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HOOVER DAM VISITOR CENTER

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Exhibit Design Production Reference Document

APRIL 12, 2022

Solicitation No. 140R3022R0014

Attachment No. 3D - Pages 371 - 431

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Contents

3.1.1 PASSAGEWAY – SURVEYOR’S HAT

3.1.1 PASSAGEWAY – CANTEEN

4.1.3 DESIGN AND ENGINEERING – DRAFTING EQUIPMENT

4.1.3 DESIGN AND ENGINEERING – PINNED UP ELEMENTS

4.2.2 CONCRETE POUR – SHOVELS

4.2.2 CONCRETE POUR – GLOVES, SHIRTS

4.2.6 A DAY ON THE JOB – WATER BAGS

4.2.6 A DAY ON THE JOB – WORKER SHIRT

4.2.6 A DAY ON THE JOB – AUDIO RECEIVER

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – FOOD

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – TIN CUPS

4.3.1 RAGTOWN –TABLE LEG CANS

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – TABLE

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – KEROSENE STOVE

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – POTS AND PANS

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – KEROSENE LANTERN

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – LAUNDRY

4.3.1 RAGTOWN – KID’S TOY

5.2.2 WATER MANAGEMENT – INSULATORS AND TOWER

5.3.1 EXIT CASE – HOOVER DAM MEMORABILIA

Note: Images used within this report are drawn from various public and web sources, and are unlicensed. They are for internal reference only.

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3.1.1 Passageway – Surveyor’s hat

Key Message

Surveying and engineering tasks were supported by hard, physical labor as construction ramped up.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors peer into a case full of tools and equipment surveyors used to map out the canyons. Amongst artifacts and other props is a typical hat a surveyor would have worn in the time.

Type Era and task appropriate hat

Components • Prop hat

Details • Era appropriate, resembling the style pictured

Accessibility Considerations

Like other items in the case, the prop hat will be audio described

Exhibit Context Reference Images

IN THE CASE

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3.1.1 Passageway – Canteen

Reference ImagesExhibit ContextKey Message

Surveying and engineering tasks were supported by hard, physical labor as construction ramped up.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors peer into a case full of tools and equipment surveyors used to map out the canyons. Amongst artifacts and other props is a water canteen.

Type Era water canteen

Components • Canteen and strap

Details • Era appropriate, resembling the style pictured

Accessibility Considerations

Like other items in the case, the canteen will be audio described

IN THE CASE

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4.1.3 Design and Engineering – Drafting Equipment

Reference ImagesExhibit ContextKey Message

Designing and planning the construction of the Dam was a feat in itself.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors step into a small alcove to encounter a drafting table and equipment.

Accurate to an engineers office of the era, the table top has rulers, pens, pages lying around, and notes pinned to the wall. The real props integrate with the projection onto the drafting table, blurring the line between digital content and real tools. The digital drawings animate themselves, and visualize the work engineers completed to design the Hoover Dam.

Type Table Top Drafting Equipment

Components • Pens, pencils

• Slide rule

• T-Square

• Pieces of a drafting set

Details • All elements secured and immovable on the table

• Position and placement has to accommodate the projection mapped surface, see Digital Media Production details in Section 03 02

• Integrated to look natural, the tools and pages left as if the draftsman just left to refill his coffee

• Items part of a Replicated Environment, see Section 06 02

Accessibility Considerations

Like other items these props will be audio described.

They are also tactile and support the thematic setting.

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4.1.3 Design and Engineering – Pinned Up Elements

Reference ImagesExhibit ContextKey Message

Designing and planning the construction of the Dam was a feat in itself.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors step into a small alcove to encounter a drafting table and equipment.

Accurate to an engineers office of the era, the table top has rulers, pens, pages lying around, and notes pinned to the wall. The real props integrate with the projection onto the drafting table, blurring the line between digital content and real tools. The digital drawings animate themselves, and visualize the work engineers completed to design the Hoover Dam.

