ELP 2011- Small Project's Team Update

The Team is assembled by Benje, Emmanuel, Greg, Jae, Rocky and Dulce. This is an energetic team, powered by the cultural diversity of its members. United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Mexico are the proud countries to have 6 leaders compromised to The Emerging Leadership Program, working on the Small Projects Team during 2011.

Various meetings have been held to define scope of work, design approach, phasing of the project, construction systems, and finish materials.

Conscious about the time and effort fundraising implies; we believe our designs must be able to be build in phases. A good example of this is the restrooms facility, whose phase one, will imply to build a wet wall and its roof. This structure can serve in the mean time as a gathering point for parents and family members and/or vendors to offer fresh fruit/vegetables and flavored water to kids playing. Later on enclosure walls can be added and the space can serve as storage rooms. Finally plumbing fixtures will be hooked to the wet wall and the building will serve its final purpose. 

The Team is considering utilizing construction systems that are inexpensive and easy to assemble, hopefully easy enough that could be assembled mostly by volunteers in 6 or 8 weekends. Our early thoughts on this are to use either wood or steel or chain link construction system to provide shadow to the bleachers. 

We would like to discuss finish materials that have a contemporary look (we desire to reflect the energy and life that occurs at the Field of Dreams), require low maintenance and age well. Durability and lifecycle cost of these investments is factor that must be considered. 

We evaluated the Master Plan and would like to suggest some ideas to enhance de connectivity among all elements on site.