tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64349463475133063432024-03-05T23:01:47.458+05:30Kathmandu AdventuresProject ProgressJ Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-33644721869341788142013-04-14T20:09:00.001+05:302013-04-14T20:09:57.772+05:30Ready to be OccuppiedIt is the middle of April and the residents of the building have begun moving in. Sorry but there will be no pictures of the moving in on this blog partly because this blog is to show the completed building, and partly because the move began yesterday and I have been out of the country. I will be back in time to capture most of the moving in pictures though, so that will be part of the next and final blog.<br />
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So here are the pictures of the completed building. The pictures of course can never be as good as seeing it in person, and words just can't seem to fill in the gaps. So enjoy the pictures for what they are and if you want to see more, you will have to come here to see the building in person. <br />
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Keys to the building were handed over by the general contractor on March 6, 2013.<br />
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The general contractor threw a bit of a party after the handover to celebrate the substantial completion of the building construction.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQilmBVabPM-RbIn8R4pAwfNGkOTqxmHXQQOqmRulVY74iXhZqC7th4eLvrj3QIRe8k7mw8k3P-rjQjH2cGs3ezdRZmDXaclE1ZK_aBplLvtHmbYDgJz1l-68gbwv165n2_O587Dmsyrx/s1600/615.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQilmBVabPM-RbIn8R4pAwfNGkOTqxmHXQQOqmRulVY74iXhZqC7th4eLvrj3QIRe8k7mw8k3P-rjQjH2cGs3ezdRZmDXaclE1ZK_aBplLvtHmbYDgJz1l-68gbwv165n2_O587Dmsyrx/s400/615.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />
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Some special guests at the party; My daughter and her husband - Linda stayed home due to a flu bug she caught; and Cyndi - a friend living in Kathmandu.<br />
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Below are some of the general contractor managers involved in varying aspects of the project.<br />
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Motor cycle parking area<br />
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Main entrance courtyard<br />
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Flowers have been planted in all the flower beds bringing colour and nature into an otherwise concrete and steel environment.<br />
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Offices ready for furniture and business<br />
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The main kitchen complete with brand new stainless steel furnishings. <br />
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Toilet rooms are completely ready and tested with a mix of western and eastern toilets. Each toilet room is also equipped with a shower.<br />
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J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-61544895920662702242013-03-09T09:25:00.000+05:302013-03-09T09:25:41.799+05:30Building HandoverWe are coming to the end of the work on the building. The schedule was for substantial completion by the end of February, but this schedule was extended by a few days due to nation wide political strikes. We did realize substantial completion by the March 3, and on March 4 we accepted the handover of the building into our possession.<br />
Every construction project has a list of deficiencies that need to be addressed upon completion of construction. The engineering firm and I have made a checklist of items that we feel need to be rectified. This work began in mid February, and subsequent check lists have identified issues that will be resolved between March 4 and March 29. That is the work that is going on now in the post handover period and before the owners move in.<br />
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So this post will be somewhat different than past ones as I will have few if any comments, but rather just show a series of pictures of various areas of the building in its completed stage. Enjoy the pictures, but to get a real sense of the building, its quality and beauty, you will likely have to come to Nepal and experience with your own eyes.<br />
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The guys at work somehow knew it was my birthday and brought me a cake.<br />
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Not one of toilets but just a random one I saw in Kathmandu. I call it the Princess Toilet.<br />
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Wheel Chair Western toilet<br />
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Wheel Chair Eastern Toilet<br />
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Final checks on ceiling lines and levels<br />
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<br />J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-86251898732266210262013-02-16T10:38:00.000+05:302013-02-16T16:56:41.837+05:30The Home StretchIt is commonly understood in the North American construction industry that the final 15% of the schedule produces 80% of the tension and stress, and that seems to be the case here as well. That is the part of the project we are in these days. Things are going well but every day seems to bring challenges of its own, so not much time to worry about tomorrow. That seems to have a familiar ring to it.<br />
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Pictures in this post will not show the dramatic progression of some of the past pictures but that is due to the fact that most of the progress, even though considerable, is in small chunks, small areas and mostly inside the building.<br />
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The greatest amount of outside work has been in the courtyard and the north side parking lot where the ground has been compacted and readied for the interlocking tiles or paving stones. The picture above is the courtyard, and it was smokey blue like this for about one week.<br />
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Part of preparing for the paving stones is framing in the manholes for all the effluent systems.<br />
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The paving stones in the courtyard almost completed. This was a two day process.<br />
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We were to have a tree in the courtyard. This area is to resemble a village square where people come to visit, have a cup of tea and chat about all things relevant to their lives. In the middle of most village courtyards stands a large tree known as the village tree or people's tree.<br />
We were going to have one as well but with all the pipes in the ground it seemed unwise to plant a tree whose roots would likely present problems in a few years on in time.<br />
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So the tree was removed from the courtyard and the well was built up as a
seating area for people to sit and visit. The tree is not completely