Type Pinned Up Wall Elements

Components • Calendar for the 1930s

• Pinned up photos from the surveying trip

• A handwritten note

Details • All elements secured and immovable

• These elements are on the shorter, right hand side wall, not included in the Digital Media Production/not part of the projection mapped surfaces

• Integrated to look natural, part of a working environment

• Items part of a Replicated Environment, see Section 06 02

Accessibility Considerations

Like other items these props will be audio described.

They are also tactile and support the thematic setting.

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4.2.2 Concrete Pour – Shovels

Key Message

At peak production, 1100 buckets of concrete were poured a day.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors are invited to step into another construction scene, just as they had at the Prepping the Site area. Shovels embedded into the concrete at various angles add a sense of dynamism to a moment that seems paused in time, with concrete about to dump from the bucket above.

Type Four shovels secured into faux concrete. Three are existing props from the previous exhibit, though they may need to be assessed for strength and durability

Components • Shovels

• Faux concrete to secure them into the floor

Details • Era appropriate, resembling the equipment they used on the Dam

• Shovels should match, if a new shovel that looks like the existing ones cannot be found, all must be replaced

• Must be secured by the faux concrete into the floor

• Assess the condition of the existing, refurbish, strengthen, replace as necessary

• Will be touched and posed with by visitors, must be durable

Accessibility Considerations

Faux cement on the floor will need to allow for access by wheel chaired visitors

Existing Props

Reference Images

Props in Exhibit Redesign

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4.2.2 Concrete Pour – Gloves, Shirts

Key Message

At peak production, 1100 buckets of concrete were poured a day.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors are invited to step into another construction scene, just as they had at the Prepping the Site area. Shovels, gloves, and other equipment embedded into the scene add a sense of dynamism to a moment that seems paused in time, with concrete about to dump from the bucket above.

Type Worker shirts and gloves

Components • Worker shirts and gloves laid across planking

Details • Era appropriate, resembling the equipment they used on the Dam

• Must be secured into the environment

• Will be touched and posed with by visitors, must be durable

Accessibility Considerations

Faux cement on the floor will need allow for access by wheel chaired visitors. Like other items these props will be audio described. They are also tactile and support the thematic setting.

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4.2.6 A Day on the Job – Water Bags

Key Message

Desert heat made for really hard working conditions for laborers.

Visitor Experience Description

As visitors peer up into the scaffolding above their heads, small details catch their eye and add a sense of authenticity to what they see. Water bags lean against the side of a railing, half empty as if workers have been using them to try and stay hydrated.

Type Two prop water bags sitting on top of scaffolding

Components • Water bags

Details • Era appropriate, resembling the water bags used on the site of the Dam

• Will be out of reach from visitors but must be secured to the scaffolding

• Look like it was left by a worker

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the audio description

Reference ImagesExhibit Context

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4.2.6 A Day on the Job – Worker Shirt

Key Message

Conditions could be tough, dirty, and hot for the laborers.

Visitor Experience Description

As visitors peer up into the scaffolding above their heads, small details catch their eye and add a sense of authenticity to what they see. Draped over the railing is a worker’s shirt, dirty from the day’s work.

Type Prop worker shirt

Components • Worn looking button down

Details • Worn looking

• Dirty from work

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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Key Message

Any day on the job at Hoover was a tough day, and workers had stories to prove it.

Visitor Experience Description

Visitors encounter a two-sided display of unique Six Companies worker tags.

Here, visitors can listen to one of eight personal stories about working on the dam, getting the inside scoop from the builders themselves. Visitors pick up a vintage audio receiver and listen to the stories as they are cycled through.

Type Four audio receivers, 2 on each side, integrated with hardware specified for the exhibit

Size L X” W X” H X”

Components • Audio receivers

Details • Era appropriate, 1930s

• Integrated with audio equipment specified for the audio station

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the audio description. One of the handsets will include induction hardware.

