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There's a 40 foot shipping container on Craigslist for $2500 - that may be worth getting, and we may be able to move it with 2 tractors if we need to later on. | There's a 40 foot shipping container on Craigslist for $2500 - that may be worth getting, and we may be able to move it with 2 tractors if we need to later on. | ||
For discussion of this strategy, see [[Talk:Factor_e_Farm_Infrastructure_Buildout_2011]]. | |||
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Revision as of 10:52, 2 July 2011
Introduction
2011 marks the buildout of Factor e Farm for the purpose of absorbing 6-12 people full time with comfortable accommodations and work space. We are planning on using the CEB press and strawbale insulation as the core of the built environment, as an application of Modular CEB Construction. The planned infrastructure buildout includes 6 superinsulated studios, 6 more 3-season studios, common kitchen, common shower/bathroom, supporting electrical power and internet infrastructure, and a 3000 square foot workshop addition. The return on investment goal is $20-60k/month bootstrap funding generated as a result of production/training operations, where all cash is funneled into continued, rapid GVCS development. Read more about OSE Scaling Strategy. Since we are a Distributive Enterprise - please read the Replicability of Productive Facilities
Strategy
We have a $60k donation offer for building the infrastructure. The tactical plan is:
- Build post-and-beam covered space with metal roofing as in the workshop addition - [1]. This allows us immediate covered space, which can be retrofitted with CEB walls if designed for that. This would allow for bricks to be covered, and would be a case in point for implementing Modular CEB Construction
- Build on level area already marked out last year; lay 6" of gravel for leveling area
- Auger post-and-beam 4x4 lumber holes, embed in concrete base
The missing item is kitchen/bathroom capacity.
On the bathroom, I would like to see a closed-loop flush toilet linked to a Living Machine with a large vermiposting component, so that worm castings can be produced as fertilizer. The water coming out the other side should be used cyclically for flushing. Capacity should be 12 people.
Kitchen: outdoor kitchen is a good idea.
Showers: common shower facility is a good idea. That way, the residence is just living, not kitchen/bathroom. Makes it simple.
On CEB - we considered gettting a baler for straw bale insulation - between two 1' thick CEB walls. Superinsulation literally at zero cost.
Look at the Modular CEB Construction on the blog and wiki, and the report from October/Nov from last year on the CEB modular structures - that's to be finished this year - a 3000 sq ft workshop.
If the Modular CEB Construction is truly to work out, we need all the architectural details.
For one, I thought with starting with a single wall and ample foundations - such that closer to winter, we fill in the straw bales and second CEB wall for superinsulation - build as we go.
What do you think of the 750sq foot addition as temporary covered space? It takes one day to build with a team of 4 per 16x16 foot covered space, at $2/sq foot in materials. That could be the method for quick modular construction, prior to infill with CEB.
What do you think of adapting Mad Housers living units for our purposes? It's the simplest, cheapest interim housing while we do construction.
There's a 40 foot shipping container on Craigslist for $2500 - that may be worth getting, and we may be able to move it with 2 tractors if we need to later on.
For discussion of this strategy, see Talk:Factor_e_Farm_Infrastructure_Buildout_2011.
Materials
- $3.5k - Thermaclear glazing ($2/sq ft for 1750 sq ft)
- $3k - Gravel for foundations- 12 truck loads, $250 each
- $5k - construction lumber
- $2k - kitchen outfitting
- $3k - bathroom outfitting
- $1k - Fuel
- $2k - Doors, windows
- $1k - fasteners
- $5k - Metal roofing
- $5k - cement for foundations
- $2k - electrical supplies
- $1k - misc power tools
Total - $22k
Equipment
- $500 - universal Auger Prototype II
- $1k - cement mixer build Prototype I
- $1k - trencher build Prototype I
- $2k - square baler purchase
- $750 - sickle bar purchase
- $750 - hay rake purchase
- $4k - fully automatic CEB press build (2 total will be available at Factor e Farm for the construction season)
- $5.5k - 3 more Power Cubes to support 2 tractors at 54 hp each and 2 CEB presses
- $3k - if time allows, build sawmill for cutting our own lumber; do it by winter time if miss the main season