gone but rather just relocated to just outside the courtyard.<br />
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This is a view of the courtyard from the terrace level.<br />
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The stairwell flooring is of marble. Once installed the marble needs to be properly dressed. That is what these ladies are doing, and they do a very fine job of it as well. They use electric power grinders to dress the marble, and they need no help in changing blades.<br />
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Another finishing task is to dress up certain areas with plaster over the bricks and concrete.<br />
Above, the masons are finishing the flagstone cladding on a flower bed and then will plaster the top of the brick and flagstone.<br />
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To the left a mason is dressing up the courtyard rain water collection gutter to give it a smooth finish.<br />
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These masons are dressing up the top of another flower bed.<br />
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This is the east end wall of the parking lot with finishing plaster being applied. <br />
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The kitchen walls will be tiled. Chicken mesh wire is installed under the tile adhesive.<br />
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One wall of the kitchen tiled.<br />
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Installation of the kitchen exhaust hood. The hole for the fan was cut
by hand and took these guys all of a minute or two to complete. The hole
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The exhaust for the kitchen exhaust hood. </div>
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Forming of the round hand rail ends. When finished it looks great and
they do a great job at making these. There is however a considerable
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Taking shape.<br />
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The finished product being stained.</div>
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They call these guys the aluminum workers mostly because the windows are made with aluminum frames. But these guys make and install the windows. Above the final glass pieces of the multipurpose hall skylight.<br />
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Stairwell windows being installed. <br />
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The finished product.</div>
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Painting is also going on. This is one of the client rooms.<br />
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A feature wall at the top of the stairs on the first floor lobby.<br />
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Tiles installed on the terrace laundry area. The base will also be covered in tiles and the outside edge will be plastered with a smooth finish.<br />
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Washroom windows are made of glass block being installed here. <br />
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An outside view of the office area on the first floor.<br />
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And the main gate. It is now finished and being painted. Each half is four meters wide and rolls relatively easily.<br />
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We have visitors from time to time from the organization that will own and operate this facility. This was a rather special day as it was the first time they could use the wheel chair ramp. The comment at the top was 'that is a very easy climb to the top in a wheel chair'. Wheel chair ramps are rare here, and those that do exist are usually quite steep. I ended up one day pushing a person in wheel chair up and down a ramp and it was very tough because it was so steep. So we have success here as we wanted the people to feel at ease using this ramp.<br />
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The same group in the large client room.<br />
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The visit was concluded with a short time in the multipurpose hall of singing and worshiping.<br />
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J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-84773986527199757802013-01-24T21:52:00.002+05:302013-01-24T21:52:45.852+05:30The Final Push<span style="font-size: small;">It is late January and we have come to the final push. The walls are all up, the last bit of wall board is being installed and the now we need to do all the finishing work. Fixtures are being installed, false ceilings are being installed, painting is being done, floor tiles are being laid and windows are being installed. In less than two months we should have the client moved into the building.</span><br />
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The wheel chair ramp has been completed except for one more cleaning and the final coat of paint. <br />
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Primer coat on all the metal means the welds have all been properly ground flat and then filled with a metal putty to make everything very smooth.<br />
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The concrete on the deck is given a light broom finish to help reduce slipperiness, especially when wet. It will be used by wheel chair patients as well as patients with crutches.<br />
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The picture below shows the completed ramp with hand rails and guard rails installed and all painted.<br />
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Another big task now completed is the boundary wall. As mentioned in an earlier post, properties here are secured with brick boundary walls. We now have a boundary wall complete on all sides.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West portion of north boundary from gatepost to corner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final portion of north boundary wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final portion of west boundary wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North gate sections ready for sanding and priming.</td></tr>
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The stairs have been finished with marble treads and risers and baseboard.<br />
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All the walls have now been built with metal studs and insulated and covered with a product called Shera Board. It is a concrete fiber based board and is 12mm thick.<br />
Most have also been taped and crack filled complete with primer and one coat of paint.<br />
Some electrical outlets have already been installed.<br />
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The window sills, which were made of concrete on site, are installed after the shera board is in place. These are placed with concrete mortar.<br />