Reference ImagesExhibit Context

4.2.6 A Day on the Job – Audio Receiver

AUDIO RECEIVERS

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Food

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. Food is stacked in the pantry with some old, beat-up looking cookware, bowls, and cups.

Type At least a dozen vintage cans of food and pantry staples

Components • Misc cans of food

• Bag of rice

• Raisins

• Box of cornflakes

• Cans of sardines

Details • Era appropriate, 1930s food

• Mildly scuffed, a few dented in places, imperfect

• Should not look new

• Secured to the shelf, immovable

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Tin Cups

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. On the table are a few tin cups. Visitors see the audio chords coming out of them and pick them up to hear audio quotes.

Type Four tin cups retrofitted with the specified audio equipment

Components • Tin cups (x4)

• A base to sit on/return the cup to

Details • Era appropriate 1930s cups

• A little battered and dented

• Mildly tarnished

• Coordinated with the electronic hardware

Accessibility Considerations

Tin cup and base located within reach range of a wheel chair visitor

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4.3.1 Ragtown –Table Leg Cans

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. The table legs are placed in small cans filled with water with a few ants painted on the sides of the cans.

Type Four vintage cans filled with resin “water” around each table leg

Components • Vintage cans, opened and emptied of food

• Filled with resin “water”

• Painted or plastic ants fixed onto the outside wall of the can

Details • To reflect one of the audio stories “The ants were absolutely our worst problem—the heat and the ants. We had a little card table we used, and you had to put the legs in a little can of water or the ants would beat you to the food.”

• Secured and immovable

• Line of ants along the floor (a dozen or so)

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Table

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. A modest table, the largest piece of furniture in the space, is old and worn down.

Type Vintage wooden table

Components • Vintage (possibly homemade) table, small enough to fit the space

Details • Weathered and old table

• Any stain or finish is scratched and faded

• Chipped and dinged in a few places

• 1930s style / era appropriate construction

• Will be retrofitted to accommodate the audio story transcript cards (see Drawing Set and Section 02 03 Graphics)

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Kerosene Stove

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. Without electricity or city infrastructure, families used kerosene stoves to cook.

Type Vintage kerosene stove

Components • Vintage, era appropriate (1930s) kerosene stove

Details • Dusty and dirty

• Visibly used with marks, rust, and grime

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Pots and Pans

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. A pot and pan make up the sparse kitchen equipment.

Type A pot and a pan

Components • Vintage cast aluminum pot and pan

• One sits on the kerosene stove (secured and immovable)

• The other hangs on the wall by a hook (also secured)

Details • Patina on the metal

• Era appropriate style

• Dinged, scratched, and well used

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Kerosene Lantern

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. Without electricity in their homes, families relied on kerosene lanterns for light.

Type Kerosene lantern

Components • Vintage, era appropriate kerosene lantern, suspended from the ceiling

Details • A hidden bulb/LEDs create a flickering light that mimics a flame, will be specified in the lighting hardware, requires close coordination

• Refer to Section 04 00 Luminaires Schedule

• Secured and immovable, out of reach from visitors

• Well used and old

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Laundry

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. Laundry hanging to dry outside shows the few clothes the family owned.

Type Various pieces of clothing, hung from the line to dry

Components • Worker shirts

• Men’s tank tops

• Kid’s clothing

• Women’s dress and aprons

Details • All clothing is old and worn with stains and holes

• Wrinkled and scrunched up on the line

• Era-appropriate styles

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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4.3.1 Ragtown – Kid’s Toy

Key Message

While the construction itself was challenging, workers and their families also struggled while living in “Ragtown”.

Visitor Experience Description

Stepping into a tent-home, visitors look around and get hints of what life was like living in Ragtown. A battered kid's rag-doll shows how children also lived in these makeshift shelters.

Type Beaten and battered rag doll toy

Components • Rag Doll

Details • Vintage (from the era - 1930s)

• Old, ratty, battered, well worn

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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5.2.2 Water Management – Insulators and Tower

Key Message

Hoover Dam balances water needs with power production.

