List of major Buildings and Grounds items 1960s through 2015

Background info: - MANY items happen FAST and RISE for many reasons to the TOP of the priority list...

Building Woodman cabin champion Dick Woodman - using $ from woman's weekend they built the

cabin at end of season with crew - Jon Guillaume early 60s

Building Smith/Zigmund and Chadwick - Showerhouse and Gilman champion Jay Carncross (money

saved by a scaled back Gilman allows for the new cabins in budget) 66-67

Paul Wright contractor for shower house finished fall 1966 also in contract was expansion of the

Manwell cabin - for bath and back bedroom area.

Boathouse demolition and restoration of artshop champion Eric Antonson need: to save building from

collapse started 1975 pushed OFF due to burning of the lodge until 1978

New Lodge: Champion - Jack Osborne (and board for financing) operational need - space needed 1980

Lean-to building champion Jim Michaelson 1981-1983

Staff hot tub - John Pia concept plans/Devin building Brian Kress/John Pia 1983

Fire pump system - planning champion Jack Osbourne - installation champion Brian Kress 1985-1987

Gilman expansion - champion Marc Guillaume - operational need - more space 1994

UNIVERSALIST GRANT - Joyce got them to agree to fix up one Woods cabin each summer:

Woodman expansion - champion Michael McArthur Marc Guillaume 199.....

upper Sweet renovation - Champion Marc Guillaume - Operational need more bathrooms - labor available -

$ available 1997

New shop building... this project JUMPED to a priority OVER the new Leining based on NYS

requirements and pushed Leining back several years. champion - Marc Guillaume/ Devin Hollands 1997

New Leining - this project created the NEED for the new septic field which lead to the new bathroom on

the field - champion Devin Hollands (funding through capital campaign) 2000

Kitchen renovation - champion Nat Shed 200....

Smith relocation and expansion champion Devin Hollands - expansion Hugh Anderson create woods

Quad and more space in building 2002

Morse meeting room addition - champion Devin Hollands - need: meeting/office space

2007

New dock system from existing plastic docks - champion Lauren Hunt - create a usable dock system to

meet State requirements and camper use needs - 2009

New boat rack system champion Lauren Hunt - growing boat fleet needed racks for storage of boats

2010

Stevens Performing Arts Center - concept Dan Gottfried project champion Devin Hollands - large

gathering building in outdoors 2010

Gilman dining hall expansion - champion Devin Hollands - Steven's building allowed for Gilman to be

used for dining exclusively 2011

New staircase to field champion Lauren Hunt... 2011

Chadwick Expansion and renovation - Dan Gottfried and Devin Hollands - executed by Pete Howlett 2011

2012 Artshop Make-over and skylight - concept Devin Hollands executed by Pete Howlett

Evelyn Anderson House champion Devin Hollands design, Dan Gottfried funding executed by Pete

Howlett 2013-2014 first used summer of 2014 included all new shower house interior

Boathouse 2015 design Devin Hollands built by Pete Howlett

2015 - stairs to boathouse summer crew and Pete Howlett Perry renovation and bathroom Pete Howlett

New athletic storage building  by Pete Howlett

New Campfire Wood Storage building  by Pete Howlett

Morse - Addition to Sophia Fahs 2007 

Chadwick Addition and rebuild

Written Concept for Chadwick Renovation and addition 2011 - Devin Hollands

Chadwick,  I have finally made some sketches that can be taken to Chris Duerr the architect who can turn the sketches into real drawings..  I hope to have this done for the meeting.

  My concept is to turn this into a very nice cabin - that campers will enjoy in summer and in off peak seasons.

The plan calls for a 10' extension on the end of the building towards the hill.   Extension would follow the existing profile and just make a longer building.

   The central bathrooms which cut the building in half would be removed.

   This would open the building up and allow for extra bed  and maybe room for a central table....   

   The wiring would be updated 100% with safe baseboard electric heat installed for shoulder season.

   Walls insulated, and interior walls covered in nice V-notch pine - sealed with polyurethane .

New Large windows would be placed - replacing existing and adding new openings.

   The ceiling would make a gentle rise about 1.5 feet.. giving some height to the room... A central ceiling fan could installed

The floors are already nice hardwood floors which can be sanded and sealed.

