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Matthew Schwabauer

2015-02-20T16:28:43Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* About Me */

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

===Second Interview===
After your second interview, <span style=color:red>EMBED your '''second''' interview</span> from [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL15BEBF1561A49596&feature=plcp the list of interview videos].

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
* Contract: <link to signed doc>
* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting]]
[[Category:Matt_Schwabauer]]
[[Category:Team_Culturing]]

Matthew Schwabauer

2015-02-20T16:28:32Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Assignment */

Matthew Schwabauer

2015-02-20T16:28:20Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* First Interview */

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== About Me ===
* '''Name:''' Matthew Philip Schwabauer
* '''Phone:''' 785-393-7301
* '''Skype:''' matt.schwabauer
* '''Email:''' schwabauer@gmail.com
* '''When can you come to Factor e Farm?''' Immediately
* '''How long would you be able to stay?''' Indefinitely

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

===Second Interview===
After your second interview, <span style=color:red>EMBED your '''second''' interview</span> from [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL15BEBF1561A49596&feature=plcp the list of interview videos].

===Assignment===
Assignment One: Identify and provide name, bio, and contact information for at least 5 leaders in CEB Construction. 25 would be great.

Assignment One Results: I've created a public google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE here]

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
* Contract: <link to signed doc>
* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting]]
[[Category:Matt_Schwabauer]]
[[Category:Team_Culturing]]

Matthew Schwabauer

2015-02-20T16:28:11Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Intro Video */

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== About Me ===
* '''Name:''' Matthew Philip Schwabauer
* '''Phone:''' 785-393-7301
* '''Skype:''' matt.schwabauer
* '''Email:''' schwabauer@gmail.com
* '''When can you come to Factor e Farm?''' Immediately
* '''How long would you be able to stay?''' Indefinitely

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

===First Interview===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//NNLh5E8QTuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

===Second Interview===
After your second interview, <span style=color:red>EMBED your '''second''' interview</span> from [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL15BEBF1561A49596&feature=plcp the list of interview videos].

===Assignment===
Assignment One: Identify and provide name, bio, and contact information for at least 5 leaders in CEB Construction. 25 would be great.

Assignment One Results: I've created a public google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE here]

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
* Contract: <link to signed doc>
* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting]]
[[Category:Matt_Schwabauer]]
[[Category:Team_Culturing]]

Matt Schwabauer

2015-02-20T16:27:50Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Team Culturing */

May consider REDIRECT to [[Matthew_Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-07T14:49:49Z

Matt Schwabauer: /*Matt Schwabauer's Log*/

==Saturday July 07, 2012==

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//cze7rtATnqM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</html>

==Thursday July 05, 2012==
I got some planning done on the ceiling install. You can view the workplan google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdFJMakxmNllqNUw1aGE0ZGdpQzk0aUE HERE] I had to take a break from installing ceiling because we were having quality issues. It mostly arose from having different expectations for the work, and I will end up taking down some of the ceiling. These are mistakes and my fault, but Marcin and I were able to come to understanding why I went awry. I also researched and prepared to purchase a set of turbo shears which attach to a drill and make it easy to cut sheet metal. View them [http://www.amazon.com/Malco-Capacity-Cutting-Attachment-8-Inch/dp/B0000AQK7C HERE]

I did some plastering with Graham today -- 2 hours at 10SF/HR to mix and place.

<gallery>
Image: Ceiling_Gaps.jpg
Image: Interior_Earth_Plaster.jpg
Image: Bricks_and_Ceiling_Interface.jpg
</gallery>

==Wednesday July 04, 2012==
===Afternoon Update: 1504===
====HabLab Ceiling====
Got 2 Panels (14 ' x 4 ' x 2 ea = 112 SF) put up and insulated with Graham and some Greek help. We started at 1000, were done with the panels by the 1200 scrum and then got 112 CF of insulation installed in an hour. So today we did 112 SF / 7 PH = 16 SF / PH, twice our production of yesterday. It helped just having three hands to get the first two screws in, then two people could do the rest. We used the farm pickup to move a bunch of hay quickly from the pile to the East of the HabLab for quick access. It's 1500 and I plan to use the rest of my day to research the sawmill, with a chance of putting up another panel and installing insulation. At this rate, with our focus on the ceiling, it doesn't look like we'll have a room habitable by Friday, but we're still on course to have all four rooms done by July 21, chances are good we'll beat that schedule. I watched all the [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose/videos?query=sawmill SAWMILL VIDEOS], now I need to see what's on the wiki and learn more. Also, the SawMill needs a lot of brush cleared from it, I might do that since I haven't run the weed wacker yet.
====Personal Notes====
I'm going to learn how to milk GoodCow tonight, which is pretty exciting and very practical cross-training. The local cat left a bunny in my room for breakfast this morning, I felt like being vegetarian and returned the carcass to the woods. It's hot as usual. I've been washing my laundry in the sink with Bronners, just rocking the merino shirts.