Visitor Experience Description

From the top of a case, bushings and equipment extend into the ceiling. Visitors can walk underneath to see a cut out person doing maintenance on them.

Type Four large wires with bushings

Components • Electrical bushings set up similar to the real Hoover Dam equipment

• Vertical tower section

Details • Modern and realistic set up

Accessibility Considerations

Described as part of the theming of the area in the

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5.3.1 Exit Case – Hoover Dam Memorabilia

Key Message

The public has been awed and fascinated by the Hoover Dam since it's construction. From tourism to pop-culture references, the Dam has become iconic world wide.

Visitor Experience Description

As visitors exit the gallery, they see a case filled to the brim with memorabilia.

Souvenir plates, t-shirts, ashtrays, mugs, and all sorts of items are arraigned amongst vintage photographs through the decades, and movie / tv stills of scenes.

Type Memorabilia and pop-culture references

Components All sorts of items may be acquired with the allocated budget including:

• Mugs

• Plates and ash trays

• T-shirts

• Posters / post cards

• Books

• Hats... etc

• See Specialty Constructions Image Schedule for movie stills and other printed materials

Details • A beautiful explosion of Hoover Dam references

Accessibility Considerations

Items described as part of the audio description

06 07 Themed Signage

Contents

3.1.1-1 GETTING TO WORK

3.1.1-3 NO ADMITTANCE

3.1.1-4 WATCH YOUR STEP

4.1.0-1 BUILDING A GIANT

4.1.1-1 SIX COMPANIES INC

4.1.1-10 A,B FIRST AID SIGN

4.1.1-11 A,B KEEP OUT SIGN

4.1.1-12 A,B DANGER BLASTING SIGN

4.1.1-13 A,B FALLING ROCKS SIGN

4.1.1-14 A,B KEEP OUT. THIS MEANS YOU

4.1.4-7 CONCRETE BLOCK STAMP FRONT

4.1.4-8 CONCRETE BLOCK STAMP BACK

Note: Images used within this report are drawn from various public and web sources, and are unlicensed. They are for internal reference only.

4.1.5-1 DESIGNING AN AMERICAN LANDMARK

4.2.0-1 JOIN THE CREW

4.2.1-2 DRILLING DOWN TO BEDROCK

4.2.2-2 1,100 BUCKETS A DAY

4.2.6-1 HARD AT WORK

4.2.8-1 HOOVER DAM ON THE RISE

4.3.0-1 FROM SHACKS TO CUL DE SACS

4.3.1-1 LIVING ON THE EDGE

4.3.1-2 RAGTOWN SIGN

5.2.0-1 POWERHOUSE OF THE WEST

5.2.1-4 HIGH VOLTAGE

5.2.3-1 WATER IS POWER

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3.1.1-1 Getting to Work

Description of the sign

Function Sub-area header

Location Rockwork at Passageway entry

Copy Getting to work

Overall size 28” x 11”

Letter height 4” letters

Details • White and brush painted over rockwork

Mock-up for intent

Reference Location

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3.1.1-3 No admittance

Function Prop sign

Location On the door to electrical room

Copy Positively No admittance This means you

Size 24” x 15”

Details • Finished to look like weathered wood planking

• Hand-painted letters

• White background, black letters

• Sign nailed to the door

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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3.1.1-4 Watch your step

Function Prop sign

Location Overhead beam at the Passageway exit

Copy Watch your step

Letter height 5” letters Approximate length 48”

Details • White and brush painted on the wooden beam

• Weathered

Mock-up for intent

Reference Location

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4.1.0-1 Building a Giant

Function Area header

Location Suspended from the ceiling in front of the Diversion Tunnel mural

Copy Building a Giant

Letter height 20” Letters

Details • Custom letters fabricated out of steel rebar

• Letter style to match font used in the mock-up

• Attached to steel grid

• Suspended from the deck above with stainless steel aircraft cable

• Painted color TBD

Mock-up for intent

1/2” GRID, FINISHED IN MATTE BLACK

WELDED LETTER OUT OF 1 1/2” REBAR

Reference Location

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Location

Function Sub-area header

Location Above the window on the facade of the Six Companies building

Copy Six Companies, Inc.

