Build 2025

Build Plan 2025

Early Build Team

We have 12 tuesday SAPs:


builder arriving Reno Transport Reno -> Playa
1 Joel Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Turtle RV
2 Beam Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Turtle RV
3 Basil Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Turtle RV
4 Madame Vivien V Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Jeremy's car
5 Dat Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Jeremy's car
6 Gary Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Jeremy's car
7 Klajdi
Turtle RV
8 Jeremy
Jeremy's car
9 Alex H
Turtle RV
10 Ed
Turtle RV
11 Neptune
own van
12 PB
own van

Here's the tentative calendar for 2025.

Date / Time Early Build Team Food Team

Mon Aug 18

1:00p 

Meet in Reno

 

  • Pick up RV
  • Shop for build team food
  • Get RV ready
    • Fill up diesel
    • Buy DEF if needed for generator 
    • Overnight at GSR
    • Fill water
  • Last minute shopping and prep

Tue Aug 19

6:00 am

Entry

  • Drive from Reno
  • Enter playa
  • Call placement
  • Get placed
  • Measure positions for delivered vehicles
  • Call:
    • Peik Construction
    • Empire Storage 
    • Generator
    • Water
  • Prepare first night shiftpods

Wed Aug 20

General Build

 

Team A: Shade Structure

Team B: Interactive Pavilion

Team C: Utilities (petrol, music while working, water, power)


Thu Aug 21

General Build continues


Fri Aug 22

General Build continues

Enter playa

Sat Aug 22

Furnishings and decor

Turtles arrive


Early Build Team - Sequence - 2025

We have a big build team this year so we're going to split into three groups


Leonardos Donatellos Michaelangelos
Arrival Wait for placement Wait for placement Make breakfast
After Placement Survey and mark locations for Peik deliveries.

Call Peik.

Survey and mark fire lane, then locations for fire lane-adjacent deliveries.


Call for Empire, Water, Generator 


After Deliveries  First six tarps Follow Leonardos building sticks for initial outpost Hang up and light Turtle Event sign

Follow Donatellos adding tarps to sticks
  Follow Michaelangelos to setup first 6 shiftpods Make dinner

personal setup and dinner

done for the night

personal setup and dinner

done for the night

personal setup and dinner

done for the night






Continue laying down tarps

Follow Leonardos building sticks

Pavillion

Measure and survey

 

Assemble mast on ground

 

When mast is assembled, all hands to raise it and secure guylines


Follow Donatellos adding tarps to sticks

Follow Leonardos setting up Shiftpods

Anchor all the sails and perfect


dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night






Electrical grid 

Water setup 

Utility Lighting


Dining Room Furnishings

Lotus Belle Tent and its Furnishings

Lounge and Kink Fort Furnishings


dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night






DJ / Audio Gear

DMX Lighting

Pillow Fort Setup