<gallery>
Image: Cats_Breakfast.jpg
Image: Sawmill_overgrown.jpg
Image: Free_range_chicks.jpg
Image: Matt_Trims_Beam.jpg
Image: Brianna_and_the_Greeks.jpg
Image: Graham_Hauls_Hay.jpg
</gallery>

===Vlog: 0800===
<html>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//R2dJjtu05Gs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</html>

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab. It was also super awesome getting GoodCow yesterday, she's a beauty and her milk is divine. I also learned about the medicinal uses of bentonite clay today.
<gallery>
Image:Gabi_Communes_with_GoodCow.jpg
Image:Grahams_Foot_Injury.jpg
</gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]
[[Category: Logs]]

CEB SME Research

2012-07-06T23:38:27Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Interview Questions */

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE#gid=0 EDIT]
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==Interview Template==

[[CEB SME Template]]

==Interview Questions==

#What is your general outlook regarding the CEB industry and sustainable construction in general? (emerging trends, best practices, leading organizations, public perception, etc.)
#What can you tell us about experimental data on block mixtures and their performance?
#How does climate affect CEB Construction? Are there resources we can use as guides?
#Will you independently assess our CEB Press design?
#Do you know of building designs that fit the OSE Specification? (modularity, low cost, high performance, open source, lifetime design/longevity)
#Can you tell us about techniques that have emerged as best practices?
#Who is providing the best training courses in CEB building in the world?
#What other organizations should we turn to?
#Do you have any suggestions for our MicroHouse Design? (Missouri, simplicity, accessibility, DIY, Open Source)
#Are you interested in partnering on a build project?
#Are you interested in purchasing, building, or using one of our CEB Presses?
#Are you interested in collaborating on or contributing building designs or details?
#What are your techniques for selling CEB construction? Or why do people come to you for construction/architectural services?
#Do you have examples of CEB successes and failures you'd be willing to share?
#Do you have model CEB projects you'd be willing to share?

==People Interviewed==

*[[Jim_Hallock|Hallock, Jim]] - [http://www.earthblockinc.com/index.html Earthblock Inc.]

[[Category:CEB SME]]
[[Category:Flash Mobs]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-05T22:56:20Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Thursday July 05, 2012==
I got some planning done on the ceiling install. You can view the workplan google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdFJMakxmNllqNUw1aGE0ZGdpQzk0aUE HERE] I had to take a break from installing ceiling because we were having quality issues. It mostly arose from having different expectations for the work, and I will end up taking down some of the ceiling. These are mistakes and my fault, but Marcin and I were able to come to understanding why I went awry. I also researched and prepared to purchase a set of turbo shears which attach to a drill and make it easy to cut sheet metal. View them [http://www.amazon.com/Malco-Capacity-Cutting-Attachment-8-Inch/dp/B0000AQK7C HERE]

I did some plastering with Graham today -- 2 hours at 10SF/HR to mix and place.

<gallery>
Image: Ceiling_Gaps.jpg
Image: Interior_Earth_Plaster.jpg
Image: Bricks_and_Ceiling_Interface.jpg
</gallery>

==Wednesday July 04, 2012==
===Afternoon Update: 1504===
====HabLab Ceiling====
Got 2 Panels (14 ' x 4 ' x 2 ea = 112 SF) put up and insulated with Graham and some Greek help. We started at 1000, were done with the panels by the 1200 scrum and then got 112 CF of insulation installed in an hour. So today we did 112 SF / 7 PH = 16 SF / PH, twice our production of yesterday. It helped just having three hands to get the first two screws in, then two people could do the rest. We used the farm pickup to move a bunch of hay quickly from the pile to the East of the HabLab for quick access. It's 1500 and I plan to use the rest of my day to research the sawmill, with a chance of putting up another panel and installing insulation. At this rate, with our focus on the ceiling, it doesn't look like we'll have a room habitable by Friday, but we're still on course to have all four rooms done by July 21, chances are good we'll beat that schedule. I watched all the [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose/videos?query=sawmill SAWMILL VIDEOS], now I need to see what's on the wiki and learn more. Also, the SawMill needs a lot of brush cleared from it, I might do that since I haven't run the weed wacker yet.
====Personal Notes====
I'm going to learn how to milk GoodCow tonight, which is pretty exciting and very practical cross-training. The local cat left a bunny in my room for breakfast this morning, I felt like being vegetarian and returned the carcass to the woods. It's hot as usual. I've been washing my laundry in the sink with Bronners, just rocking the merino shirts.

<gallery>
Image: Cats_Breakfast.jpg
Image: Sawmill_overgrown.jpg
Image: Free_range_chicks.jpg
Image: Matt_Trims_Beam.jpg
Image: Brianna_and_the_Greeks.jpg
Image: Graham_Hauls_Hay.jpg
</gallery>

===Vlog: 0800===
<html>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//R2dJjtu05Gs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</html>

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab. It was also super awesome getting GoodCow yesterday, she's a beauty and her milk is divine. I also learned about the medicinal uses of bentonite clay today.
<gallery>
Image:Gabi_Communes_with_GoodCow.jpg
Image:Grahams_Foot_Injury.jpg
</gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]
[[Category: Logs]]

File:Bricks and Ceiling Interface.jpg

2012-07-05T22:52:19Z

Matt Schwabauer: Bricks need to be removed from the top row to permit ceiling installation.

Bricks need to be removed from the top row to permit ceiling installation.

