Construction has begun!

That’s right, our exhibition construction has started!

Thanks to the assistance of Mike S. and student workers at the Tarble our towel racks and platform risers have been completed!  The three section color paints (green, blue, and red) have been purchased and painting will begin shortly.  Mike S.’s mockups of the platform riser and towel rack are pictured below.

Our label formatting was also finalized this week and all labels and pictures have been submitted to Media Services to be printed!  The class will learn to mount labels in the next few weeks.

Since the beginning of the budgeting process, we have wanted to buy as many materials from local businesses as possible.  Although shopping local has not been an option with all of our purchases, we’ve done pretty well!  One of our largest purchases was vinyl wall-cling quotes to be placed on the wall in each section. Thanks to Undercutters, here in Charleston, we’ve been able to keep that expense local.

The exhibition team also submitted our final budget this week and ended up further under budget than expected.  Some changes were made to the construction of our wall sections, which cut the price of materials nearly in half.  Hopefully we will not encounter any surprises and will continue to be under budget!

Not to scare my colleagues, but our exhibit opens in less than a month!