The front porch would be rebuilt - with new doors installed

Lights - 'can type' installed in ceiling.. spotting at the head of the beds...  3 zones left center right..  each can be controlled..  Central overhead lighting on either side of the fan...as well

The Extension:

From the main cabin room an open doorway leads to a small sink area.. where one or two sinks are available.

    from the sink room you enter a door to the bathroom... toilet and tub room...  with nice window to the back woods.

   The extension allows for a small room in the corner not used for the bathroom.. this room can have an outside door opening towards crew shop...

  the small room has an inside door that opens into the sink room...

  This extra room can be used for extra counselor, luggage, private room etc etc...

  Water heater installed outside building or outside of the maintenance shop...

  IF existing Leach Field is not adequate for the shower water.. the Leach field on the playing field is already set up to take run off from the woods cabins..  the pipe just has to be run from the cabins down to the field.  There is one zone on the field UNUSED that was built for the woods cabins.

We need to know if the budget has room for this renovation.. as the grant we requested was turned down from the State convention.

Devin Hollands,

Unirondack 

Old Time Photos

Gilman Expansion Project 1995  - link

Water Well project 

Building Historic information

Background info: - MANY items happen FAST and RISE for many reasons to the TOP of the priority list...

Building Woodman cabin champion Dick Woodman - using $ from woman s weekend they built the

cabin at end of season with crew - Jon Guillaume early 60s

Building Smith/Zigmund and Chadwick - Showerhouse and Gilman champion Jay Carncross (money

saved by a scaled back Gilman allows for the new cabins in budget) 66-67

Boathouse demolition and restoration of artshop champion Eric Antonson need: to save building from

collapse started 1975 pushed OFF due to burning of the lodge until 1978

New Lodge: Champion - Jack Osborne (and board for financing) operational need - space needed 1980

Lean-to building champion Jim Michaelson 1981-1983  Steve Looney, Brian Kress, Devin Hollands and crews with Ranger Terry Perkins

Staff hot tub - John Pia concept,  plans/Devin, building Brian Kress/John Pia 1983    Removed by Chuck Kistler 1996 after it stopped draining and rabbit fell inside.

Fire pump system - planning champion Jack Osbourne - installation champion Brian Kress 1985-1987 and Claude Saunders

Gilman expansion - champion Marc Guillaume - operational need - more space 1994

Woodman expansion - champion Michael McArthur Marc Guillaume 199.....

upper Sweet renovation - Champion Marc Guillaume - Operational need more bathrooms - labor available -

$ available 1997

New shop building... this project JUMPED to a priority OVER the new Leining based on NYS

requirements and pushed Leining back several years. champion - Marc Guillaume/ Devin Hollands 1997

New Leining - this project created the NEED for the new septic field which lead to the new bathroom on the field - champion Devin Hollands (funding through capital campaign) 2000

Kitchen renovation - champion Nat Shed 200....

Smith relocation and expansion champion Devin Hollands - create woods Quad concept 

Expansion plan Hugh Anderson and for more space in building 2002

Morse meeting room addition - champion Devin Hollands - need: meeting/office space 2007

New dock system from existing plastic docks - champion Lauren Hunt - create a usable dock system to meet State requirements and camper use needs - 2009

New boat rack system champion Lauren Hunt - growing boat fleet needed racks for storage of boats 2010

Stevens Performing Arts Center - concept Dan Gottfried project champion Devin Hollands - large gathering building in outdoors 2010

Gilman dining hall expansion - champion Devin Hollands - Stevens Performing Arts building allowed for Gilman to be used for dining exclusively 2011

New Central staircase to field champion Lauren Hunt... 2011

Chadwick Expansion and renovation - Dan Gottfried and Devin Hollands - executed by Pete Howlett 2011

2012 Artshop Make-over and skylight - concept Devin Hollands executed Pete Howlett

Evelyn Anderson House champion Devin Hollands design, Dan Gottfriend funding executed by Pete Howlett 2013-2014 first used summer of 2014 included all new shower house interior

Boathouse 2015 design Devin Hollands built by Pete Howlett and crew including Professor.

2015 - stairs to boathouse summer crew and Pete Howlett

 Perry renovation and bathroom Pete Howlett

New athletic storage building Pete Howlett

Pouring the floor of the Randy/Randi  bathroom

Devin Hollands Renna Komisar and Chuck Bury (Komisar-Bury) pour and smooth the cement for the new bathroom on the field.  Randi Jennings and Randy McDonald laid in the plumbing and then built the wood structure.  The bugs were eating us alive during the cement work - and 3 names can be found in the cement under the sink, (Shayne Jordan Amelia) Blake was not born yet!

