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Physical Improvements Plan

SHORT-TERM

Eddon Boatyard Building Improvements

Eddon Boatyard building improvements and upgrades necessary for short and mid-term Gig Harbor BoatShop success are detailed in section 4.5 of the Historic Structures Report Eddon Boat Yard, July 2006.

Gig Harbor BoatShop personnel will be on hand during the Eddon boatyard site and building restoration project to ensure that final upgrades are historically accurate and that restoration improvements function correctly for future GHB operation. Guy Hoppen and designated Program Director/Yard Manager Steve Helgeson have the institutional memory of Eddon Boatyard's historic look and operation. GHB will, as closely as is practical, adhere to the historic lay-out and the function of the boatyard during the Glein Boat Company and Eddon Boat Company periods.

Restoration projects identified as priorities for short-term GHB programming are:

  • Fire Sprinkler System
  • General Building Electrical Upgrade
  • Restore Commercial Storefront
  • Entrance Bridge Improvements
  • Renovate Store
  • General Building Structural Issues
  • Misc. Loft Improvements
  • HVAC/Domestic Hot Water
  • Steam Box
  • North Side Foundation Repairs
  • Misc. Restoration of Joiner Shop and Office Renovations
  • Dust Collection System
  • Compressed Air System

MID-TERM SITE and BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS

Marine Railways and Dock/Float

The Gig Harbor BoatShop anticipates that the complete list of restoration projects contained in the Historic Structures Report will be completed or in progress (depending on funding availability) by the close of the short-term period or early in the mid-term period. Restoration of both marine railways and of the dock/float system, neither of which are line itmes on page 95 of the HSR, are the primary mid-term period restoration projects. Both are critically important to the Gig Harbor BoatShop's long-term success. Accurate GHB interpretation of the Eddon Boatyard for the public and financial success of Gig Harbor BoatShop programming, in the long-term, rely on the use of the marine railways and of the dock/float system. GHB continues to confer with Anchor Environmental, KPFF Consulting Engineers, and Bud Whitaker, engineering consultant for the City of Gig Harbor, to help clarify the practical requirements for the future use of the marine railways and dock/float system.