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I worked on a consulting job today at a job site in Bend, Oregon. The folks I worked with were set up to be the bale crew leaders for a bale raising party that is expected to last three days. The leaders and owners were open to hearing the tid bits of information I offered them. The biggest piece of information that could have served them best was the timing of their consultation.


The engineering on the building is one that will ultimately cause them more work than is necessary during the baling stage.

Although stout and well built, the home could have utilized a simpler engineering system that would interlace with the baling better. It is really important that folks get help early on in the project, during the design phase is best. It is much easier to make changes to a project when they are still on paper! Had I viewed the intended engineering while it was still on paper, I would have recommended they change their approach. The project will be a success and the 12 people showing up over the next three days will be able to complete the baling of the home if all goes well. I will check in on them tomorrow and see how they are doing.

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Andrew Morison is a licensed contractor specializing in straw bale and green construction. He has shown thousands of people how to build their own straw bale projects through his comprehensive series of instructional straw bale, concrete foundation, and plastering DVDs. You can check these out at http://www.LearnStrawBale.com.

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