  The new leach-field (under  the playing field) allowed for the addition of this bathroom on lower camp. - to the delight of generations of Lifeguards and Artshop directors.  

Trivia fact: water from this bathroom has to travel UP to upper camp before returning the leach-field !

Leining Laundry Room  discussion  2012

Part of designing the Anderson building was figuring WHERE the washer and dryers would go that used to be in the old shower house central room: (now has cleaning supplies)

Dan Gottfried Kris Fiore and Devin Hollands trying to figure things out:

Dan:

I really would like a larger and more comfortable laundry room if we can accommodate it.

   Dan

Devin Hollands <devinhollands@gmail.com>Oct 21, 2012, 7:16 PM

to Dan

I kind of like having the laundry areas spread around the campus...   Near to where folks live..   having 4 minor messes rather than one major laundry mess???

for sure you could add one set to lower leining in the middle room rather than take away from the lounge room 

new set in the new showerhouse basement

leave existing alone in shower house...  cramped facility better than no facility....

Devin Hollands

Camp Unirondack <director@unirondack.org>Oct 23, 2012, 4:03 PM

to Devin

I think it is easier to manage and for people to access if it is all in one place. Having it in two places has not worked out well.

  Dan

Devin Hollands <devinhollands@gmail.com>Nov 5, 2012, 7:13 PM

to Kris Fiore

WHAT IS YOUR input Kris  on laundry?   Central location  or multiple locations...??--

Devin Hollands

Camp Unirondack <director@unirondack.org>Nov 7, 2012, 11:46 AM

to Devin

I don't have ridiculously strong feelings about it but I guess central would be better.

-Kris

Devin Hollands <devinhollands@gmail.com>Nov 7, 2012, 3:00 PM

to Kris, Dan

so if we had a central spot..  we pull the washer/dryer out of Leining .. so the folks in Leining/Overlook/woods  would go up to the central place and see if anything open?

  We can do the same with showers and pull the showers out of the buildings?  make them use the central shower...

I am not getting why people would not want things closer to their home spot?

dh

Camp Unirondack <director@unirondack.org>Nov 8, 2012, 10:06 AM

to me

If we get extra staff housing, couldn't we just take all of the washers and dryers out of the showerhouse entirely and put them in lower leining? Would that create more space in the showerhouse?

I don't care if they end up in the showerhouse or in leining but I do think a central location would be nicer.

-Kris

.Camp Unirondack <director@unirondack.org>Nov 8, 2012, 11:31 AM

to Devin

OK then it sounds like from a technical perspective there are more advantages to multiple spots for laundry. So let's keep one washer/dryer in leining and move the two that are currently in the showerhouse to the extension. Yeah? So then what do you have planned, if anything, for that center room? It has to be designated for something otherwise (as I'm sure you know) it will become a designated crap collector closet in a hurry.

-Kris..

Devin Hollands <devinhollands@gmail.com>Nov 8, 2012, 9:59 PM

to Camp

I want to keep the laundry in showerhouse  as is...  I do not want laundry in the new basement...is my point..

I think to make existing spot better we remove the hotwater heaters....  take down the dividing wall  so bigger room for laundry.

we want the heaters in the basement.. to keep basement warm....  when you go year round...

Devin

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Final OUTCOME was we kept the Laundry room OUT of the new Anderson Basement and made a CENTRAL laundry in lower Leining.  (this room had been used for overflow camper space but the Central Laundry has worked out well.     Pete Howlett  engineered and build all the Laundry hook ups.

Leach Field on the Field

Crew Trucks

Crew Fire System installed by Brian Kress and Claude Saunders in the mid 1980s

2012 Wish List for Buildings and Grounds

Dan and I worked over the list of projects as we see things today...  1-10years..  and range for roof replacement.

Attaching exact years to roof replacement is hard as they have a wide range of life span.. so depending on budgets/inspection etc. you

can do them as needed.

Fixing dollars to projects is very hard so they should be done as needed case by case - or for 1 - 2 year outlook for budget...

  But the LIST lets you know what we are thinking  - this list has been added to the crew manual  google doc

1,3,5,10 projects       every roof over 10 years..

