Shelter Location
The Weather shelter
is located between the two entrances
to the park, north-east of the big shade tree. There were several spots
in the park that were favored for various reasons over the final chosen
location. However, constraints dealing with underground utilities
removed many of these from our list of options. The selected site offers
a great vantage point to observe dogs from most park areas without
obstruction issues. It also minimizes the amount of asphalt required for
ADA access, reduces snow removal requirements during winter months, and
provides excellent protection from the prevailing west-winds. Construction Snapshots
The Ground Breaking Event
for our Dog Park Weather Shelter occurred Saturday, May 22, 10 am. The gravel base for the concrete
was installed June 8th.
The concrete pour occurred on June 14. The WSU class officially ended June 18th,
but the students agreed to continue to work on it until it was
finished. Construction
work on the building started June
21—allowing the concrete to cure for seven days first.
The weather shelter was completed July 10, 2010.
 The idea of a weather shelter is formed, 2007 Weather Shelter final design approval, April 14, 11:30am
 Digging the foundation May
22, 11am 
Digging the Weather Shelter Foundation
May 22, 1pm
Setting all thread & pouring
concrete in footings May 31, 5pm
Spreading the gravel for the foundation
June 8, 5pm
Concrete pour June 14, 4:15pm
Weather Shelter assembly
continues, June 21, 5pm Weather Shelter assembly
continues, June 28, 7pm Weather Shelter
Construction Status, July 1, 7pm Weather Shelter
Construction Status, July 5, 5:30pm Weather Shelter, July 7,
8:30pm Weather Shelter, July 10,
8:30pm Project Timeline
- April 14, 2010 Friends of the Dog Park approve the Weather Shelter final design submitted by Spring 2010 WSU design/build class
- May 17 Moscow
City Council gives green light to start
construction
- May 18 WSU architecture students start work building the shelter in pieces over at WSU
- May 19 Scott walks the dog park with city staff to determine where the shelter might go given various
obstacles to be avoided
- May 20 Scott, Emily, Dan, Kari, and
Jean meet to discuss location options for the weather shelter
- May 21 Dr.
Barnstone and Scott meet at the park to confirm
dimensions and finalize location
- May 22 Friends of the Dog Park volunteers have ground breaking party. We dig 8 inches down for an area of about 25 by 14
feet. We also dig 10 holes 30 inches deep for the “footings”.
- May 25 The
city approves the post hole depth
- May 31 Scott, Paul, and
Dan pour the concrete for the footings
- June 8 Delivery of the
gravel base for the concrete
- June 10 Dan and Scott
work on the remesh, rebar, and forms in prep for the concrete pour
- June 14 Scott and Paul along with Dr. Barnstone
and his WSU 2010 summer students pour the concrete slab
- June 21 Building
pieces are moved from Pullman to Moscow and WSU students start assembling
the Weather Shelter on site
- July 7 Weather shelter complete enough for the orange fence removal
- July 10, 2010 Weather Shelter Construction Complete!
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