View from the Cab
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 by Mike Gestwick
We are currently four days into the competition and Team Alberta and the ENMAX SolAbode are doing well - we’ve been floating around the middle of the standings.There are still many points yet to be earned and we are confident that we will soon be among the leaders. It’s an amazing experience to be on the National Mall for the US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, especially considering the long road traveled to get here. The final push came when we assembled the home last week. During this rather hectic period this team was at it’s best,putting in long hours and getting the job done. I spent much of this time behind the wheel of our 10 ton off-road forklift moving large loads around our site and lifting materials needed for the SolAbode. This included installing some of the stone parapets for the home (they had to come off for shipping due to height limits). It was exciting to get to have this role, here are some views from the cab.
RAIN! As we were movingmaterials, a rain storm moved in before our roof was up!
The Capital Building through the slings holding the North Parapet
Lowering one of the South Parapets. Extra care was needed to not break the Keyway Glass during the procedure.
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