Letter height 7” letters Approximate length 58”

Details • Hand-painted

• Color TBD - to contrast siding

Reference

4.1.1-1 Six Companies Inc

Mock-up for intent

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Function Prop sign

Location Above Six Companies building

Copy First Aid Hospital

Size 48” x 32” Double-sided

Details • Minimum 3/4” thick board

• Finished to look like weathered wood planking

• Hand-painted letters

• White background, black letters

• Suspended from the ceiling using matte back steel cable

4.1.1-10 a,b First Aid Sign

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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Location Above Six Companies building

Copy This Man Did Not Believe In “Keep Out” Signs Do You?

Size 54” x 40” Double-sided

Details • Minimum 3/4” thick board

• Finished to look like weathered wood planking

• Hand-painted letters

• White background, black letters

• Suspended from the ceiling using matte back steel cable

4.1.1-11 a,b Keep Out Sign

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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Location Above Six Companies building

Copy Stop Danger Blusting

Size 59” x 22” Double-sided

Details • Minimum 3/4” thick board

• Finished to look like weathered wood planking

• Hand-painted letters

• White background, black letters

• Suspended from the ceiling using matte back steel cable

4.1.1-12 a,b Danger Blasting Sign

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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Location Above Six Companies building

Copy Warning Look out for falling rocks

Size 72” x 34” Double-sided

Details • Minimum 3/4” thick board

• Finished to look like weathered wood planking

• Hand-painted letters

• White background, black letters

• Suspended from the ceiling using matte back steel cable

4.1.1-13 a,b Falling Rocks Sign

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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4.1.1-14 a,b Keep Out. This means you

Function Prop sign

Location Above Six Companies building

Copy Keep out This means you

Size 68” x 24” Double-sided

Details • Minimum 3/4” thick board

• Finished to look like weathered wood planking

• Hand-painted letters

• White background, black letters

• Suspended from the ceiling using matte back steel cable

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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4.1.4-7 Concrete Block Stamp front

Function Themed graphic

Location Cubic yard model

Copy One cubic yard

Size 36” x 36”

Details • Stamped into the side of the concrete block

• Min 1/2” depth

Reference

Mock-up for intent

Location

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4.1.4-8 Concrete Block Stamp back

Function Themed graphic

Location Cubic yard model

Copy 6.36 Million Cubic Yards In The Dam

Size 36” x 36”

Details • Stamped into the side of the concrete block

• Min 1/2” depth

Reference

Mock-up for intent

LocationLocation

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Function Sub-area header

Location On top of the 4.1.5-3 Design Elements graphic

Copy Designing an American Landmark

Overall Size 83” x 4”

Letter height 4”

Details • Brushed brass letters

• Letters 1/4” thick

• Set on brass railings 3/8” height x 1/4” thick

• Spacer mounted 1” off the wall

• Mounted to curved surface

Reference

4.1.5-1 Designing an American Landmark

D E S I G N I N G A N A M E R I C A N L A N D M A R K

Mock-up for intent

Location

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4.2.0-1 Join the Crew

Function Area header

Location Suspended from the ceiling in front of the rockwork in High scalers area

Copy Join the crew

Letter height 20” Letters

Details • Custom letters fabricated out of steel rebar

• Letter style to match font used in the mock-up

• Attached to steel grid

• Suspended from the deck above with stainless steel aircraft cable

• Weathered and rusted

Mock-up for intent

1/2” GRID, FINISHED IN MATTE BLACK

WELDED LETTER OUT OF 1 1/2” REBAR

Reference Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Location Suspended from the ceiling in front of the in High scalers mural

Copy Drilling Down to Bedrock

Size 36” x 10”

