We received the lumber package for the Method Cabin at our factory on Friday. Delivery was scheduled for the afternoon so when I received a call in the morning informing me the
truck was waiting I rushed up to the Method factory in the midst of a late March snowstorm. Mark was out of range at the homesite in Glacier so it was up to me to get everything put in efficiently.
Thanks to Conner at builders alliance for helping with the delivery and for brushing the 2″ of snow off the materials. Everything is nice and dry and waiting for nails.
Construction starts Monday and I am very excited. We had a couple final pre-construction meetings last week including ones with Alistair Jackson our LEED rater, the Washington Dept of Labor and Industries inspectors who will be performing our factory inspections, and with our mechanical contractor.
In the LEED pre-construction meeting we touched on several things. One was regarding a plan for ensuring we have a tight building envelope and we came up with the idea of offsetting the sheeting with the studs where the modules meet to prevent any air infiltration. There will be two blower tests in the factory and one in the field. I will post the results here. It is nice to have a third party verify that we are
achieving our goals in energy efficiency and creating a healthy home.
Another thing I’ll be doing for the LEED process is documenting all the waste that is created in the construction process including recycling. I am going to send vendors away with unnecessary packaging with the idea that if they have to deal with it they will reduce the amount of packaging. Anything sent away with the people making the delivery does not count toward our waste generated and will hopefully foster change in the long run.
The L&I meeting was helpful in that we got to know our building inspectors, their process and what they are looking for from us. We will be held to a higher standard than site builders which will ultimately benefit the buyers of our homes. We will have inspections as often as needed and due to the speed of construction probably several every week.
This coming week we’ll be posting on the progress of construction with many pictures so check back.
A final calm moment before the construction begins
Construction begins in earnest
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