File:Ceiling Gaps.jpg

2012-07-05T22:49:13Z

Matt Schwabauer: Ceiling Panels should not have these gaps, they should be properly aligned to create a tight seal.

Ceiling Panels should not have these gaps, they should be properly aligned to create a tight seal.

File:Interior Earth Plaster.jpg

2012-07-05T22:11:53Z

Matt Schwabauer: Matt applied 5 SF Earth Plaster to the interior of the HabLab

Matt applied 5 SF Earth Plaster to the interior of the HabLab

File:Requisition TurboShears.pdf

2012-07-05T19:19:35Z

Matt Schwabauer: Requesting acquisition of turbo shears at factor e farm

Requesting acquisition of turbo shears at factor e farm

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T20:38:34Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Wednesday July 04, 2012==
===Afternoon Update: 1504===
====HabLab Ceiling====
Got 2 Panels (14 ' x 4 ' x 2 ea = 112 SF) put up and insulated with Graham and some Greek help. We started at 1000, were done with the panels by the 1200 scrum and then got 112 CF of insulation installed in an hour. So today we did 112 SF / 7 PH = 16 SF / PH, twice our production of yesterday. It helped just having three hands to get the first two screws in, then two people could do the rest. We used the farm pickup to move a bunch of hay quickly from the pile to the East of the HabLab for quick access. It's 1500 and I plan to use the rest of my day to research the sawmill, with a chance of putting up another panel and installing insulation. At this rate, with our focus on the ceiling, it doesn't look like we'll have a room habitable by Friday, but we're still on course to have all four rooms done by July 21, chances are good we'll beat that schedule. I watched all the [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose/videos?query=sawmill SAWMILL VIDEOS], now I need to see what's on the wiki and learn more. Also, the SawMill needs a lot of brush cleared from it, I might do that since I haven't run the weed wacker yet.
====Personal Notes====
I'm going to learn how to milk GoodCow tonight, which is pretty exciting and very practical cross-training. The local cat left a bunny in my room for breakfast this morning, I felt like being vegetarian and returned the carcass to the woods. It's hot as usual. I've been washing my laundry in the sink with Bronners, just rocking the merino shirts.

<gallery>
Image: Cats_Breakfast.jpg
Image: Sawmill_overgrown.jpg
Image: Free_range_chicks.jpg
Image: Matt_Trims_Beam.jpg
Image: Brianna_and_the_Greeks.jpg
Image: Graham_Hauls_Hay.jpg
</gallery>

===Vlog: 0800===
<html>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//R2dJjtu05Gs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</html>

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab. It was also super awesome getting GoodCow yesterday, she's a beauty and her milk is divine. I also learned about the medicinal uses of bentonite clay today.
<gallery>
Image:Gabi_Communes_with_GoodCow.jpg
Image:Grahams_Foot_Injury.jpg
</gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]
[[Category: Logs]]

File:Graham Hauls Hay.jpg

2012-07-04T20:30:15Z

Matt Schwabauer: Graham hauls a haybale towards the HabLab for ceiling insulation. 2012-07-04.

Graham hauls a haybale towards the HabLab for ceiling insulation. 2012-07-04.

File:Brianna and the Greeks.jpg

2012-07-04T20:27:19Z

Matt Schwabauer: Brianna instructs the Greeks on installing power infrastructure in the HabLab before the daily scrum at 1200. 2012-07-04.

Brianna instructs the Greeks on installing power infrastructure in the HabLab before the daily scrum at 1200. 2012-07-04.

File:Matt Trims Beam.jpg

2012-07-04T20:24:30Z

Matt Schwabauer: Matt trims a beam to allow the ceiling panels to slide into place under the rafters in the East rooms of the HabLab. 2012-07-04

Matt trims a beam to allow the ceiling panels to slide into place under the rafters in the East rooms of the HabLab. 2012-07-04

File:Free range chicks.jpg

2012-07-04T20:22:39Z

Matt Schwabauer: the baby chicks at factor e farm enjoy much freedom. 2012-07-04.

the baby chicks at factor e farm enjoy much freedom. 2012-07-04.

File:Sawmill overgrown.jpg

2012-07-04T20:19:51Z

Matt Schwabauer: The Sawmill area needs to have its weeds knocked down. 2012-07-04.

The Sawmill area needs to have its weeds knocked down. 2012-07-04.

File:Cats Breakfast.jpg

2012-07-04T20:17:59Z

Matt Schwabauer: The cat left me a rabbit for breakfast. 2012-07-04.

The cat left me a rabbit for breakfast. 2012-07-04.

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T14:16:15Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Wednesday July 04, 2012==
===Vlog===
<html>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//R2dJjtu05Gs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</html>

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab. It was also super awesome getting GoodCow yesterday, she's a beauty and her milk is divine. I also learned about the medicinal uses of bentonite clay today.
<gallery>
Image:Gabi_Communes_with_GoodCow.jpg
Image:Grahams_Foot_Injury.jpg
</gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]
[[Category: Logs]]

Matthew Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:31:07Z

Matt Schwabauer:

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== About Me ===
* '''Name:''' Matthew Philip Schwabauer
* '''Phone:''' 785-393-7301
* '''Skype:''' matt.schwabauer
* '''Email:''' schwabauer@gmail.com
* '''When can you come to Factor e Farm?''' Immediately
* '''How long would you be able to stay?''' Indefinitely

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

=== Intro Video ===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//HXeg0ZtJHUk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

===First Interview===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//NNLh5E8QTuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

===Second Interview===
After your second interview, <span style=color:red>EMBED your '''second''' interview</span> from [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL15BEBF1561A49596&feature=plcp the list of interview videos].

