Now Toma Solano is authorized to train all future CCYD Building Trades Program participants in the 10-hour OSHA Outreach Training Program. The program will offer future students trainings on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in workplaces. The program will also provides information regarding workers' rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Another Bunch of Stilts! This time, for kids!
Here are the second batch of stilts that we've cranked out for our friends at Nana Projects ( http://www.nanaprojects.com/nanaprojects.html ). This time they special ordered pairs made to accommodate the littlin's. After the Nana Projects folk put on the finishing touches they'll be sold to stilting workshop attendees. They were kind enough to pay one of our youth $10 per pair to make them!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Cold Frames for the Filbert Street Garden
Today I helped out with the build and installation of two coldframes* at the Filbert St. Community Garden (FSCG). Sadly my students were not able to help out today, because they are in their GED prep classes at CCYD on Fridays.
Dave Dallas, a teacher at the Curtis Bay Elementary/Middle School, Jason Reed, lead gardener at the FSCG, Katie Dix of Parks and People, and a slew of volunteers from Parks and People and Curtis Bay Elementary all helped make todays Garden Day a success!
Below are a couple of the Curtis Bay Elm./Middle students fastening a cold frame into place. They were the last two of about 12 kids who helped to reassemble the coldframes that Jason, Dallas and I had constructed in the Building Trades Program Office.
*cold frames are "mini-green houses" that gardeners place over their plots to lengthen the growing season into some of the cold months. Ours were designed to be broken down and stored prior to the warmer months.
Sorry for the grainiess of some of the photos.
Dave Dallas, a teacher at the Curtis Bay Elementary/Middle School, Jason Reed, lead gardener at the FSCG, Katie Dix of Parks and People, and a slew of volunteers from Parks and People and Curtis Bay Elementary all helped make todays Garden Day a success!
Below are a couple of the Curtis Bay Elm./Middle students fastening a cold frame into place. They were the last two of about 12 kids who helped to reassemble the coldframes that Jason, Dallas and I had constructed in the Building Trades Program Office.
*cold frames are "mini-green houses" that gardeners place over their plots to lengthen the growing season into some of the cold months. Ours were designed to be broken down and stored prior to the warmer months.
Sorry for the grainiess of some of the photos.
Ahh! Delicious! |
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
917 Stoll St.: Sidewalk Install in Collaboration with Habitat for Humanity
This sidewalk was installed outside of 917 Stoll St.: our first rehab. in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. Between the Habitat staff, volunteers, private contractors and the Building Trades Program (BTP) all tasks were assigned to the best suited party.
Near the end up to seven youth attended BTP and received an hourly wage thanks to the Ready-by-21 initiative hosted by the Family League of Baltimore City. The initiative lasted from mid-Oct of 2010 - June of 2011. Due to it's success we were asked to add a summer session which ended in August.
BTP students helped:
Near the end up to seven youth attended BTP and received an hourly wage thanks to the Ready-by-21 initiative hosted by the Family League of Baltimore City. The initiative lasted from mid-Oct of 2010 - June of 2011. Due to it's success we were asked to add a summer session which ended in August.
BTP students helped:
- complete framing
- remove debris
- install various forms of insulation and airseal with expanding foam
- with much of the priming and first coat of paint
- install doors
- install trim
- grade and existing soil before adding and seeding new top soil in the front yard
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Experimantal Green Roof Platform Build and Installation: Spr-Summer 2010
The students and I were enlisted by greenroof scientist, Olyssa Starry of University of Maryland College Park to construct experimental green roof platforms. After the platforms were constructed we all brought them to the UM campus. There the students readied the site, constructed understructures for the platforms, and installed them.
Now full of plants, green roof media, and sensors they are helping Olyssa and her associates determine
to what degree green roofs impact runoff. Read more about the experiment at:
http://urbansod.blogspot.com
Now full of plants, green roof media, and sensors they are helping Olyssa and her associates determine
to what degree green roofs impact runoff. Read more about the experiment at:
http://urbansod.blogspot.com
Gravity Fed Irrigation System @ the Filbert St. Garden: Winter 2011
Here the students, Jason Reed ( lead gardener @ Filbert St.) and I designed and installed a prototype gravity fed irrigation system. We will be installing a water catchment system to capture rain to fill the rain barrels. Currently a hose can be coupled below the in let valve to fill the barrels. The outlet will also be connected to a timer, such that Filbert St. gardeners can enjoy the benefit of, at least a few, self watering plots!
The Building Trades Program participants learned basic deck building skills, such as how to refer to engineer lumber sizing charts to ensure that the structures can support the various loads that weigh on them.
Check out the photo of Jason inspecting the water pressure!
The Building Trades Program participants learned basic deck building skills, such as how to refer to engineer lumber sizing charts to ensure that the structures can support the various loads that weigh on them.
Check out the photo of Jason inspecting the water pressure!
Mini Gravity-fed Irrigation: Spring 2011
Here a student is constructing a simple gravity-fed irrigation consisting of a food grade barrel elevated one foot off of the ground and tapped with a hose bib.
The pressure that drives the water form the barrel is equal to about 1 pound of pressure. Though it's not as efficient a watering source as a household hose bib it helps the Filbert Street gardeners tend to their plots without hooking up to the hydrant.
The pressure that drives the water form the barrel is equal to about 1 pound of pressure. Though it's not as efficient a watering source as a household hose bib it helps the Filbert Street gardeners tend to their plots without hooking up to the hydrant.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Green Roofed Shed Construction @ Filbert St. Garden: Summer 2010
For almost two years now the Building Trades Program has been collaborating with the Filbert Street Community Garden here in Curtis Bay, Baltimore.
This was our first collaboration.
Prior to the actual shed build the students learned about the "house envelope": how contemporary construction methods contend with the elements. They also learned about runoff and how green roofs are a useful tool to help lessen it's effects.
Here are just a few pictures of the students learning to use re-purposed doors as shed siding and recycled doors as...well, doors.
This was our first collaboration.
Prior to the actual shed build the students learned about the "house envelope": how contemporary construction methods contend with the elements. They also learned about runoff and how green roofs are a useful tool to help lessen it's effects.
Here are just a few pictures of the students learning to use re-purposed doors as shed siding and recycled doors as...well, doors.
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