{"id":70,"date":"2019-03-31T14:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/?p=70"},"modified":"2020-06-16T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:25:31","slug":"commence-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/2019\/03\/31\/commence-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Commence Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The team began the construction phase this month before Spring Break. The epoxy-coated mold was prepared by covering a layer of carnauba wax to allow for easier removal of the finished canoe. A total of 5 mixes were made using a wheelbarrow, a hoe, and measured out materials in 5-gallon buckets. A trough was made in the middle to where 2\/3 of the required water was poured. Once mixed, the rest of the required was poured in to complete the mix. Each batch required about 15 minutes of hand-mixing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Mix-Wheel-Barrow-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Mix-Wheel-Barrow-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Mix-Wheel-Barrow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Mix-Wheel-Barrow-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the concrete was ready, the team used gloves and trowels to place down the concrete starting from the middle of the canoe towards the ends. The team placed down a 1\/4&#8243; thick layer followed by the fiberglass mesh and finally another 1\/4&#8243; layer on top. The thickness of the layer was checked using a marked nail with a  1\/4&#8243; and 1\/2&#8243; lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Placing-Concrete-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Placing-Concrete-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Placing-Concrete-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The total process took about 6 hours to complete. The team covered the canoe with wet burlap and a tarp to maintain the moisture throughout its curing process. The team will come back to cut and place the foam ends and cover it with concrete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team began the construction phase this month before Spring Break. The epoxy-coated mold was prepared by covering a layer of carnauba wax to allow for easier removal of the finished canoe. A total of 5 mixes were made using a wheelbarrow, a hoe, and measured out materials in 5-gallon buckets. A trough was made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/2019\/03\/31\/commence-construction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Commence Construction<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/concretecanoe19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}