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We had one window made and installed as a sample for approval. It was acceptable and now we have 25% of the windows already installed.<br />
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Most doors are also installed already complete with hardware, stained and painted with a clear coating called chopra paint. It is water resistant which is important as almost all doors are on the outside of the building.<br />
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Since the walls are complete with primer and one coat of paint we were able to proceed with the drop ceiling. Most rooms now have the perimeter track in place and over half have the full grid in place. Tiles are to follow within a few days.<br />
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Some walls will require extra support for hanging things; like grab bars in toilet rooms & shelving in the kitchen. These walls were filled with a mix of sand, cement, small styrofoam balls (smaller than a pencil eraser for those who remember what they were) and water. Basically a light concrete mix. This will also help with sound and temperature insulation.<br />
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It will take at least 14 days for these walls to dry enough for finishing.<br />
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This includes the water tanks on the water tank platform at the very top of the building, and the the solar water heating system on the terrace</div>
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Note the safety harnessing on the worker. At one point there were two
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J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-89081838397961091142012-12-21T22:05:00.001+05:302012-12-21T22:23:00.921+05:30December Review and UpdateIt is now late December and Christmas is just around the corner. The crews will work straight through the Christmas season as they do not celebrate this. I will take one day off, December 25, and spend time with Linda and some friends here. We will actually have a Canadian Christmas here with a few other Canadian expats.<br />
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Progress has been steady since our return from home leave. Most of the work has been on the inside of the building and we have moved to the outside beginning work on the back filling and grading of the courtyard and boundary walls around the property. In Canada we use fences to define our property and provide us with some level of privacy. Here brick boundary walls are used for this purpose as they also provide a certain level of security. The building is coming together and looking much more like the artist's conception pictures on the original brochures.<br />
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Progress since the festival break has been significant. The wheel chair ramp decking is installed, the glass on the two top skylights has been installed, the brick wall that is both the east boundary wall and the outside wall of the wheel chair ramp on the east has been completed.<br />
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Also the south retaining wall that forms the boundary between the courtyard and the children's playground has also been constructed to the finished grade level of the courtyard.<br />
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The exterior office walls are finished with stone cladding. This
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Most inside walls will be framed with steel studs, similar to what is used in North America, just a thinner metal, then insulated with Styrofoam and clad with Shera board, a concrete fiber based board.<br />
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All brick finishes are to be finished with Surkhi Pointing and then painted with a clear silicone paint. these workers are cleaning and preparing the bricks for the surkhi pointing application. (Surkhi pointing is similar to grouting tiles but different.)<br />
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Choosing the various paint colours for the different areas. Sixteen different colour samples were chosen and painted on the stairwell wall from which the desired colours were chosen. This will be the last wall painted as this is now our approved template.<br />
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Work continues to progress on the wheel chair ramp. The outside wall of the ramp is constructed of steel framing and sheeting. (We wouldn't want people running off the edge.) Here you can see the posts, and then with the metal sheeting on the outside. The inside of the posts will also be clad in steel sheeting, and then both sides get painted to match the window frames.<br />
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The stair treads and risers are covered in marble and as of this week,
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This is the north boundary wall which creates a barrier between the road and the building. The width of this road has been disputed from the beginning and still with no final resolution to this point. We are constructing the wall in accordance with the agreed upon maximum width the road shall become so we do not need to relocate the wall in the future. We expect resolution on the matter before the end of the project which means some people along the road will need to deconstruct parts of buildings and boundary walls.<br />
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Blessings to all as you enter the Christmas season. We will end up taking just one day for Christmas here. The government does recognize Christmas as it also recognizes significant days for other faiths, for it wishes to be accommodating to all faiths. This is part of being a country that has chosen to be known as a secular based country and government.<br />
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May you all have significant time with family as you remember and celebrate.J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-1430701659328091972012-11-20T15:06:00.000+05:302012-11-20T15:06:20.154+05:30Return to Nepal<br />
We had a wonderful trip home <span style="font-size: small;">to <span style="font-size: small;">Canada for three<span style="font-size: small;"> weeks and arrived back in <span style="font-size: small;">much <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">warmer</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Kathmandu on November 13<span style="font-size: small;">. It was good to see family and friends, but most special to see my mothe<span style="font-size: small;">r <span style="font-size: small;">and <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">celebrate</span> her </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>89th birthday. We went to Calgary to check in with the tenants in our condo and to see the Samaritan's Purse Canada office. One step out of the airport door was enough to tell us that we were much happier with the climate in Kathmandu.<br />
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Just as a recap, these two pictures show the progress on the project up to October 19th, my last day on site before heading back to Canada. <br />
