Team Tidewater Prepares for the Big Day

Site...check. Foundation...check. House...nearly here.

Our team members have been working diligently this week, preparing the foundation of the Unit 6. The house is scheduled to arrive Wednesday, May 18, next week (postponed one day from its original set date, Tuesday). Stepping back from the house's designs, Engineering and Architecture students are now pouring sweat and muscle into their work--digging into the dirt, shoveling rock, and setting the concrete blocks.

Next to the site, kids at the ODU Child Development Center clung to the fence as the digger carried and dumped loads of rock into the foundation work. They seemed in awe, watching the big piece of machinery; many would run from the fence to play with their toy dump trucks in the sand and dirt.

John Perdue directs the digger as it fills the trenches in with rock.

Structural Engineering student, John Perdue, has been leading the site's construction, doing much of the grunt work and managing the rest of the team as they prepare for the arrival of the Unit 6.

The modules of the net-zero solar home are scheduled to be delivered next Wednesday. Once here, it will be up to the team to assemble the house, adding the finishing touches and making sure the kinks are all worked out.

So come visit us at ODU, and see the assembly of the Unit 6 for yourself! The site is located on the corner of Powhatan Avenue and 48th Street, near the Fitness Center.

Watch the video below to see how the house will look when completed.