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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER

This continues the report from 6/9/08 with the next pour of the walk-way on the north side of the visitors parking lot.
[from left] A back-hoe was rented for various chores across the site, here to load sand and gravel into the batch plant.
Dave Tollas and workshop participant Alex Dixon break bags of concrete into the mixer.
The crew takes a sample of the concrete mix from the truck into a wheel barrow.
Alex, Dave and construction crew Nelson DellaRosa perform a slump test to establish the concrete consistency.

[Photos: Amber Klatt & text: sa]

Steel reinforcement bars were layed out and suspended within the wooden form for the walk-way.

The work to enhance the Visitors' Parking and Access area was greatly helped by a grant from the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT). Cosanti Foundation was awarded a Rural Tourism Development Grant of $50,000.

[Photo & text: sa]

The crew for this pour was Landscaping coordinator Ron Chandler, construction crew Nick Bortel, alumnus and volunteer Andrew Woodard, Dave Tollas, workshop participant Alex Dixon, crew Jeff Buderer, workshop participant Alex West and volunteer Charlie Wicker.
More on the upgrade of the entrance to the visitors center will be posted next week.

[Photo & text: sa]

CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER

We are behind in the reports of construction efforts, most importantly the ongoing work on the upgrade of Visitors access to the Arcosanti site.
In October of 2007, the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT) awarded a Rural Tourism Development Grant to Arcosanti. The grant, worth $50,000, is to be used to enhance the Visitors' Parking and Access area of the site.
We reported on 12/12, 12/17, 12/19, 12/21 and 12/26/2007 about the first stage of work, installation of new concrete walk-ways and an upgrade of the visitors parking-lot.
[from left] During the first phase about half of the concrete walk-way on the east side of the parking lot was poured and finished by local contractor Lane Malouff and his crew.

[Photos: Scott Riley & text: sa]

Now, in several stages, the Arcosanti construction crew with workshop participants and volunteers, is pouring concrete and finishing the rest of this walk-way. [from left] Workshop participants Yong Su Park and Gregg Elliott open bags of concrete.
Construction crew William Holman and workshop participant Daniel Copperman add the concrete into the batch plant.
This batchplant and the old concrete truck have been in use since the mid 1970's. And they are still operational, thanks mostly to the loving care of construction chief Dave Tollas.
Team members for this pour are [from left] Workshop participant Yong Su Park, Landscaping coordinator Ron Chandler, Dave Tollas, construction crew Nick Bortel and William Holman, workshopper Daniel Copperman and construction intern Anuj Dayal.

[Photos: Scott Riley & text: sa]

Ron Chandler, William Holman and Anuj Dayal screed the surface of the walk-way.
A report on the next pour on this walk-way will be posted on 6/11/08.
Reports on the installation of solar panels, and lighting along the visitors path, also part of the effort made possible by this grant, were posted from 2/18 through 3/19/08.

[Photos: Scott Riley & text: sa]

VISITOR'S CENTER RENOVATIONS

With the carpeting project in the Visitor's Center now complete, the maintenance and renovations came to a close ... on the inside.

[Photos: Sue Anaya & text: Amber Klatt]

However, work continued outdoors. The wooden helix sculpture, formerly a faded red color, underwent a shift this week - from a bright white primer to the amarillo yellow it is now.

[Photo: Sue Anaya & text: Amber Klatt]