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TrevCircleStudios
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 Posted - 18/05/2012 : 21:17:09
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Well, however you look at it... it had to get sorted. Here's the increased wall and height-gap for the glass:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7328.jpg
The sharp-eyed will notice some block along the top of the wall which are a different colour. They are 'pad-stones' cast to take the weight of the steels which are coming next. |
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dogface
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Posted - 22/05/2012 : 22:10:49
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Originally posted by StormBlast
Why can I see hitler in this picture...that's given me the heebie jeebies
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG_2440.jpg
Why? Because there's a portrait of Hitler on the wall, that's why. Perhaps they're hoping the third room will last a thousand years. (That's bad, even for me.) |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 24/05/2012 : 20:53:47
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| I could not see it earlier, but just noticed those patches on the wall at the left, good grief, it's the Fuhrer Bunker! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 01/06/2012 : 17:22:42
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So the front wall is now complete and the new live room door has been cut through. Other than that, not much happened in the last couple of weeks due to a complete disappearance of the contractor from site again.
Here's a wider angle shot of the front wall:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/f871f3bb.jpg
and a close up of the new door from the CR soundlock into the liveroom:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/66d601eb.jpg
To be honest, there arent many things left to do in this phase now other than duct for cables and screed the floors in the CR alongside work in the new space building an office, wiring for clean and dirty power etc.
Now, if everyone would just get their finger out we might even be open in time for the next booking at the end of July. Sadly though, this week is a public holiday in the UK so I suspect not much will happen again...  |
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 08:13:41
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| Public holiday for many, work as usual for me! What is the point of the column either side of the window? |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 11:10:28
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| Difficult to tell from the pictures but they are walls rather than columns. To the left will be a machine room, to the right will be a soundlock. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 05/06/2012 : 21:14:57
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Well, I have a meeting with the main contractor tomorrow so maybe I can remind them of the penalty clauses and persuade them to get their finger out now...!
As an aside, I was strolling down Denmark Street last week and saw this in the window:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/16ba288a.jpg
I couldn't resist. It now lives in the studio |
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Captain Bubble
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 06/06/2012 : 21:22:45
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We had a site meeting today and have realised that the sequencing of events becomes quite complicated now as several things need to happen in a particular order:
1. the new live room glass needs to arrive before we can brick up the back wall of the CR, the back wall needs to be bricked up before we can frame and start treating it;
2. the new external security doors need to be fitted and the alarm extended before we can breach the wall between the two buildings
and trickiest of all
3. the gear ramp needs to be concreted in before the security door is fitted but after the wall has been breached (you'll have spotted the problem by now...)
In positive news, we have been given a date by the glass company for delivery of the CR glass, so that window begins to close (doh!). Also, after much scratching of heads we think we have found a work around or the sequencing issue so, all in all, it's been a good day! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 09/06/2012 : 20:56:06
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Had the electrician in all day doing the wiring plan yesterday. Turns out that the two different mains supplies in the two different units are on different phases so the plan is to have all the clean power (control room and live rooms) come from one unit and all the dirty power (office, kitchen, alarms and aircon) come from the other. We've allowed for 9 double sockets in each production room on radials and 3 lighting circuits in each room. In the machine room there'll be a sub-master from the clean supply and a bank of sockets, the control room will have floor mounted sockets under the racks and a radial around the room for laptops etc. He's also extending the fire alarm and smoke detectors into the new unit (the company that fitted the fire alarm in the first place has disappeared).
Next week, the steel doors arrive and ADP are coming out to extend the intruder alarm to the new unit. Control room glass arrives next Wednesday.
Sorry... no pictures today. |
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MacDB7
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Posted - 15/06/2012 : 18:51:47
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Absolutely loving hearing about each stage!
Now if only Grand Designs had been on hand during this whole process :D |
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stakka
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Posted - 15/06/2012 : 20:57:58
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Originally posted by MacDB7
Absolutely loving hearing about each stage!
Now if only Grand Designs had been on hand during this whole process :D
Just what I was thinking.... Though I would have to draw the line at Sarah Beeny getting involved ! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 17/06/2012 : 23:40:41
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Glad you are enjoying it guys!
Finally I can report that carpentry on the control room will begin tomorrow. This is gonna leave things a bit tight as I have a booking to track an album for August and I'm thinking that, at this point, we may not even be completely finished. No pressure then...
After all the delays and having the room down for so long budget is also getting tight. To ensure it doesn't get too painfully tight we may even have to cut a few corners (7 acoustic doors at almost 3k each are looking like a likely casualty) with the intention of upgrading them over a period once we have money coming in the door again. That said, we are continuing to make substantial investments to ensure that, with almost 2000 sq feet of tracking space: 18 foot ceilings and a stone room as well as our API desk and ATC monitors, this is a world class tracking studio. In addition, Northward Acoustics work on the control room should, if Thomas's calculations are correct, show this to be one of the flattest control rooms in the country!
So, we're finally on the home straight. Hang on for the ride... It might be a rough one...! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 21/06/2012 : 08:26:00
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Great stuff.
When the big glass arrives watch out for the Hollywood car chase. Every time you see a large window being carried the cars smash through it! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 21/06/2012 : 20:43:55
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Ha! Except in this case (it's over an inch thick) I think they would be more likely to total their car!
In any case, it's not often I'm right... but I was wrong again. The glass did not arrive today. Indeed when ranty scotsman (cellfone) finally shut up and let them get a word in edgeways, they admitted that they didn't even know when it would arrive. They tell me they have a 'supply chain problem' . I told them I will hold them entirely liable for any loss if I don't open in time and they need to fix it quickly. So, like that scene in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels... we appear to have a mexican stand-off going on. I'm told the Ops Director will call me tomorrow to try and resolve the problem... grimm
In the meantime, my new steel security doors did arrive. Damaged. hjghfgg These things are sent to try us I guess... |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 09/07/2012 : 20:49:54
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After a slightly stressful morning as the builders realised that the homatherm in the rear trapping had been fitted back to front (yes it is directional!) the whole back wall had to be taken down and put back together again.
I also went to pick up the 200sq metres of engineered wood flooring I had ordered only to be told they sold it to someone else who walked in off the street on Saturday I begin to wonder whether there is actually a god and whether he is doing some of this stuff just to **** with me...
On another note, the mains didn't turn up today as previously expected so if anyone is interested... you'll have to wait! |
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 09/07/2012 : 20:59:05
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| Quite a few set backs recently! Hope it all gets sorted soon. |
Marcus de Mowbray
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 13/07/2012 : 10:32:07
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| Damn that security door, I was about to move in and be a Squatter in your studio! |
Marcus de Mowbray
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 13/07/2012 : 19:57:28
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| So, we figured it was time to start looking for some cool things to adorn the studio. We particularly wanted to make sure we managed to get at least a couple of items with real character. Things that would be cool even for non-studio-geeks. The first of these arrives tomorrow. Anyone got any idea what we might have gone for? |
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