photo by: Jonathan Kealing

Students from KU Studio 804 stop just north of Ottawa to make repairs to the weather-proof membrane on one of their modules as the buildings convoy to Greensburg. The building is being sold to a nonprofit in Greensburg to serve as a model of sustainable building and as an art center for the community.

Pratt, 8:45 p.m. — Sorry for the delay in posting. Internet, even via cell phone, in rural Kansas is spotty at best. So is cell phone service.The students made another stop, outside Council Grove this time, to fix siding that had come loose from the modules. A short time later, the convoy was back on the road.When the convoy finally arrived in Greensburg, shortly after 6 p.m., the students hardly even stopped their work to notice that they were one step closer to completing their year-long project.We’ll have more on this online at LJWorld.com later and in Tuesday’s Journal-World.Ottawa, 10:45 a.m. — The convoy made an unscheduled stop just north of Ottawa today because one of the water proof tarps atop the building modules came loose.The students stopped just north of Ottawa and made urgently needed repairs. In order to make the repairs, one of the students in the follow car climbed up a ladder on top of the roof, in the rain, and nailed down the tarp. The convoy resumed moving about 20 minutes after it made the stop.More updates later today as the convoy continues to make its way across central Kansas. The drive is expected to take about eight hours, though any more unscheduled stops will probably prolong the process further.Lawrence, 8 a.m. — Students in KU’s Studio 804 are [strapping the pieces of their building][4] onto trailers at the old Farmland plant in East Lawrence. As they were starting, the skies opened up and a steady rain began to fall.The students still have about three modules of their building to strap in. Once that’s done, they’ll be heading out of Lawrence and on their way to Greensburg. They’re taking a route different than the one [we published in Saturday’s Journal-World.][5] They’ll be heading west on 23rd Street, then south on Iowa Street before taking [a more northerly route than KU said Friday][6].I’ve had a couple of questions about whether these buildings are safe, using materials recycled from the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. I’ve inquired, again, and been told, again, that there’s no concern. The plant’s owners were extremely specific about what they could and could not use. Down to not allowing them to use a mailing tube.I’ll have more updates later this morning as we start to move south to Greensburg, and then look for a full report tonight on LJWorld.com and in Tuesday’s Lawrence Journal-World. [2]:

photo by: Jonathan Kealing

Students from KU Studio 804 stop just north of Ottawa to make repairs to the weather-proof membrane on one of their modules as the buildings convoy to Greensburg. The building is being sold to a nonprofit in Greensburg to serve as a model of sustainable building and as an art center for the community.

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photo by: Jonathan Kealing

A Studio 804 student tries to nail down the water proof membrane that came loose while the group drove from Lawrence to Greensburg Monday, March 17, 2007

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photo by: Jonathan Kealing

KU student Zack Arndt, Chesterfield, Mo., graduate student, and his classmates in Studio 804 prepare their building for transport to Greensburg.

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