===Assignment===
Assignment One: Identify and provide name, bio, and contact information for at least 5 leaders in CEB Construction. 25 would be great.

Assignment One Results: I've created a public google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE here]

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
* Contract: <link to signed doc>
* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting]]
[[Category:Matt_Schwabauer]]
[[Category:Team_Culturing]]

Matt Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:29:45Z

Matt Schwabauer:

May consider REDIRECT to [[Matthew_Schwabauer]]
=Team Culturing=
based on the [[Team Culturing/Template-short]]
==Video Intro==
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//8N_D3_vfpVc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

==Resume==
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]
==WHY am I here?==
I fully endorse open source culture. If the world is to become a more just and abundant place, people must have access to the information and tools necessary for autonomous existence. I want this empowerment for myself and all others who seek it. The GVCS lends itself to the creation of an alternative culture, a culture in which a "New Normal" can thrive.

I can become more involved in the project most effectively by moving to Factor e Farm and developing the construction program. I believe this project could benefit immensely from a construction-oriented bootstrapping effort in addition to the value added by the farm and manufacturing programs. I have been involved with my local transition towns effort and our best-yet attended workshop was a rocket mass heater demo. Green building is fascinating ecologically and economically to many people. I believe there are opportunities to put lifetracs and liberators to work immediately. A travelling crew of builders could refine the microhouse design by building microhouses in major cities in the U.S. These crews could add value and generate revenue by producing a home, teaching people how to create homes, and selling lifetracs and liberators.

==WHAT are my skills?==
Communications - I have extensive teamwork experience, ranging from managing a restaurant crew in High School to collaborating on hundred million dollar construction projects. These experiences have given me the ability to communicate through various media with any type of audience or team. I was also a computer support technician in college, helping people solve computer problems over the phone. This job helped teach me patience, listening, and how to communicate simply and effectively.

Organizational - While an engineer for Kiewit, I was responsible for many simultaneous assignments. Some examples include completing a safety tour of the job, ordering hardware to bolt pipes together, coordinating a sign-off with an inspector, acquiring new batteries for an air quality monitor, inspecting the site and verifying conformance with the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, and so on. I have experience managing many tasks simultaneously and effectively.

Computer Support - I worked as a computer support technician during college. I co-organized a computer club in High School. I am a competent windows user with some experience in Linux and Mac OS. I'm familiar with most common, and some unusual software.

Finances - I have no particular skills in this area aside from effectively managing my personal finances.

Design - I'm a Engineer in Training with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I have some design experience, most notably in designing temporary construction solutions such as crane pads, storm water catchment, and site access features. I was also responsible for coordinating the dimensional design of the cooling water system at the San Vicente Pumping Facilities. I interned for the design team at a seat manufacturer in Chicago. Daily duties included participating in destructive testing, assembling prototypes, and modifying existing designs as necessary.

Natural Building - I have helped assemble and raise a timber frame structure. I am very interested in natural building and have done research but have limited hands on experience in this area. I hosted a workshop with my local transition initiative in which 30 people attended and learned about Rocket Mass Heaters.

Electronics - I have computer programming experience and have circuitry classroom and lab experience in college.

Automation - I collaborated with a group to program a robot to follow a course in college.

Metallurgy - I led an online training on weld testing and the various types of arc welding. I've been responsible for assembling and submitting various certifications related to welders, welds, and base metals. I have a handful of hours actually welding.

Engineering - I have a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University. I have almost 4 years construction engineering experience with Kiewit. I interned with a mid-sized general contractor and a seat manufacturer in Chicago. My teammates and I received special commendation for two team-design projects in University.

Fabrication - I am comfortable with most hand tools and simple shop tools such as band saws or a drill press. I have used milling machines and a lathe in a supervised setting. While interning at a seat manufacturer in Chicago, I assembled various seat prototypes. I observed and collected proper documentation related to fabrication and testing of various steel pipe for the San Vicente Pumping Facilities. I recently constructed a lumber rack out of 100% on site salvaged materials which greatly enhanced the storage capacity and efficiency of a local co-op housing project.

Agriculture - I'm currently overseeing approximately 2,000 SF of garden and have a share in a few bulk storage crops with some like-minded farmers. I've worked on homesteading and market gardening projects. I helped transplant hundreds of bare-root trees for a living fence this spring. I've helped a friend convert his lawn into an edible garden. I've received an introductory lesson in grafting. I am currently keeping one colony of bees. I've participated in the slaughter of a pig and a chicken.

Energy - I've researched Solar PV, solar cookers, rocket stoves and mass heaters, greenhouses, windmills, and micro-hydro projects to varying degrees. I've become particularly attached to the idea of "a kWhr saved is a kWhr earned". I use my cargo bicycle for 95% of my personal and material transport. I'm very keen on hand powered tools such as the scythe and the shovel as opposed to the lawnmower and the tiller.

