How would OT restore the NCM dome?

[Milton Fox]

Post up your ideals on how you would restore the dome!

I would leave the cars as they are and build a new floating floor from the perimeter. Leaving a glass portal area from which to view them. :seasix:

[carlton_fritz]

I'd pull them out and show the world that Chevrolet is hard to keep down.

[MrPeabody]

I agree, but I don't think the ground under that building is safe enough to support anything. They are going to have to look at (under) the entire museum site.

[Marc]

I'd fill the hole with some stuffed animal toys and turn it into a giant arcade game, with a crane. The cars being the big prizes. :cert:

[Datawiz]

I'd pull them out and show the world that Chevrolet is hard to keep down.

Pull them all out. Restore them to pristine condition, and create an entirely new wing on the museum dedicated to the collapse. Pictures, Videos, Rebuild process of both the building and the cars. That would make a HELL of a great improvement to the offerings. :yesnod:

I want to see videos of the building and vehicle restorations. :seasix:

[ApexOversteer]

Restore the cars, f*ck the dome. Build new building.

Stupid dome was stupid lookin' anyway.

[DukeAllen]

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[vtelvr]

I think the site needs to be revisited geological-wise, but the cars, I would say need to be pulled out, and cordoned off to be seen just as they were pulled out. The ones in good shape, well, cool. The others, just are a reminder that the collapse took place. Just my .02.

[Cybercowboy]

Three words:

Corvette Spelunking Experience

[LATB]

Hot Tub

[MrPeabody]

Move the whole operation to a western state. You'll see a whole new crowd at the cruise-ins.:D

[RED-85-Z51]

Id rebuild it, in a newer..safer part of the grounds...larger, less odd looking though. For many years i thought it was a decoration, until I got ot go inside of it.

[Shrike6]

Stabilize the site. Retrieve the cars. Affix steel girders to the rock walls and set pilings into bedrock. Fill bottom with rocks and concrete. Compact soil and build reinforced concrete floor, capable of remaining structurally intact without support from below. Rebuild the dome with glass walls for natural light.
But then, what do I know about filling holes.....

[Fasglas]

Before anything, other than recovery, happens, a thorough survey of the entire site must be completed. New construction on questionable real estate is just plain foolish.

If other suspect issues are found, IMO, a completely new facility on pre-surveyed land is the only answer. There are probably suitable areas close by.

Would this be cheap? No, but who wants to risk a recurrance? I wonder how the insurer will feel about any thoughts of rebuilding on current site. Could a rebuilt on-site structure even GET insurance?

Hmmmm...

BTW; Ditch the dome...

[DAB]

Guggenheim.

Steal an idea and build a multi level structure.

The Guggenheim was originally designed to be a parking garage by FLWright.

[Sea Six]

Caulk it and paint it.

Who's gonna know? :dunno:

[...Whitepower...]

Bowling Greens sucks.. Move the museum to the closest decent sized city. What is that Louisville??


Then as Craig said restore em with video documentation etc..

[Fasglas]

Bowling Greens sucks.. Move the museum to the closest decent sized city. What is that Louisville??


Actually, Nashville is 64 miles from BG, Louisville is 115.

No reason to relocate too far from the Corvette plant. BG is fine.

[RED-85-Z51]

Bowling Green IS Corvette

[Black94lt1]

Pull them all out. Restore them to pristine condition, and create an entirely new wing on the museum dedicated to the collapse. Pictures, Videos, Rebuild process of both the building and the cars. That would make a HELL of a great improvement to the offerings. :yesnod:

I want to see videos of the building and vehicle restorations. :seasix:

I like that idea, especially documenting the rebuild of the cars, it's great to see that GM is going to oversee that process.

[GentleBen]

I received this information this morning:

Timeline Set for Sinkhole Repair and Car Recovery
During a press conference today on Corvette Boulevard, Mike Murphy with Scott, Murphy & Daniel construction provided an update and timeline on the work to be done.

Highlights of the press conference include:
- This is very common for this area, what's not common is for a sinkhole to swallow eight Corvettes.
- It is repairable. The building foundation and structure is in good condition.
- They will be securing the sinkhole and surrounding areas to ensure that even if we have sinkholes on the property in the future it will not affect the Museum.
- It will take 2-3 weeks to stabilize and secure the area (red spire, walls of the sinkhole) then the process of vehicle recovery will begin.
- They will be making sure the sinkhole is safe and that no further damage will occur before starting vehicle recovery.
- It will take 4-6 days to retrieve the vehicles
- After that, they will replace earth and the floor system
- They have a good plan and it takes action tomorrow with no problems foreseen.

"We are confident that it will be done in time for the Museum's 20th Anniversary Celebration in August. You won't even know that this has happened," said Wendell Strode, Museum Executive Director
View the entire video of our press conference on YouTube here.

Chevrolet to Oversee Restoration of Historic Corvettes
To help the National Corvette Museum recover from the massive sink hole, Chevrolet will be overseeing restoration of the Corvettes damaged. The process will be managed by General Motors Design in Warren, Mich.
“The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the most significant in automotive history,” said Mark Reuss, executive vice president of General Motors Global Product Development. “There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built. We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them.”

The restoration will be overseen by Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design.

When the cars are recovered, they will be shipped to the Mechanical Assembly facility, a small specialty shop within GM Design, where the best restoration approach will be determined. Mechanical Assembly has been part of GM Design since the 1930s, and today maintains and restores many of the vehicles in the GM Heritage Collection and GM’s historic concept cars.

[Nemesis]

I'd take the insurance money and make improvements to the track and an A/D kart track, but that's just me.

[Fasglas]

I received this information this morning:

Timeline Set for Sinkhole Repair and Car Recovery
During a press conference today on Corvette Boulevard, Mike Murphy with Scott, Murphy & Daniel construction provided an update and timeline on the work to be done.

Highlights of the press conference include:
- This is very common for this area, what's not common is for a sinkhole to swallow eight Corvettes.
- It is repairable. The building foundation and structure is in good condition.
- They will be securing the sinkhole and surrounding areas to ensure that even if we have sinkholes on the property in the future it will not affect the Museum.
- It will take 2-3 weeks to stabilize and secure the area (red spire, walls of the sinkhole) then the process of vehicle recovery will begin.
- They will be making sure the sinkhole is safe and that no further damage will occur before starting vehicle recovery.
- It will take 4-6 days to retrieve the vehicles
- After that, they will replace earth and the floor system
- They have a good plan and it takes action tomorrow with no problems foreseen.

"We are confident that it will be done in time for the Museum's 20th Anniversary Celebration in August. You won't even know that this has happened," said Wendell Strode, Museum Executive Director.




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