1 year projects:

Artshop - foundation/siding/roof

Boathouse shed (could be 2 -year )

Climbing wall on Stevens design 2012 (maybe build 2012 or next year- want to see how ropes course works out first)

Showerhouse girls toilet dividers - Pete to build

Athletic field to stop rain from accumulating in ponds

Leining - dehumidifier for lower room direct to drain

Continue retaining walls

Lightning rods on buildings- (very expensive unless we do ourselves but some question about whether this is advisable. Pete is

working on getting someone there to give us an estimate and we might do just the main buildings or even one at a time over several

years)

   Replace non-working washer (s) and dryers(s)

    New refrigerator for staff lounge (or get a donation?) 

  Get what we need to fight fires in lower camp (new hose - nozzle and quick connections)  shed for hose/equipment flood lights for

pump

3 year projects:

 Gilman finish inside siding

  Gilman new side windows

  Gilman outdoor eating/meeting deck on end of building  (3-5 years)

 Sweet - lower bathroom - additional bathroom?

Showerhouse - expansion for rooms - up and on side

Overlook - build out upper rooms towards rear of building

             - fix up lower rooms

Continue retaining walls

Zigmund bathroom fixup, addition?

Dock system at boathouse 

restore exterior of sweet as needed

Better external lighting of camp

5 year projects:

update and restore rooms/buildings in need

Move water tanks to basement so they can stay heated during winter (of Showerhouse if we do that project)

bury some water lines below freeze point in ground

Upgrades in kitchen

   Crew Shop Renovation and/or repair

Extend fire fighting equipment to woods cabin area

   Update electric where needed 

       Kitchen- dishwasher 

10 year project

Gottfried tornado bunker

Roof list: 

             Inspect roofs as we go - replace based on funding availability 

Lodge Roof  - next 10 years  chimney  area  asap  leaks continue

Sweet Roof  next 10 years

Gilman roof  next 10 years

Showerhouse next 10 years

Overlook new 2011

Leining - next 15 years

Sophia fahs - ok  

manwell  - next 8 years

Woodman  next 15 year

Smith next 15 years

Zigmund - asap or when remodeled

Chadwick - 2011

Stevens - 2010

Lean-to  2011

Boathouse - when remodeled

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Kristofer Fiore <campdirector@unirondack.org> wrote:

>>

>> If I might suggest a few small things, I think we should build a new "shalom" arch sign for the campfire circle. Also if we could build a small shedlike structure like the one by the waterfront for the ropes course like near the junction of the waterfront and the campfire circle that would be nice for ropes course supplies.

>>

>> Kris

>>

>> On Monday, March 12, 2012, Devin Hollands <devinhollands@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > We have not communicated much lately so assume all is well.  

>> > for Spring 2012 I am thinking we need to work on:     Bug Screen system for Steven's  - We have link to site where we can buy bulk screen....  

>> >                                                                             Finish the challenge coarse

>> >                                                                             Bring in top soil for low areas of athletic field reseed and cover with straw.. (first thing in spring)

>> >                                                                            

>> >                                             wish list:    cement basketball court..  need to contact local mason - can we get a green or brown tinted cement or surface - source a quality backboard system

>> >                                                              row boats    paddle boats    2 person kayaks

>> >                                                 extra wishy..   New poles at driveway entrance for overhead   archway for sign    our old one rotted away... 

Sketches of Buildings - staff member Dana Joy 1977

1977 Buildings Sketches - staff member Stephen Burdick 

1977 Buildings and Grounds Committee Report - Jack Osborne

No local contractors will work - Boathouse repairs needed and Access Road to Gilman needed.  Both projects were done by crew in 1978 summer.  Lower Sweet no wiring still from fire damage.

August 1975 Crew Chief Report to Board Erik Antonson

Erik spells out the the OLD lodge needed to be rewired but it burned the following summer.  The plans for the boathouse cement pillars are attached.  Erik completed the boathouse task in 1978.

1978 Buildings and Grounds Report - Jack Osborne  Gilman Access Road 

Flyer for Carbolneum, the buildings are all covered in this oil.

It came to us in 55 gallon drum we could pour into cans for painting logs and buildings

Ramp built on Woodman June 2017, Jim and Colin Moorhead, Colon’s scout project

Lower Sweet Renovation 2017