Architecture - I've researched and thought about building aesthetically pleasing yet functional structures. I assisted in the construction of a timber frame garage. My hand and computer drafting skills are adequate for concepts but need honing to produce high quality drawings.

Video/Graphics/Art - I created numerous movies using Adobe Premiere in High School. I'm very interested in conveying information through video. I'm familiar with non-linear editors and believe I can produce respectable videos and graphics on the computer. I can draw a building or a site plan to scale.

PR/Marketing - I've done outreach for my local transition initiative.

Education - I have a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I was a valedictorian of my high school class. I facilitated and co-led a workshop on Rocket Mass Heaters. I led an online presentation on Welding and Weld Testing Methods.

Construction - I have 4 years experience with a civil contractor. I'm very familiar with the basic abilities of common equipment including bulldozers, excavators, and trucks. I've been involved in over a billion dollars worth of estimates seen through to varying degrees of completion. I worked for over a year on the San Vicente Pumping Facilities, a $60 Million pipeline, pump station, and surge tank. I worked for nine months on the Port Mann Highway One project, a $2.5 Billion bridge and highway project. I've also built various 2x4 structures and helped in the assembling and raising of a timber frame garage.

Industry - I've observed high production operations in pipe fabrication and interned at a seat manufacturer. I am well acquainted with heavy civil construction operations.

CNC - Minor exposure in college.

Chemistry - College-level coursework.

Product Design - I teamed to design a reading easel for individuals with restricted motor skills and a treadmill control panel for the visually impaired. I took numerous design courses in college. I'm very interested in cargo bike design and pedal power designs.

Other - I make a delicious gooseberry cream pie.

==How do I Contribute?==

Since discovering that Open Source Ecology exists at the end of 2011, I've regularly monitored the progress via youtube and the web site. I've shared the concept and information with anyone who will listen. It's really the most exciting project in the world to me. I want to contribute to the GVCS most notably and initially through my construction expertise. I have a skill set which I can use to improve the documentation and planning of construction projects at Factor e Farm and elsewhere. I am also greatly interested in cross training and developing distributive enterprise. Open Source Ecology aligns with my life goals and I want this project to succeed. I am interested in working from Factor e Farm to develop the micro house and document the work which has been done on the hablab and the shop. I want to dogfood the lifetrac and liberator. I'm very interested in the permaculture site plan and combining construction with farming. I am interested in volunteer and paid positions. I do have costs associated with living including food, insurance, medical checkups, bike parts, etc. I try to live inexpensively but would prefer to not be constantly dipping into my savings. I am not a true fan as I'm living off savings with no new income in site. Individual donations will work better for me and I am contemplating that. I can see myself being involved in Open Source Ecology full time for decades to come. I am very interested in the model community.

[[Category: Matt Schwabauer]]
[[Category: Team Culturing]]

Matt Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:28:34Z

Matt Schwabauer:

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T04:26:27Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab. It was also super awesome getting GoodCow yesterday, she's a beauty and her milk is divine. I also learned about the medicinal uses of bentonite clay today.
<gallery>
Image:Gabi_Communes_with_GoodCow.jpg
Image:Grahams_Foot_Injury.jpg
</gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]
[[Category: Logs]]

Logs

2012-07-04T04:26:05Z

Matt Schwabauer:

{{Com}}

==Overview==

In the interest in maintaining public transparency, we'll be keeping logs/blogs of activity of [[Factor e Farm]] - [[Crack Of Dawn Meetings]]

==Logs==

*[[Marcin Log]]
*[[Mike Log]]
*[[Shonda Log]]
*[[Aidan_Williamson_Log]] 20120531 -
*[[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log]]

==See Also==
*[[Blogs]]
*[[Crack Of Dawn Meetings]]

[[Category:Logs]]

Matthew Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:23:55Z

Matt Schwabauer:

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== About Me ===
* '''Name:''' Matthew Philip Schwabauer
* '''Phone:''' 785-393-7301
* '''Skype:''' matt.schwabauer
* '''Email:''' schwabauer@gmail.com
* '''When can you come to Factor e Farm?''' Immediately
* '''How long would you be able to stay?''' Indefinitely

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

=== Intro Video ===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//HXeg0ZtJHUk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

===First Interview===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//NNLh5E8QTuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

===Second Interview===
After your second interview, <span style=color:red>EMBED your '''second''' interview</span> from [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL15BEBF1561A49596&feature=plcp the list of interview videos].

===Assignment===
Assignment One: Identify and provide name, bio, and contact information for at least 5 leaders in CEB Construction. 25 would be great.

Assignment One Results: I've created a public google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE here]

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
* Contract: <link to signed doc>
* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting]]
[[Category:Matt_Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:22:40Z

Matt Schwabauer:

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== About Me ===
* '''Name:''' Matthew Philip Schwabauer
* '''Phone:''' 785-393-7301
* '''Skype:''' matt.schwabauer
* '''Email:''' schwabauer@gmail.com
* '''When can you come to Factor e Farm?''' Immediately
* '''How long would you be able to stay?''' Indefinitely

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

=== Intro Video ===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//HXeg0ZtJHUk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

===First Interview===
<HTML><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//NNLh5E8QTuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></HTML>

===Second Interview===
After your second interview, <span style=color:red>EMBED your '''second''' interview</span> from [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL15BEBF1561A49596&feature=plcp the list of interview videos].

