Group Updates...

Hi everyone, it's time to fill you all in once again on all of the hard work each of the teams in our studio class is doing to complete the design of H's Stage. To begin, our Marketing and Fundraising team, along with the Project Management team, met with some close friends and relatives of the late H.W. Mast in order to obtain more information about his character. Through the passing down of stories, our class now has a better understanding of the great man that he was, as well as a better understanding of his personality. This knowledge will allow for us to better incorporate his spirit into his stage. Our Engineering Team has put a lot of research into the site modifications that will happen on-site at Valle Crucis park, and have come to realize just what a tough job they have cut out for them. Not only are they grinding away to find the proper site design, but they also are zeroing in on the proper sizes for all of the beams that are to make up the structure of H's Stage. Our Estimating and Budgeting group has worked very hard to get the budget to where it is, but just like every other team, they realize how much work that it takes to achieve precision. Therefore, they have decided to go to actual local supply vendors to check for the lowest prices...as well as check for potential material donations. Our Physical Models and Mock-ups team is continuing their hard work on a final scaled-down model of H's Stage, and on a wall-section mock-up that is nearly life-size. The Digital Modeling and Documentation team is finalizing our computer-designed model of H's Stage and Valle Crucis Community Park, which will show exactly how the stage will fit into the scene. At this point it is important to note another example of how our teams are all the time having to work together in unison: the Engineering and Digital Modeling teams have to make sure that they keep one another up-to-date on material/sizing changes so that they can be applied to the computer model. As you can see, it's a complex process, so check back very soon for more information!