FHD 2022 Week 3 - 4
Installation time in Tennessee! Here are the highlights…
Time for a road trip.
During Week 3 we finished loading the trucks and headed for the Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum in Harrogate Tennessee.
![Lincoln Memorial Museum](Lincoln-Memorial-Museum.jpg)
on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University
The task was installing 26 of our Upland Showcases into the newly remodeled space.
![Upland Lincoln Showcases at LMM](Upland-Lincoln-Showcase-at-LMM.jpg)
![Upland Lincoln Showcase Upland-showcase-panorama](Upland-showcase-panorama.jpg)
lots of case frameworks bolted together and awaiting glass...
![Upland Lincoln Showcase installation](Upland-Linoln-Showcase-installation.jpg)
...and even more cases...
The installation went very well, but it was hard work.
We couldn’t have done it without Brad & his crew. They moved over 60,000 lbs of steel, glass, and MDF to the second story of the building in one day, without any equipment or elevators.
![installing Upland Lincoln Showcases](Installing-Upland-Lincoln-Showcases.jpg)
With the components in place, assembly could begin.
![Upland Lincoln Case door assembly](Upland-Lincoln-case-door-assembly.jpg)
Case frameworks were bolted together.
![bolting Upland Lincoln Showcase frames together](bolting-Upland-Lincoln-Showcase-frames-together.jpg)
Then moved into place and adjusted to be perfectly level and plumb.
![leveling Upland Lincoln Showcase frames](Leveling-Upland-Lincoln-Showcase-frames.jpg)
Glass was installed.
![installing Upland Lincoln Showcase glass](Installing-Upland-Lincoln-Showcase-glass.jpg)
Then the trim, locks, and lighting.
![installing showcase locks](installing-showcase-locks.jpg)
And apparently they even found time to goof off, just a bit.
![Brad and Co. in case](brad-and-co-in-case.jpg)
I’m very proud of the work the team did, and will share more photos of the products themselves at a later date. These display cases are going to be a great addition to the Upland line.
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But by the end of Week 4, it was back to the Kansas workshop to start in on the next project. There is no time to waste given our workload!!
![Upland team project planning](Upland-team-project-planning.jpg)
![news exhibit design prototype](news-exhibit-design-prototype.jpg)
One other note from the week–Graham found a little extra time to create a portfolio page for a recent project we hadn’t gotten around to promoting much yet, the M.T. Liggett visitor center.
I’ve gotten some comments recently that the newsletter has been a little too focused on production lately. So here’s a chance to read a bit more about the design process from a recent project. Check it out: /work/mt-liggett/
![Liggett portfolio page snippet](liggett-portfolio-page-snippet.png)
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