===Assignment===
Assignment One: Identify and provide name, bio, and contact information for at least 5 leaders in CEB Construction. 25 would be great.

Assignment One Results: I've created a public google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE here]

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
* Contract: <link to signed doc>
* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting | Matt Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:22:09Z

Matt Schwabauer:

===Current Note===
As of June 30, 2012, I am living on site at Factor e Farm. You can view my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule | Schedule]] and my [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Log | Log]]. Thanks, this place is amazing! :)

=== About Me ===
* '''Name:''' Matthew Philip Schwabauer
* '''Phone:''' 785-393-7301
* '''Skype:''' matt.schwabauer
* '''Email:''' schwabauer@gmail.com
* '''When can you come to Factor e Farm?''' Immediately
* '''How long would you be able to stay?''' Indefinitely

=== Resume ===
[[File:Matt_Schwabauer_Resume.pdf]]

=== Intro Video ===
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== Interview Steps ==
After the initial interview, OSE staff will review and, for selected applicants, start the interview process outlined below. During this part of the process, applicants must update their personal page to include links to the additional videos and documents.

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===Assignment===
Assignment One: Identify and provide name, bio, and contact information for at least 5 leaders in CEB Construction. 25 would be great.

Assignment One Results: I've created a public google doc [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdEZqLUg4WE9NS3JwMzVyZThmX0ZJUFE here]

===Work Plan===
After a work plan is discussed, <span style=color:red>UPLOAD the supporting docs and put links here</span>

===Contract===
OSE staff will upload this document if completed.
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* Date Arriving:

[[Category:Recruiting | Matt_Schwabauer]]

Category:Matt Schwabauer

2012-07-04T04:19:43Z

Matt Schwabauer: Created page with "These pages relate to Matt Schwabauer and his activities at Factor e Farm and related to Open Source Ecology."

These pages relate to Matt Schwabauer and his activities at Factor e Farm and related to Open Source Ecology.

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T04:13:14Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Tuesday July 03, 2012 */

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T04:10:57Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Personal Notes */

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab. It was also super awesome getting GoodCow yesterday, she's a beauty and her milk is divine. I also learned about the medicinal uses of bentonite clay today.
<Gallery>
Image:Gabi_Communes_with_GoodCow.jpg
Image:Grahams_Foot_Injury.jpg
</Gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]

File:Grahams Foot Injury.jpg

2012-07-04T04:09:39Z

Matt Schwabauer: Although Will was unable to extract the remnants of a thorn from Graham's foot, Graham used the last of his bentonite as an ointment, which is apparently a magic clay and has many medicinal and other uses.

Although Will was unable to extract the remnants of a thorn from Graham's foot, Graham used the last of his bentonite as an ointment, which is apparently a magic clay and has many medicinal and other uses.

File:Gabi Communes with GoodCow.jpg

2012-07-04T04:05:20Z

Matt Schwabauer: Gabi and GoodCow share a moment, this is GoodCow's first day at Factor e Farm 2012-07-02.

Gabi and GoodCow share a moment, this is GoodCow's first day at Factor e Farm 2012-07-02.

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T03:55:40Z

Matt Schwabauer: /* Personal Notes */

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was working by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab.

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T03:53:47Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal. We're using some pretty light yet powerful Milwaukee cordless hand-drills. These drive the screws well, but it seems an important detail is to predrill holes through the metal. It was frustrating trying to drive the screws through the metal, it seems we would wobble and drop the screw three times for every successful penetration.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

===Personal Notes===
Another very good day. It was nice getting some work done. Installing the ceiling panels was tough, and I was very tired by the time we got around to stuffing straw, but working with Graham was very pleasant. I also enjoyed a thorough conversation with the Greeks and it was nice getting to know them better, it's too bad for us they'll only be here for a month, they are good hands and minds. I made some sweet potatoes for dinner and continued on my PB Sandwich binge. I was workisng by 0800 again today, so that felt pretty good, it would be extremely pleasant to start earlier based on the lower temperatures, but it's tough to get to bed with so much awesome conversation drifting on till midnight typically in the HabLab.

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-04T03:44:55Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Tuesday July 03, 2012==
===HabLab Ceiling===
Graham and I, with some help from the Greeks installed 100SF (3 ea 17'x2') metal ceiling panels. This also included stuffing the annular space with straw and a sprinkling of borax to deter critters. This took about 13 person*hours. This makes almost 8SF/PH, we'll see if we can improve upon this. It takes three people to get the panels up, they're long, heavy, and awkward especially from a ladder. The straw stuffing was relatively easy work. We also stapled straw up prior to installing the metal.

