Contractor-work continues on the Rod Shippey Education Facility and Field Lab at the UC Hopland Research & Extension Center. This building, when completed in the fall of 2012, will serve the needs of the entire community, allowing county-based UC Cooperative Extension advisors, campus-based faculty, and other local educators and entities to offer programs that meet the needs of people throughout the North Coast.
After cold weather delayed the concrete pour of the slab for a while, the contractors beat Mother-Nature by covering the foundation with plastic and heating the foundation site for a day thus allowing the main-slab-floor pour the following day. Progress is continuing with further earth moving and a bit more concrete work. Framing will begin soon.
Local business support is beginning to get exciting with Performance Coatings Inc. donating all siding and post&beam stain in their LEED certified, eco-friendly "Verde" line of stains, and Nor Cal Recycled Lumber donating a significant part of the recycled-wood Douglas-fir post material.
For more information on the Shippey facility please go to:
ucanr.org/sites/Rod_Shippey_Facility/
