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The Cleanup Work Begins - Days 2 and 3 - Gut, Remove Clean and Dehumidify

Early on Saturday morning, the crews arrive and remove the Sheetrock and cellulose.
Wide shot showing the walls and ceiling area where the fire began. The cove corner of the cyc wall tooks weeks to build and just minutes to tear out. Area where the fire was most intense. The fire started in the cellulose between the containers. Most of the sofit panels were removed. The workers cleaned the building inside and out. By Saturday afternoon, we had filled a dumpster.

January 29, 2011 -On Saturday morning the cleaning crews from Blackmon Mooring arrived in mass. At times there were at least 25 people working on all areas of the building. The company was also hired by Silver Rock Productions to clean their offices (first and second floor). They did a really good job by removing  the small objects and cleaning them by hand. The walls and furniture were cleaned and the rugs shampooed.The air ducts were also cleaned. 

They also has an technician who is an expert on cleaning and servicing electrical equipment. They cleaned the Silver Rock computers, and he looked at some of the epic gear that was in the studio and just feet from where the fire started. On Friday I took some photos with the camera and many of the photos were out of focus. The technician said the electronics in the equipment were compromised by the smoke and heat, and they will all be declared a loss. We will meet with the Hartford adjuster tomorrow to determine the amount of loss.

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Posted by on January 29, 2012


epic Creative Co-Op Suffers a Fire in the Studio - Everyone is OK, but the Studio is a Mess.

The fire trucks arrive and get their equipment ready.
A ladder truck is used to check out the roof of the building. The fireman quickly get the fire under control. The remove the sheetrock to look for the origin of the fire. The ceiling of the studio is pulled down to check for hot spots. Just when we thought the worst was over, the Fire inspector spots smoke coming from the roof. This time, all of the sofits and ceilings are removed Adam assesses the damage. So additional areas of the studio walls are opened and checked. Cleaning company took out over 50 bags of debris. Deck area being cleaned. Studio 12 hours from the time the fire started.

January 27, 2012 - Tough day today. We had a fire in the epic Creative Co-Op. The good news is no one was hurt, but the studio portion of the building suffered extensive damage. 

The day started off fine, but at 8:45am, Mike Huffine of Silver Rock Productions arrived and saw smoke coming out of the back of the building. He entered and realized the smoke was indeed from a fire inside the studio. He immediately came to my office, called 911 and he and I went out to see what we could do to stop the fire. Mike opened the studio doors and I got a garden hose. With the door open, we sprayed water onto the flames coming from the north west corner of the studio. The spray from the hose knocked the fire down, and several local fire departments arrived minutes later. 
 
The fireman entered the building and with their hoses, and other tools quickly got the fire under control. The damage at this point was not bad – but it would get worse later. 
 
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Posted by on January 28, 2012


Lighting Grid Work Continues - Grid Travels From Floor To Ceiling in 2 Minutes!

Detail showing the take up spool connected to the grid and ceiling.
The electric boat lift was mounted to the south rail on the lighting grid. 3 inch heavy duty straps were used to hoist the grid to the ceiling. Fittings and plates were cut and made ready for use. Grid - elbow detail. Grid - Center joint T detail. Close up showing the ceiling area and safety locking foot. 2 of the 4 safety locking feet. Parking break handle used to move safety foot into position. Mike relaxing at work!

January 20, 2012 - For the past two weeks we have been working on the lighting grid in the studio. This is a precision job with lots of moving parts (literally). Adam and Cliff began by fabricating the individual trusses they built in late December. Metal elbows and tees were welded in place. 3 inch heavy duty utility straps were affixed to turnbuckles connected to metal bars running across ceiling joists in the attic. These joists were engineered to take the weight of the grid (right now about 1000 lbs).

Electric wires were installed to power the boat lift motor. After some adjustments were made, Adam threw the switch and the grid moved off the ground - it was pretty exciting to see this monster move from the floor to the ceiling in less than 2 minutes! Now that the unit was working properly, it was time to come up with a way to make it safer.