Details • Hand painted on the wooden separation wall

• Color TBD - to contrast wooden plank

Reference

4.2.1-2 Drilling Down to Bedrock

Mock-up for intent

Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Location On the faux concrete floor in front of the concrete bucket

Copy 1,100 Buckets a Day

Size 80” x 7.5”

Details • Letters appear to be pressed into wet concrete

• Depth TBD based on faux concrete thickness

Reference

4.2.2-2 1,100 Buckets a Day

Mock-up for intent

Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Location Above workers tag board

Copy Hard at work

Letter height 5” letters Approximate length 58”

Details • Hand-painted over scaffolding

• White paint

• Color TBD - to contrast scaffolding

4.2.6-1 Hard at Work

Mock-up for intent

Reference Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Location Attached to the dam wall elevator riser

Copy Hoover Dam on the Rise

Size 24” x 18”

Details • Raised letters and border brushed finish

• Black background

• Faux or real cast bronze plaque

• Flash mounted with hidden fasteners

Reference

4.2.8-1 Hoover Dam on the Rise

Mock-up for intent

Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Function Area header

Location Suspended from the ceiling above Ragtown/ Boulder City

Copy From Shacks to Cul de Sacs

Letter height 20” Letters

Details • Custom letters fabricated out of steel rebar

• Letter style to match font used in the mock-up

• Attached to steel grid

• Suspended from the deck above with stainless steel aircraft cable

• Welded letter out of 1 1/2” rebar

• 1/2” grid, finished in matte black

4.3.0-1 From Shacks to Cul de Sacs

Mock-up for intent

Reference Location

WEATHERED AND RUSTED

PAINTED WHITE

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Location Ragtown wall

Copy Living on the Edge

Size 24” x 36”

Details • Weather cardboard / used box split open

• Printed letters

• Fold lines

• Attached to the wall with rusty staples

• Faded text texture

Reference

4.3.1-1 Living on the Edge

Mock-up for intent

Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Function Themed graphic

Copy Living on the Edge

Size 18” x 4”

Details • Hand-painted over wooden corner bracing

• Color TBD - to contrast wooden board

Reference

4.3.1-2 Ragtown sign

Mock-up for intent

Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

5.2.0-1 Powerhouse of the West

Function Area header

Location Suspended from the ceiling in front of the Turbine hall mural

Copy Powerhouse of the West

Letter height 20” Letters

Details • Custom letters fabricated out of steel rebar

• Letter style to match font used in the mock-up

• Attached to steel grid

• Suspended from the deck above with stainless steel aircraft cable

• Welded letter out of 1 1/2” rebar

• 1/2” grid, finished in matte black

• Painted color TBD

Mock-up for intent

Reference Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Copy Danger High Voltage

Size 24” x 18”

Details • Historic enamel tin sign

• Rust around mounting holes

Reference

5.2.1-4 High Voltage

Mock-up for intent

Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

Location Above turbine model

Copy Water is Power

Overall Size 44” x 4”

Letter height 4”

Details • Brushed brass letters

• Letters 1/4” thick

• Set on brass railings 3/8” height x 1/4” thick

• Spacer mounted 1” off the wall

5.2.3-1 Water is Power

Mock-up for intent

Reference Location

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 07 PROPS AND SET DRESSING | 06 07 Themed Signage

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April 12, 2022DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS

SECTION 06 08

SCENIC MURALS

Contents

3.1.4-1 CANYON MURAL

4.1.2-1 DIVERSION TUNNEL MURAL

4.2.1-1 PREPPING THE SITE MURAL

4.2.2-1 CONCRETE POUR MURAL

5.2.1-1 TURBINE MURAL

Note: Images used within this report are drawn from various public and web sources, and are unlicensed. They are for internal reference only.

06 08 Scenic Murals

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS | 06 08 Scenic Murals

Mural Approach Used as the backdrop to various section of the exhibit, the murals will be a continuation of the exhibit scene. They work to immerse visitors into the different settings, contributing to the sense of place and time already conveyed through the exhibits, props, and other set-dressing. Refer to the Design Drawings and Text-Graphics Document for overview renderings of murals in context with the exhibits.

