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Hi, i'm Adrian.
I'm a senior at Catholic University of America.
I'm working on Solar Decathlon team. I'm Chris Bruno.
I'm a senior architect student and civil engineering major.
I just got into Solar Decathlon. I decided to join
uh... Team Capitol DC for the Solar Decathlon.
I never expected to actually be a part of Solar Decathlon. Solar Decathlon, solar decathlon,
solar decathlon...
solar decathlon.
When the steel was delivered,
and
we were up at 5 in the morning, it was probably
the most exciting slash...
no it was just really exciting. Like being up and at 'em
at 4:30am and getting here at 5.
Seeing the crane come in and laying out all the steel...I think everyone
really realized this was happening. We're building a building.
Today we got the 12,000
pounds of steel, the raw steel for our
frames.
We had a little bit of a hiccup,
where the police kinda took them on a wrong route.
So we thought that they were coming one direction and they actually came a different one.
Which was kinda interesting.
[Voiceover] Make sure that we have all the bolts
because these
bolts are for the footing attachment underneath the house.
I've got to count those which are the bolts that go through these guys
for the footings.
And then teflon plates
that go on the rods.
I have no idea what those are for.
These things get picked up and put on the foundations
and no one gets hurt that'll be good.
So both modules will be picked up by 4 crane points
we will
use a spreader beam system, our two slings.
So we will place one of the modules of the house down first.
Level it out and then attach the connection points.
In which the second module will then be placed
and then attached. So the two modules of the house get attached together by a crane.
So when it gets really windy, they're afraid that this is going to blow away so we're just trying to tie it back so that we don't lose this to Michigan Avenue. There was a windstorm yesterday that made it pretty loose.
Today, we are going to talk to you about safety on site. This morning we woke up at 5am
and this is what we looked like.
So we rolled out of bed and we did need to prepare
to be safe
on the site. And to be warm.
The first thing we are going to do
is put our coats on.
Now that we're all nice and toasty,
we're gonna head over to the site.
And pick up our neon yellow and orange vests.
They're so bright and colorful and so beautiful. This way, people will see us on site.
We won't get hit by things like trucks.
Or people (laughing). Or people.
Oh wait, this is wrong. That's wrong. If they don't have side protection,
they're not okay on site.
That's a big no-no!
Take them off. I apologize. Here are some other ones.
The last thing that you need to have
is a hard hat.
In case things are falling from the sky, you need to have...
Well first, if you're a girl...
this would be much easier for boys...yes.
You need to
take your hair down. Katie's going to demonstrate how to do that.
I think.
Now I can put on my hard hat and
fit it over top of my ponytail.
That way,
i'm safe on the site.
Nothing can hit my head
and I won't lose any of my brain cells.
It's been 2 years waiting for this moment to actually start construction
officially. When you see this stuff come down the road it was
exhilarating seeing it.
It just makes you feel extremely successful and makes you feel like
what you've been working on isn't something that you just fantasize about.
It's really exciting to see all these other students who have been on the project maybe
6 months, 2 months, 1 month, whatever have that same
excitement that we do.
We forgot our shoes!
Now we need to change into our ASTM-certified boots.
Grab yourself a pair
of these steel-toed boots.
They're actually quite comparable and very stylish.
So that's how you can be safe on site.
Including your PPE, you also need to watch out for others and make sure that
if somebody's doing something unsafe you stop them and you tell them
it's not right. Is that all?
That's all!
Have a good day folks! Be safe.