerk-loitz.de/cms/index.php?id=25 - Mr. Schwadtke is cool and will also flexibly deal stuff under the table & deliver to site also
Local cool guy Andreas with high quality wood, which is more costly though & you’d need to pick up ourselves (Mobile number on request through @bandit )

Tips & Tricks

There are so many small tips to building constructions in windy environments, with hopefully a lot of sun and hopefully little rain (but don't count on it). You need to think of how to put up shade, which areas need to be absolutely dry, where does power come in, where does the fire extinguisher go, what about the kitchen? Do we want to put the water cube up high, so we have an easy washing station? How to support that? What about the poles, how high should they go, how to protect them from ripping the shade cloth. What about deco, what about digging the holes in the ground. etc.etc. We are here to help.
* Interesting sources/discussions: http://bit.ly/2HO5BYZ
* How to tie up your camp (and make it behave): http://bit.ly/2HMyCUN

walto Mon 4 Jun 2018 11:31AM

I have this vivid image of me running off cackling crazily with a hammer in my hand, borrowed from Toolhaus :D

walto Mon 14 May 2018 9:21AM

@bandit Thanks for the reply! As far as i can see, there are 3 camps that need a power auger (out of the 4 that filled something in, so probably indicating a high use)? For us it is absolutely essential for the build, where doing it by hand would be bordering suicide... ;) Could we help with sourcing it?

In Nowhere it is the #1 most wanted tool. I personally anticipate a high usage. If you want the camps to organize it separately, we can, but would be great if KBORG could finance it.