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 Turtle RV
5 Dat Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Turtle RV
6 Gary Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY Turtle RV
7 Klajdi
Jeremy's car (from SF - there from July 24)
8 Jeremy
Jeremy's car (from SF )
9 Alex H
Jeremy's car (from SF - SFO flight Mon Aug 18 2:15pm)
10 Ed
Jeremy's car (from SF - SFO flight Mon Aug 18 2:15pm)
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

Jeremy's car will arrive in Reno 6-7 pm

  • Transfer excess luggage to RV

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 Park RV temporarily where the food fort will eventually go

Wait for placement		 Wait for placement Make breakfast
After Placement

Survey for Peik Deliveries


Measure and flag for Tool Fort, Bike Fort, Pillow Fort

 

Call Peik 775-674-9207

Survey for Empire Deliveries

 

Measure and mark fire lane. Then flag locations for Empire Fort, Moving Truck, Water, Shower, and Generator.


Call Empire 828-406-5099

Sierra Site Svcs 888-458-8777 

Generator World 916-668-0605
After Deliveries 

First tarps

 

Lay down six tarps as numbered on schematic (enough for the initial outpost and Shiftpods for build team)

First EMT structure ("sticks")

 

Follow Leonardos building sticks for initial outpost: the Kink Fort, and, time permitting, enough to protect six shiftpods for the build team.

Air conditioners for Kink Fort

Turtle event sign

 

Build and light the sign listing our events at the street corner

First Shade

Follow Donatellos adding side and roof tarps to sticks. Kink fort first, then, time permitting, enough to protect six shiftpods.
  First Shiftpods

Follow Michaelangelos to setup first six 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.




Wednesday

Remaining Tarps

Continue laying down tarps

Remaining sticks

 

Follow Leonardos building sticks

Pavillion

Measure and survey.

 

Assemble mast on ground. Include sails, guylines, Turtle sign and its power cord along guyline, and two paracord pulleys on each face (allowing things to be pulled up to the top later).

 

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

Remaining Shade

 

Follow Donatellos adding tarps to sticks

Remaining Shiftpods

 

Follow Leonardos setting up Shiftpods

Pavilion

 

Anchor all the sails and perfect

dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night




Thursday

Electrical grid

 

Generator, all banded cables, distribution boxes, and spider boxes

 

Initial power up and test 

Amenities

 

Light whips in bike parking area

Bike parking signs

Lotus Belle Tent and its Furnishings (including ACs)


Lounge furnishings and lights


Kink Fort furnishings and lights

Observation Decks

Set up and anchor ladders for observation decks

 

Build pipe structure on observation decks

 

Connect wire guardrails

 

Connect final pavilion sails to observation decks

Dining Room Setup

 

Tables, chairs, camper cubbies, signs and whiteboards, snack area

Utility Lighting

 

String lights for dining area and camper shiftpod area

DJ and Audio Gear

 

Setup and wire all speakers

Get DJ gear working (booth may not have arrived)

 

dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night

dinner and done for the night




Friday

DMX Lights

 

Connect and test everything on the ground

Then mount it in final locations

Water setup 

 

SSS water connection for food fort

SSS grey water connection for food fort

Water filling station in dining room

Set up backup pumping mechanisms (fresh / grey between Food and Gayflower)

Pillow Fort Setup

 

Empty remaining items in Pillow Fort
Set it up