Comments on: Help Save Hangar One, Moffet Field’s Giant Airship Hangar http://laughingsquid.com/help-save-hangar-one-moffet-fields-giant-airship-hangar/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:11:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: L Ellis http://laughingsquid.com/help-save-hangar-one-moffet-fields-giant-airship-hangar/comment-page-1/#comment-312697 L Ellis Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:28:13 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/help-save-hangar-one-moffet-fields-giant-airship-hangar/#comment-312697 Please look at this article published in the Mountain View Voice about the fabric alternative to save the Hangar presented by Linda Ellis (my spouse) a Mountain View Architect. Article http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=2930 Presentation http://www.nuqu.org/20070512/248/ This approach has been endorsed the by Save Hangar One Committee, the most active local organization trying to save the Hangar. The costs for saving the hangar fall into 3 buckets. 1. Navy Remediation of Toxic Waste • Removal of the skin containing the PCBs and Lead -or- • Continue removing the entire structure after the skin is removed 2. Returning the Hangar to reuse by Re-Skinning • Fabric Skin & Installation $12 Million Estimate, with a 30 year warranty without maintenance. • Building code upgrades to return building to Hangar reuse as Hangar (unknown but likely nominal). 3. Alternative use Hangar for other undetermined purposes • This could include offices, museum, sports facility, etc and could require more dollars to meet other building code requirements beyond the historical and original design use of the building as Hangar. The building footprint is 8.5 acres with a recovering estimate of $12 Million + dollars and would 1. Save one of the most important historical landmark in Silicon Valley 2. Be the most green approach since it returns 50% less to waste to the environment 3. Be the most economically sound solution since building an 8.5 acres structure for $12 million dollars in today’s dollars is impossible. Please look at this article published in the Mountain View Voice about the fabric alternative to save the Hangar presented by Linda Ellis (my spouse) a Mountain View Architect.

Article
http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=2930

Presentation
http://www.nuqu.org/20070512/248/

This approach has been endorsed the by Save Hangar One Committee, the most active local organization trying to save the Hangar.

The costs for saving the hangar fall into 3 buckets.

1. Navy Remediation of Toxic Waste
• Removal of the skin containing the PCBs and Lead
-or-
• Continue removing the entire structure after the skin is removed

2. Returning the Hangar to reuse by Re-Skinning
• Fabric Skin & Installation $12 Million Estimate, with a 30 year warranty without maintenance.
• Building code upgrades to return building to Hangar reuse as Hangar (unknown but likely nominal).

3. Alternative use Hangar for other undetermined purposes
• This could include offices, museum, sports facility, etc and could require more dollars to meet other building code requirements beyond the historical and original design use of the building as Hangar.

The building footprint is 8.5 acres with a recovering estimate of $12 Million + dollars and would
1. Save one of the most important historical landmark in Silicon Valley
2. Be the most green approach since it returns 50% less to waste to the environment
3. Be the most economically sound solution since building an 8.5 acres structure for $12 million dollars in today’s dollars is impossible.

]]> By: Patrick Wang http://laughingsquid.com/help-save-hangar-one-moffet-fields-giant-airship-hangar/comment-page-1/#comment-312519 Patrick Wang Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:47:32 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/help-save-hangar-one-moffet-fields-giant-airship-hangar/#comment-312519 I think the Hangar One distillery should put up the cash to save it and rename it... Hanger One, of course. Turning it into a tasting room like the one in Alameda would be awesome! I think the Hangar One distillery should put up the cash to save it and rename it… Hanger One, of course. Turning it into a tasting room like the one in Alameda would be awesome!

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