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Posted by on January 23, 2012


Building the Overhead Studio Lighting Grid - Installing Gutters and Downspouts

Front of the building in the afternoon sun.
The first of 5 overhead light grid trusses are fabricated. 1 inch square tubing was tacked, then welded in place for structural support between the rails. After the grid was built, the metal was cleaned, then painted black. A second coat of paint was added to the lighting grid. The trusses were moved into the studio. Close up of grid with one of the tees we will use to join all the sections together. We looked at using wire rope, but opted for 2 inch strapping. We raised two of the rails up so they could be used for a scheduled video shoot later in the week. We got a boat lift from Boat Lift Distributors. We took some shots to understand how to design our lift. Inside shot of the boat lift demo unit using wire rope. Adam and Cliff unpack our boat lift unit. We placed an ad on Craigslist for help with finishing the summer kitchen, but opted to do it ourselves. We have two joints to finish and the entire edge profile. The man made granite is a little over 1.25 inches thick. We fabricated gutters from some of the Aluminum composite panels sections we had left over from the job. The gutters are over sized to handle the large amount of rain from the roof. Adam uses gutter bolts and metal protective sleeves. The last section of the gutters goes up. The first section of downspout was installed. To get the water away from the building we had to bore under the sidewalk. We used a heavy duty drill to bust through the concrete. Trench for the 4 inch water pipe runs out to the parking lot sewer drain. We made several more trips to the scrap yard. On this we I got a flat tire and had to be towed. The truck was loaded on a flatbead... ...and the tire replaced at Sams Club. After using it for 8 months, we returned Chris Larimore's panel saw this week - Thanks Chris! Our fire pit is all ready for the cool weather.

January 2,2012 - Happy New Year! It is really amazing that a year ago we had just finished setting the 11 cargo containers, and today we are down to just a short punch list of items to get the building finished. Over the past couple of weeks we got the rest of the trim done, and turned our attention to installing gutters and downspouts and building the lighting grid for the studio.

The Aluminum Composite Panels from Mitsubishi and Grupo Daissa.made a great deal of difference to the building. We have learned to work with the material and have devised ways to use it for all kinds of things. For example, with the two panels we had left over from the job, Adam and Cliff fabricated a custom gutter system designed to channel all the water from the big roof away from the building. This is actually a big deal as we learned the hard way.

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Posted by on January 07, 2012


KHOU Channel 11 (CBS Houston) Rents epic Creative Co-Op for Video Shoot

The large studio doors makes loading and unloading easier.
The KHOU TV truck arrives for a commercial video shoot. Shot from inside the studio - look at the gear they came with! The crew included a Director, a DP, an Electrician, and a Grip/Telepromotor operator. Setting up the lighting gear. The crew takes a break for lunch. BBQ was on the menu. Sound curtains were added for the shoot. The shoot was for a local attorney doing a series of TV commercials. Teleprompter operator says all is good with the script. Initial tests of the lights, sounds and video all check out fine.

January 5, 2012 - Ready or not the epic Creative Co-Op hosted its first video production shoot for KHOU Channel 11 (the CBS affiliate here in town) for a commercial this week. Although we still have work to do on the overhead lighting grid, the folks at the station said it was not a problem. When they arrived, I understood why - they came with an over sized truck loaded with all kinds of gear. To say it was impressive would be an understatement!

Chris, the Director of the shoot for KHOU quickly put his crew to work. The electrician checked out the power panel to insure it would be adequate for their lighting (it was, but he made some excellent suggestions which we will implement for the next shoot). The DP (Director of Photography) set up his camera (a Canon 5D), and the grip set up the lights and got the sound curtains placed around the studio. The teleprompter operator got his gear set up, and the script loaded into the computer for the shoot. This was one well oiled team, and I was humbled to watch it all come together so smoothly.

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Posted by on January 07, 2012
 
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