Builder

We are recruiting a master builder to test and demonstrate the usability of GVCS tools in the construction of state-of-art housing and other infrastructure at Factor e Farm.

We are particularly interested in those people with diversified experience set. Experience in standard construction techniques is a baseline, but should be complemented with quick learning ability of nonstandard and natural building techniques. Basic familiarity with equipment maintenance, repair, torching and welding is also desirable. Construction management skills are a plus.

The builder is required to document progress openly with a daily log and vlog on the wiki (see Marcin Log for an example) using an automatic upload platform such as an Android smart phone.

=Overall Duties=

Long term goals for the construction aspect of the GVCS includes ability to:


 * Build a limestone firing kiln to produce hydrated lime.
 * Demonstrate optimized CEB construction technique workflow for on-demand housing construction.
 * Demonstrate state of art rainwater catchment using ozonation as key component of purification process
 * Demonstrate greenwood gasification process at 98% efficiency for combined heat power purposes
 * Demonstrate green roofs as an effective eco-roofing technique
 * Include solar concentrator as part of combined heat and power system at under $1 per peak watt installed cost
 * Demonstrate 50 kW wind turbine with open source tower technology
 * Demonstrate arched, timbrel vault, Nubian vault, and corbeled arch construction for earthen roofs
 * Demonstrate septic fertigation technique for wastewater treatment, and rooftop/well hybrid for freshwater
 * Demonstrate open source well rig, open source cement mixer, and open source rebar production
 * Demonstrate super-insulated homes with bioplastic glazing from onsite resources, including glass block from cullet
 * Demonstrate biomass pellet-fueled construction machinery
 * Demonstrate construction material costs at $1 per square foot by using $13k of equipment (starting from metal melting):
 * $2k bulldozer
 * $2k for two tractors/skid loaders
 * $1k CEB press
 * $1k sawmill
 * $500 cement mixer
 * $500 limestone kiln
 * $2k bioplastic extruder
 * $1k well rig
 * $500 soil pulverizer
 * $500 trencher
 * $1k wind turbine
 * $1k solar concentrator