<gallery>
Image:Plastic_ceiling_liner.jpg
Image:Graham_Trims_Sheet_Metal.jpg
Image:Graham_Uses_Sawzall.jpg
Image:Graham_and_Nassus_Install_Ceiling.jpg
Image:Graham_Stuffs_Ceiling_Straw.jpg
</gallery>

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]

File:Graham Stuffs Ceiling Straw.jpg

2012-07-04T03:42:05Z

Matt Schwabauer: Graham handles straw while stuffing the ceiling with local organic insulation. 2012-07-03

Graham handles straw while stuffing the ceiling with local organic insulation. 2012-07-03

File:Graham and Nassus Install Ceiling.jpg

2012-07-04T03:39:33Z

Matt Schwabauer: Graham and Nassus are in the process of installing metal ceiling panels on the HabLab. 2012-07-03.

Graham and Nassus are in the process of installing metal ceiling panels on the HabLab. 2012-07-03.

File:Graham Uses Sawzall.jpg

2012-07-04T03:35:39Z

Matt Schwabauer: Graham uses Sawzall to create a penetration in the purlin through which the power cord can pass.

Graham uses Sawzall to create a penetration in the purlin through which the power cord can pass.

File:Graham Trims Sheet Metal.jpg

2012-07-04T03:32:07Z

Matt Schwabauer: Graham trims some sheet metal to be installed in the HabLab ceiling.

Graham trims some sheet metal to be installed in the HabLab ceiling.

File:Plastic ceiling liner.jpg

2012-07-04T03:29:37Z

Matt Schwabauer: uploaded a new version of "File:Plastic ceiling liner.jpg": Graham stands underneath the plastic ceiling liner during the staple-installation process.

plastic ceiling liner install in process on HabLab east.

File:Plastic ceiling liner.jpg

2012-07-04T03:28:03Z

Matt Schwabauer: plastic ceiling liner install in process on HabLab east.

plastic ceiling liner install in process on HabLab east.

File:IPhone June 2012 034.jpg

2012-07-04T03:20:49Z

Matt Schwabauer: HabLab East Ceiling Install in progress.

HabLab East Ceiling Install in progress.

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T18:38:55Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Monday July 02, 2012==
===Takeaways from Meeting with Marcin===
It was a very exciting meeting. We discussed my roles currently, my proposal, and my vision for long term developments including bootstrapping and distributed enterprise, most notably some sort of green building Chataqua. I am responsible not only for building a microhouse, but also managing the existing and future site infrastructure, this includes water, power, and housing. Priority one is still getting these four additional rooms built-out on the HabLab, but I also need to download from Brianna information regarding the power distrobution and water filtration. It's exciting. I will be regularly utilizing [[Flashy_XM | Flashy XM]] and the status log form to keep Marcin informed of my activities and progress. My schedule and to do list will also be integrated into the control panel so he can track progress of activities.

I was working by 0800 this morning, prior to my meeting with Marcin I got quite a bit of organizing done of construction materials including palletizing all our lumber and sheet metal. Graham and one of our new arrivals from the American Farm School helped and the rooms which we need to be working in are clearing up nicely. Graham is organizing some of the tools and materials in one of the rooms and using some extra CEBs to build a shelf to store extra gear.

I'm meeting at 1400 with Marcin and Gabi to discuss the survey operation. I had discussed a construction and material laydown yard with Graham this morning, perhaps that could be our first survey operation, creating a smooth pad with 2% slope to properly drain and give us space to store all of our materials which are currently being overrun by weeds in miscellaneous places around the HabLab. Just a thought, more long term we will need covered storage for what will hopefully be a nice stockpile of materials for many exciting building projects.

Other items from the meeting with Marcin include the fact that I need a cell-phone with video capabilities, I'm eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S III. I want an android phone with video and whatever other awesome features are out there these days. I'm meeting with Marcin at 0900 tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a solid plan for HabLab East construction to present. As we plan the microhouse I need to co-ordinate with Marshall to make sure the CEB press is ready to go.

I can also creating an into to survey wiki from the videos Marcin took in Texas. That's it for now, it's almost 1400. I'll try and get some pictures up of our construction materials organization. I had my 7th peanut butter sandwich in 48 hours, I can't wait for this land to start producing some food, Marcin and I also discussed money a bit and the idea of a chef. Anyways, everything is generally great, and I love this place!

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T18:09:30Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

Anywhooooo, it's 12:22 am on Monday July 01, 2012, and at this point I better hit the hay so I can wake up early and get back at it. Much love ya'll :)

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

[[category: Matt Schwabauer]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T05:21:41Z

Matt Schwabauer:

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T05:18:56Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" | Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" | Framed Windows
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" | Lexan
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" | Carpet
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" | Felt Board
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T05:17:47Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" | Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" | DBL Pane Storm Windows
|
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" | Framed Windows
|
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" | Lexan
|
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" | DBL Lexan with Ribs
|
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" | Carpet
|
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" | Felt Board
|
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T05:14:27Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" | Sheet Metal
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|colspan="2" align="center"| DBL Pane Storm Windows
|
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|colspan="2" align="center"|Framed Windows
|
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|colspan="2" align="center"|Lexan
|
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|colspan="2" align="center"|DBL Lexan with Ribs
|
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|colspan="2" align="center"|Carpet
|
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|colspan="2" align="center"|Felt Board
|
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]

Matthew Schwabauer Log

2012-07-02T05:07:08Z

Matt Schwabauer:

==Sunday July 01, 2012==
This place is great! I am really glad to be here. I arrived yesterday afternoon and have done a combination of work and settling in. Today I did planning work for the ongoing HabLab construction. I've drafted up a drawing of the first room to be completed and have a pretty good handle on what we'll need to do. You can see the plan and profile i created for room one, dimensioning and sketches for window framing, and an inventory of building materials we currently have on site. My biggest unknown right now is the doors. We don't have any, they will probably be expensive to buy, and I'm pretty tempted to fab them ourselves. These doors will be between bedrooms and the outdoors so they need to be pretty insulated and heavy duty, also well sealed around the frame. We'll probably need to buy some hardware included hinges and gasket material.

