# Build 2025



# Build Plan 2025

#### Early Build Team

We have 12 tuesday SAPs:

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</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">builder</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">arriving Reno</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Transport Reno -&gt; Playa</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">1</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Joel</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Turtle RV</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">2</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Beam</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Turtle RV</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">3</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Basil</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Turtle RV</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">4</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Madame Vivien V</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Turtle RV</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">5</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Dat</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Turtle RV</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">6</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Gary</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Mon Aug 18 1pm flight from NY</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Turtle RV</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">7</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Klajdi</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Jeremy's car (from SF - there from July 24)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">8</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Jeremy</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Jeremy's car (from SF )</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">9</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Alex H</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Jeremy's car (from SF - SFO flight Mon Aug 18 2:15pm)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">10</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Ed</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Jeremy's car (from SF - SFO flight Mon Aug 18 2:15pm)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">11</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Neptune</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">own van</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">12</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">PB</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">own van</td></tr></tbody></table>

Here's the tentative calendar for 2025.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-date-%2F-time-early-bu" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 26.2302%;"></col><col style="width: 40.5159%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3731%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>Date / Time</td><td>Early Build Team</td><td>Food Team</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>**Mon Aug 18**

1:00p

</td><td>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

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</td></tr><tr><td>**Tue Aug 19**

6:00 am

</td><td>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

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</td></tr><tr><td>**Wed Aug 20**

</td><td>General Build

Team A: Shade Structure

Team B: Interactive Pavilion

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

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</td></tr><tr><td>**Thu Aug 21**

</td><td>General Build continues

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</td></tr><tr><td>**Fri Aug 22**

</td><td>General Build continues

</td><td>Enter playa</td></tr><tr><td>**Sat Aug 22**

</td><td>Furnishings and decor

Turtles arrive

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# Early Build Team - Sequence - 2025

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

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</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29.8px;">**Leonardos**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29.8px;">**Donatellos**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29.8px;">**Michaelangelos**</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">Arrival</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Park RV temporarily where the food fort will eventually go  
  
Wait for placement</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Wait for placement</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Make breakfast</td></tr><tr style="height: 113.8px;"><td style="height: 113.8px;">After Placement</td><td style="height: 113.8px;">**Survey for Peik Deliveries**

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

Call Peik 775-674-9207

</td><td style="height: 113.8px;">**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

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.6px;"><td style="height: 46.6px;">After Deliveries </td><td style="height: 46.6px;">**First tarps**

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

</td><td style="height: 46.6px;">**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

</td><td style="height: 46.6px;">**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.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.6px;"><td style="height: 46.6px;"> </td><td style="height: 46.6px;">**First Shiftpods**  
  
Follow Michaelangelos to setup first six shiftpods</td><td style="height: 46.6px;">Make dinner</td><td style="height: 46.6px;">  
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</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Personal setup and dinner --

done for the night.

</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Personal setup and dinner --

done for the night.

</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Personal setup and dinner --

done for the night.

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</td></tr><tr><td>Wednesday</td><td>**Remaining Tarps**  
  
Continue laying down tarps

</td><td>**Remaining sticks**

Follow Leonardos building sticks

</td><td>**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.

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</td><td>**Remaining Shade**

Follow Donatellos adding tarps to sticks

</td><td>**Remaining Shiftpods**

Follow Leonardos setting up Shiftpods

</td><td>**Pavilion**

Anchor all the sails and perfect

</td></tr><tr><td>  
</td><td>dinner and done for the night

</td><td>dinner and done for the night

</td><td>dinner and done for the night

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</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Thursday</td><td>**Electrical grid**

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

Initial power up and test

</td><td>**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

</td><td>**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

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</td><td>**Dining Room Setup**

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

</td><td>**Utility Lighting**

String lights for dining area and camper shiftpod area

</td><td>**DJ and Audio Gear**

Setup and wire all speakers

Get DJ gear working (booth may not have arrived)

</td></tr><tr><td>  
</td><td>dinner and done for the night

</td><td>dinner and done for the night

</td><td>dinner and done for the night

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</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Friday</td><td>**DMX Lights**

Connect and test everything on the ground

Then mount it in final locations

</td><td>**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)

</td><td>**Pillow Fort Setup**

Empty remaining items in Pillow Fort  
Set it up

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