Details!

So with the final weeks approaching we have been catching more and more glimpses of details. For example these countertops:

In the bathrooms there are little counter tops for lotions, tissues and the like and this is what they will set on!

The Inspired Aging Classroom has a lovely island with a sink and work area. This is the counter for the island.

The coffee house began a little while back, currently they are working on plumbing, walls and cabinets.

There are trenches in our floors in the Accelerando Coffee House! (for plumbing)

If you have ever gotten the urge to write on the wall this is the profession for you.

We are still on schedule. Official moving will happen the last week of December/early January after inspections have occurred.

Whistle while we work…

So we all have been busy this first week back from the Thanksgiving holiday. Initial steps of the Accelerando Coffee House have begun, including electrical and minor plumbing.

What has been my favorite part about this week is the fresh paint on the walls. The color Palette is such that the walls are warm and inviting but modern and exciting. Blue, Green, Orange, Purple and shades of gray are engulfing the new space.

Purple wall in Greg Eden's Classroom

A fantastic painter working on the Orange Rotunda (the most north of the new space)

The beautiful blue PJ Morgan Real Estate Rotunda

Be looking this Friday for more updates on dry wall, acoustic carpet and moving schedules. What fun progress!

Insert Jeopardy Theme Here…

With the wonderful progress that the crew is making we are at a lovely stand still waiting on confirmation for the coffee shop and delivery of door frames.

Michelle Byrnes and Dr. David Jasper, OCM Board Members, serving coffee from the soon to be Accelarando Coffee House

After the very brief and effective builders meeting, each leg of the team broke off to discuss more specific questions; including Ruth, Michelle, Sheila, Dr. Jasper and Leah’s voicing various questions about the Accelarando Coffee House.

OCM and Leo A Daly discussing the Accelarando Coffee House

Nancy Nogg, Director of Marketing and Development and Tom Ware, Warehouse Productions discuss what kind of equipment and construction we would need to have a sound recording room just off of our Orchestra Rehearsal Room for educational purposes.

Tom Ware and Nancy Nogg look into a possible space for a recording studio.

Neat Tidbit:

We will be installing Acoustic Wall covering to our Choir Rehearsal Room, Orchestra Rehearsal Room, Commons Pillars and one of the large classrooms on the north side of the building. This is going to absorb some of the sound that would not normally be absorbed into the current cement blocks. The designer, Leah Bauer, was able to find the colors we need with the lime green and the top left blue you see below. No orange, sadly. But it will still add a nice pop of color and help with sounds that bounce about.

Samples of the Carpet

This is the texture of the wall covering.

With the holiday next week, our next update of progress will be December 2.

Happy Thanksgiving.

OCM

Demolition Complete

Studios and offices are being formed whilst the electrical company is setting wires for receptacles.

Receptacles: a contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of a portable lamp, appliance or other electric device by means of a plug and flexible cord.

Currently the initial steps to put up the new walls are underway. There is metal framing that is laid on the floor and ceiling and then connected with the metal supports.

Metalwork being laid on the floor

Ruth Meints, Executive Director; Leah Bauer, OCM Board Member; Rachel Griggs, Operations Manager Wall support connecting the ceiling and the floor.

Walking into the orchestra room you could see the wall, that used to have acoustic sound boarding on it, currently looking like uneven cement. The plan was to cover it with acoustic carpet, the carpet would show every bump and seem and so the team is brainstorming easy ways to make it look sharp. Unsure how this will be handled we are awaiting quotes on the different options.

We will have some solution so when we put the acoustic carpet on the wall will be smooth.

There was a little talk about the air handlers and heating coils and some additional work that was not foreseen. This is all being dealt with this and next week.

Meeting with a potential mover was quite eye opening. There are so many things to be thinking about with the move. We received a quote back from them and are able to get that on the schedule as happening, pending any set backs.

This coming week, we will be walking through with Cox Cable and Warehouse Productions.

The Start!

As we begin this journey, there is a buzz of excitement among the construction crew, OCM staff, artist-faculty, families and students. It was thrilling to walk into the new space and see the official work zone ‘cubby’.

Officially Started!

This is really happening! The team was hard at work making decisions, tearing down old chalk and white boards, removing old carpets and sending dust flying. At the first official weekly build-out meeting, team members were cheery and presented any questions that had arisen during the week’s work, as well as updating everyone’s progress in each area of construction. A fresh coat of paint does not begin to describe the amount of work that goes into a project like this. Did you know that when putting up a light fixture the clearance zone needs to be a certain size for certain bulbs… the bulbs can not “just fit.”

We are lucky and excited that the demolition and construction by Lueder is going to go quite smoothly with an amazing team of workers.

The Leo A Daly architecture plans that the worker is holding are at least 20 pages of thorough drawings and notes covering; walls, lighting, electricity, plumbing and fire codes. This is just the start.  After the meeting was over we sat down with Leah, OCM Board Member as well as Project Manager and Interior Designer for the new space, to figure out our decor and needs for each studio. 

How exciting!

Welcome!

Hello to all of you Omaha Conservatory of Music enthusiasts. You can enjoy an update on our blog every Friday about various interesting topics. The most immediate buzz at this building is the “Big Move.” We will be updating you on the progress of our new building. Demolition began this week!

We’re off to take inventory of what desks we have in our new and old building.

OCM