Color and Realism

The murals will be in full color and realistic in style. As a continuation of a scene, they need to be immersive with a high degree of detail, especially in the foreground. The foreground should work visually with the built environment through a realistic, almost photographic, attention to detail. Mid-ground and background layers can have less detail.

Scale and Perspective

While certain murals may have different perspectives like looking down the construction, or up at the canyon walls , each scene should be represented at a realistic scale to visitors for the best immersive experience. When people or objects are in the foreground of the mural, they will be life-sized, and shrink with the proper perspective as things recede into the background.

Content references

For the various details in each mural, references have been provided.

Historically accurate depiction of tools and construction details are important.

In all murals, people will also be distinct and look different from each other to best reflect the diverse workforce active during the construction of the Dam.

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3.1.4-1 Canyon Mural

Description of the Scene

Murals depicts the breathtaking height at which workers were traveling across the canyon in a Joe McGee basket.

Size 20’ x 17’

Details • Full color

• Background showing the canyon walls and riverbed way below

• The murals to create a sense of extreme height

• Workers sitting and waiting for transit in the foreground (life size scale)

• Joe McGee basket full of workers seen in the distance

• The scene is meant to parallel with the Joe

McGee vivstors are standing in – the basket on the mural would be on another cable

• Perspective: looking down at river floor

• Roads, trucks, bridge are seen below

Mock-up for intent

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3.1.4-1 Canyon Mural

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4.1.2-1 Diversion Tunnel Mural

A section of a 56’ diversion tunnel at full scale.

Size 48’ x 20’

Details • Full color

• Workers

• Trucks

• Jumbo rig inside the tunnel with workers standing on very top

• Lights

• Other details (powder cans, cables, etc.)

Mock-up for intent

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DUMP TRUCK

LAMP

SCAFFOLDINGDetails

4.1.2-1 Diversion Tunnel Mural

TRUCK

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

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4.1.2-1 Diversion Tunnel Mural

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS | 06 08 Scenic Murals

4.2.1-1 Prepping the Site Mural

Workers drilling bottom and walls of the canyon, preparing them for dam construction.

Size 23' x 17'

Details • Full color

• Mural foreground should blend with the rock work in front

• People in the foreground are life size, and smaller in the background as distance changes

• Jackhammers

• Ropes

• High-scalers swinging on wood plank chairs

Mock-up for intent

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS | 06 08 Scenic Murals

4.2.1-1 Prepping the Site Mural

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DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS | 06 08 Scenic Murals

4.2.2-1 Concrete Pour Mural

GRAPHIC IN CONTEXT

4.2.2-1 Concrete Pour Mural

Description of the Scene

Blocks of concrete are building up from right to left.

Size 47' x 17'

Details • Full color

• Mural scene should continue on the wooden frame with faux concrete in front

• Workers dumping fresh concrete

• Canoyn floor is seen in the distance - concrete blocks are “building up”

• Mural scene should blend with the faux dam wall that separates the gallery

• Mural scene shows progression of the dam construction from right to left

Mock-up for intent

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS | 06 08 Scenic Murals

4.2.2-1 Concrete Pour Mural

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION | Hoover Dam Visitor Center

DIVISION 06 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS | SECTION 06 08 SCENIC MURALS | 06 08 Scenic Murals

5.2.1-1 Turbine Mural

Mock-up for intentDescription of the Scene

Mural and the turbine model in front of it, together they create a continuous scene of the turbine hall. This mural may be photographic, with permission given to access the site and capture the correct perspective.

Size 47’ x 17’

Details • Full color

• Scene angle must align with the turbine model in front

• More people added – engineers, maintenance workers

• Time period (historic vs contemporary?)

• 8 turbines on the mural (plus 1 turbine model in front of the mural) - total of 9 generators on the Arizona wing

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5.2.1-1 Turbine Mural

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