This project has completely opened up my eyes to the vast support of our community. I never would have thought that we would have so many donors and contractors who would be willing to help us pro bono. Over the last week the construction team has had to play catch-up since we were a tad behind schedule at the end of the first build weekend. If it wasn’t for companies that did turn-key work I don’t know if we would have had the ability to get done what we did. I have to personally give out a special thanks to Jack’s All American Plumbing, Wicks Roofing, Drywall Dynamics, and San Luis Mechanical. These guys all did an excellent job providing turn-key services for the addition!
From the Planning and Building department perspective no Poly House project has been as big as this year’s nor has it ever gone as smoothly during inspections. As normally planned, a Poly house project typically takes place over two weekends for a total of six days. This year we started a week early to get the foundations for both the new addition and garage done, and we haven’t stopped since. During that first week the construction team easily put in 10+ hour days while managing to fit our other classes somewhere into our schedules. Easily this project has been a full time job that has been full steam ahead for the past six weeks.
Now that the construction team’s responsibilities are winding down, the interior’s team finally has a home to work in. We’ve got a long way to go and these next couple days are going to keep everyone busy putting on the final touches!
-Shane Schimke
Construction Project Manager
PolyHouse 2010 blog 
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