{"id":309,"date":"2013-03-30T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/?p=309"},"modified":"2021-01-02T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:29:25","slug":"design-team-prep-for-pswc-2013-in-full-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/2013\/03\/design-team-prep-for-pswc-2013-in-full-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Team Prep for PSWC 2013 in Full Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we approach the 2013 ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC)<\/a>, our design teams are all working hard to complete their projects. Since USC is co-hosting PSCW this year, each team is taking extra care to produce an exceptional final product. PSWC events will take place on the USC campus on Thursday April 4th and Saturday April 6th, check out the full schedule here<\/a>. If you\u2019re at USC, you won\u2019t want to miss the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Aesthetics Competition from 8am-5pm on Thursday at Alumni Park. Here\u2019s an update on each design team\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concrete Canoe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Gold<\/a>
Our concrete canoe has been stained USC Gold and is almost ready for PSWC.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s canoe is named \u201cSC Traveler.\u201d We\u2019ve worked on the canoe for several hours every night this week, and it\u2019s paid off. Despite some major time setbacks with mold removal, we\u2019re ahead of schedule thanks to multiple tasks completed faster than expected, and we finished applying the stain and sealant today. Canoe races are on Friday, at the Santa Fe Dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"We<\/a>
We took a break from the canoe to make a dumpster run.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The canoe aesthetics are also nearing completion. We plan to add our team name to the canoe in cardinal lettering tomorrow. We\u2019ll also finish up our display board, which features an original, USC-themed design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Environmental<\/a>
Environmental Team members assemble their final water-collection system.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The environmental design team worked on assembling their final water collection system last night. Their competition leads off the main PSWC design team events, occurring at Pardee Plaza from 8am-12pm. Our team looks solid and the competition should be exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steel Bridge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Thomas<\/a>
Thomas Welds Bridge Parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The steel bridge team is also putting in long hours and nearing completion. Once the bridge itself is done, the team will determine and practice the bridge assembly orchestration. As with canoe, the bridge team will create their display board and other finishing elements in the few days before competition as well. The 2013 PSWC Steel Bridge competition takes place on Saturday April 6th from 7am-4pm at Pardee Plaza at USC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Miscellaneous PSWC News and Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Concrete<\/a>
Concrete Horseshoe Curing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In other news, the concrete horseshoes and concrete bowling ball<\/a> have been formed and are ready for competition. There are many other exciting events going on at PSWC, so you should check out the schedule for details<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our USC ASCE E-Board is finalizing event coordination as well. Over 1,000 bottled waters and other snacks and beverages were wheeled through the design team area to the PSWC storage room today. Other E-Board members worked on finalizing the USC ASCE members\u2019 PSWC event schedules. Overall, it\u2019s shaping up to be an exciting conference and we\u2019re all anxiously awaiting the competitions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we approach the 2013 ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC), our design teams are all working hard to complete their projects. Since USC is co-hosting PSCW this year, each team is taking extra care to produce an exceptional final product. PSWC events will take place on the USC campus on Thursday April 4th and Saturday April … Continue reading Design Team Prep for PSWC 2013 in Full Gear<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,34,15],"tags":[49,40,12,50],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concrete-canoe","category-environmental","category-misc-pswc-events","category-steel-bridge","tag-2013-canoe","tag-aesthetics","tag-construction","tag-pswc-2013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}