Our part in NEB's bowling alley project is now complete. We've done the touchup to our pieces and the finishing of the end walls. The signs are now all in place on this phase of the project. But the work there is still ongoing. The ceiling panels are yet to be installed as are a few posts. The NEB's crew are also adding some very dramatic and exciting lighting effects which will take the project over the top and make it truly one of a kind. Even though this phase is complete for us we are far from done. Today was spent dreaming up brand new adventures which we will be designing and building in the coming months. This is going to be a whole lot of fun! Stay tuned...
Vision fulfilled!
About a year ago we did the first concept renderings for the NEB's bowling center. One of the concepts done by Peter was a perspective drawing of one corner of the bowling lanes, It was a quick sketch, done on his iPad to illustrate how all of the elements would look when they were assembled. Today I took a picture from roughly the same angle. The ceiling panels have yet to be installed along with the special lighting. The second concept was one I did of a front view of the alleys. A few things changed as we went through the design and build process but that first vision is very much achieved!
Bowling extravaganza!
We've been busy in the shop for many months building pieces for NEB's Fun World in Oshawa, Ontario. The pieces for the bowling alley were large and designed to fit together at the end of the lanes and up the side walls. There are 52 lanes in total, making for a lot of pieces to fit together. In our shop we never had more than two pieces together as they were simply too large.
Yesterday, Peter and I flew to Oshawa to see everything set up for the first time. Our task is to texture and faux finish the panels above the themed pieces on the side walls. To see all of the pieces assembled was IMPRESSIVE! The NEB's crew did an awesome job putting everything together. The difficulty is that the pieces are incredibly heavy and they have to go in over an operating bowling alley. The crew created special rigging for the task and are now almost done. They managed this monumental task without damaging anything! Only eleven posts are yet to be installed. I'll be posting more progress shots tomorrow.