I need to update my schedule. I'm meeting with Marcin tomorrow to discuss everything. Our conversation will involve this project a bit, but I think it will generally be on my shoulders and I don't need to bother him with questions like, "what should we do about the doors?" I can and should be making these decisions. On that specific note I'll do a pricing comparison between purchasing doors and fabbing them ourselves. I wonder if there is a salvaged building material store in KC? So back on track...I think the conversation between Marcin and I tomorrow will relate more to defining my role as "Construction Director". Per the [[Factor_e_Farm_Roles_and_Responsibilities | job description]] ''"Construction Director - manages creation and maintenance of the built environment. Manages fiber crop planting. Directs natural building workshops. Experiments with building innovation."'' There was also another job description [[Team_Role_Descriptions#Construction_Director | here]] which said...

*Works with Floyd Hagerman on technology transfer of CEB Contrstruction methods
**Utilizes assistance from FeF Documentor to produce related instructionals
**Writes scripts for construction instructionals
*Develops a process for building a 350 square foot microhouse on a week time-scale and $3000-5000 budget for shell structure including kitchen and bathroom
*Gains proficiency in Sawmill and forestry operations
*Works with GVCS equipment and provides feedback to related Product Directors on usability/development needs
*Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques
*Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable
*Construction management skills are required
*Required to cross train in basic fabrication/repair and other Core Cross-Training Tompetencies
*Documents progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.
*Interior house design using Sweet Home 3D
*Produces house design in Sketchup
*Rooftop water catchment cisterns and shallow well construction
*Digs and develops deep water wells
*Cross trains in Core Cross-Training Competencies

<gallery>
Image:Roomoneplanandprofile.jpg
Image:Roomonedoorandwindowframe.jpg
Image:Buildingmaterials.jpg
</gallery>

{|
|Sheet Metal
|
|----
|Size
|QTY
|----
|14'x3'
|2
|----
|17'x2'
|2
|----
|17'x3'
|6
|----
|18'x3'
|1
|----
|DBL Pane Storm Windows
|
|----
|6'4" x 2'10"
|5
|----
|6'4" x 2'4"
|2
|----
|Framed Windows
|
|----
|2'3" x 3'8"
|1
|----
|Lexan
|
|----
|3'x4'
|8
|----
|2'x3'
|10
|----
|DBL Lexan with Ribs
|
|----
|2'x3'
|8
|----
|Carpet
|
|----
|18"x18"
|180
|----
|Felt Board
|
|----
|8'x4'
|3
|----
|}

==Monday June 25, 2012==
I worked on a revised construction plan and schedule for the Four East Rooms of HabLab. This is a public google document available
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiuWO8esNupfdE9tVllzdTRIcF9ZTDVaVkdidkVCYVE here]. I've revised my thinking from working on all rooms simultaneously, and completing them all at the same time before July 21, it will be advantageous to work on the rooms one at a time, so that after the first week a room will become available every three days, and all will still be completed by the 21st. This will also let us perform all operations simultaneously and we can revise our methods and hopefully improve our performance on each room. Tracking our production rates will be an important part of developing effective plans and estimates for future construction work on Factor e Farm and elsewhere, so I'm setting up sheets on that spreadsheet linked above which will be ready to plug in the numbers for each day.

I also researched window framing a bit since that is something I don't have much experience with. It seems we will be able to make an effective "rough n ready" frame, even with hinges, without too much trouble out of 2x4s, some silicone, and some smaller wood strips and wood screws. The doors seem to be more of an open issue, the cheaper they can be acquired, the better. Perhaps there are construction salvaged yards in St. Joe or KC where doors can be had cheap. There's a Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Lawrence which is quite useful for bargain construction materials.

I've gotten my gear mostly sorted and my personal obligations in order here in Lawrence. I've mostly worked out transfer of my current garden plots to new care and I've arranged the sale of my beehive for a reasonable deal for all involved. It was a good day and a good weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on a farm and then Wednesday I'll be at the same farm observing some lumber milling. As part of my preparation for establishing the forestry program at Factor e Farm I hope to glean some best practices for harvesting and processing timber. The sawmill I will be observing is not exactly the same (the biggest difference seems to be that I'll be observing a band saw running on an ICE, whereas the sawmill at Factor e Farm is a circular saw and runs on hydraulics. I need to do more research on the Factor e Farm saw design and current status.

So that's about it, I'm still on schedule to depart Lawrence Saturday morning and start work at Factor e Farm on Saturday/Sunday.

==Friday June 22, 2012==
Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Schedule]]

Worked on [[Matthew_Schwabauer_Proposal]]