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The first wall panel
Today, workers from H&S Construction installed the first wall panels on the National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital. The pre-engineered steel panels are being hung horizontally, in a pattern reminiscent of traditional “clapboard” siding. The galvanized panels will weather into a shade similar to “Cape Cod Gray.” Most importantly, these walls will provide […]
We have doors!
Some of the construction work is wonderfully loud. Our building shakes as heavy equipment pours concrete, dumps fill, drills through concrete, and places beams. The air echoes with the rumble of trucks and cranes and backhoes. Whenever we hear a particularly intriguing construction sound, we race outside to check out the progress. It’s an exciting […]
Mermaid Ball a Great Success!
NMLC Scores Fundraising Triumph with Mermaid Ball! Donors Flock to Signature Event Despite Economic Headwind and Set Fundraising Record. The 2009 Mermaid Ball at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Friday night, August 7th, set a fundraising event record for the National Marine Life Center. I suspect I’m not breaking headline news when I note that […]
Register Now for the Douglas J. Fletcher Memorial Golf Tournament!
Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual Douglas J. Fletcher Memorial Golf Tournament to be held on Thursday, September 17th at the Brookside Club in Bourne. 8:00 am shotgun start. Sponsored by Convention Data Services (a company Doug founded), all tournament proceeds will benefit the National Marine Life Center (a cause near and dear […]
Catching Joy
“Catching Joy is fun. Catching Joy is simple. Catching Joy is important. Catching Joy is necessary. Catching Joy is good. Catching Joy brings joy to the recipients. Catching Joy brings double the joy to the givers. Catching Joy starts with children. Catching Joy is contagious.” ~ Joy Olaes Surprenant, Founder & President Catching Joy is […]
Rising Steel
With the Cape Cod Canal railroad bridge standing sentry, the steel building that will make up NMLC’s rehab center gradually claims its own place along Buzzards Bay’s landscape. This is the final week that construction enthusiasts will be able to see “right through” the rapidly forming hospital building, because the insulating walls and metal and […]
Knit one, purlin two.
We’re learning a whole new vocabulary as the building rises…. A “column” is a primary, vertical beam. A “girder” is a support beam. A “girt” is a horizontal structure in a wall. A “joist” is a horizontal structure that supports a ceiling, roof, or floor. And a “purlin” is a horizontal structure in a roof. […]
You’re not the only one waiting for this building to open!
Thanks to the creative juices of Joe Higgins and Rattle Marketing, a new sign graces the front of our hospital construction project. The sign features a photo of an endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle racing for its ocean home after having been rehabilitated, and cosestudi‘s conceptual design of NMLC’s new marine animal hospital. One can […]
Girl Scouts Save the World – one aluminum can at a time
Four Girl Scouts from Troop 81602 decided to save the world – one aluminum can at a time – by holding a bottle and can drive at the National Marine Life Center. The scouts set up the event, accepted bottles and cans, and sorted the donations for easy transport to the redemption center. According to […]
Diamondback Terrapin Release!!
The National Marine Life Center released four headstart Diamondback Terrapins at Turtle Point, Lieutenant Island, Wellfleet, MA. The tiny turtles weighed only 5.5 grams when they were brought to NMLC last October, after having hatched too late in the season to survive the winter in the wild. Now an average of 56 grams – a […]