FARMINGTON, N.Y., May 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With community
support, Flanders Park is in the process of being transformed into
an inviting outdoor performance area. A performance bandshell,
crafted with traditional timber frame joinery by New Energy Works
Timberframers, will be raised Wednesday, May
30, 2018 from 9am to 12pm in
Tupper Lake, NY. The community is
invited to attend this raising event.
"Raising a timber frame is an important and exciting event–it
offers a chance to witness the culmination of months of painstaking
effort of an age-old craft where the bones of the project come
together," explains Eric Fraser,
General Manager of timber framing at New Energy Works.
A combination of solid and glulam Douglas fir timbers will be
joined using traditional mortise and tenons, secured with hardwood
pegs. The New Energy Works craftsmen will employ a crane for the
heaviest lifts and will install a t&g ceiling over the raised
frame. The raising will begin on Wednesday morning at 9am, May 30th with
estimated completion by noon the same day (weather permitting).
New Energy Works has been working with Andrew Chary Architect
and Sellers Treybal Structural Engineers on designing, building,
and crafting the bandshell. The bandshell was designed and is being
constructed with funding provided by the New York State Department of State under Title
11 of the Environmental Protection Fund, as well as community
donations, volunteer efforts, and local contractor donated
services.
Terraced hillside amphitheater seating will face the new
bandshell overlooking Racquette Pond. Other numerous enhancements
to the existing park include a rain garden that will help with
drainage around the bandshell, a stone plaza, gateway structures,
and more landscaping elements.
New Energy Works designs and builds environmentally responsible
timber frames across the USA from
their New York and Oregon facilities. The company offers Timber
Framing (design, engineering, manufacturing, build), Enclosure
Systems, Fine Woodworking, Recycled and Sustainable wood products.
New Energy Works has LEED AP staff members, is a member of the US
Green Building Council, and is FSC Certified.
SOURCE Pioneer Millworks/ New Energy Works