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As I mentioned, we arrived back in Kathmandu on November 13, and on the 14th I went to the project site to see what progress had been made. It was to be three weeks of minimal work as the country was in their main festival season, so all the workers wanted to go home to their families.<br />
Progress was made though as a good number of the workers returned to work for the days between the two festivals. Below is a picture from November 14. <br />
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The brick work on the outside walls of the first floor has been completed.<br />
50% of the roof tiles have been placed.<br />
90% of the interior brick walls have been completed.<br />
75% of the steel studs have been installed.<br />
The steel work on the wheel chair ramp is complete. <br />
Great progress has been made on the plumbing, electrical, putty work, and other steel fabrication work.<br />
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Steel stud work and brick work forming the plumbing chase between floors.<br />
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Steel stud work in the kitchen area<br />
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Finished roof tile work in this area and some glass has been installed on one of the sky lights.<br />
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Continuing progress on roofing tiles and plaster work on the terrace parapet wall coping.<br />
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Overall, the progress during the three weeks I was away from site has been good. The contractor believes they are on track to finish on schedule.<br />
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<br />J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-56186018175086081932012-10-20T17:25:00.000+05:302012-10-20T17:25:40.638+05:30Dashain Festival BreakWe have been in Nepal for over one year now and the big festival season has started again. Festivals happen throughout the year but the two major festivals, Dashain and Tihar, take place in October/November. It was decided that we would take a break during this year's festival season and return to Canada for a short home leave. So we leave the mystical city of Kathmandu on October 20 for a three week break, returning to Kathmandu on November 13.<br />
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We have made very significant progress on the project since my last post, but first a little recap.<br />
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This is what the site looked like on November 28, 2011, just 11 months back.We had our daily visit by cows and goats coming to graze on the grass. They have not forgotten the place but no longer have any grass to find.<br />
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And this is what the site looked like on October 19, 2012. This was the last day on site for me before leaving Nepal for our home leave. A few things will change while I am away. Upon my return we will have a hard push to the finish line. Scheduled completion is January 28 and we have to add to that extra days due to bandhas (national strikes) that have been called for various reasons; mostly political. So that puts us into February for an expected completion.<br />
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West side 1st floor rooms <br />
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Terrace level -outside wall of stair well.<br />
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Brickwork on the terrace level is 85% complete and on the west side brick work is completed. The stairwell brick work is 75% complete and on the east side ground floor it is 90% complete. Brick work on the 1st floor east side has now begun.<br />
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Roof Plywood work. Plywood is primed with water resistant primer.<br />
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It is then painted with tow coats of black japan paint for water sealing. It is then covered with poly, strips or wood applied for hanging the roof tiles which are then also painted with black japan paint. <br />
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Finally the roofing tiles are place and secured.<br />
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Skylight bases were constructed and plastered with fine punning, and at the end of the week two of the skylight frames were installed.<br />
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Plaster work on the wall coping continues with a smooth finish coat at the end.<br />
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At the same time the crew plastered the west facing wall of the multipurpose hall and large client rooms and terrace.<br />
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This is the finished look. Up close you can see a grid pattern to help break up the wall a bit. The white will slowly disappear as the plaster dries. It will remain as a light grey colour. <br />
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The wheel chair ramp construction is progressing well with the metal decking now being applied. This metal is all wrestled into place by manual labour. No machines were used in the execution of this work.<br />
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Metal studs are being installed in the walls which will later be covered by a fibrous concrete board.<br />
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Some walls will be clad with stone work and that process has also begun. This room will receive stone cladding on three sides.<br />
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Ground floor flooring was concreted this past week. The multipurpose hall was completed in three sections with what is promising to be a very fine trowel finish. <br />
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I leave you with this picture taken on the morning of October 19, my last day on site before home leave. It is taken from the south view.J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-13166295764238966552012-10-07T18:38:00.002+05:302012-10-07T18:38:48.072+05:30Progress Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The project is moving along and changes can be seen every day. Some
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On the terrace we have been building the perimeter brick (parapet) walls. Once they were completed we poured a concrete cap on top of the bricks that was wider than the bricks (called coping). The next step was to plaster the inside of the terrace walls and then build a plaster baseboard. And finally they built a rain drip guard with plaster on the outside edge of the coping. Soon we will choose the paint colours for the baseboard and terrace walls. The plaster team has been on site for one week now and have almost completed the terrace plaster work.<br />
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Building the brick parapet walls around the perimeter of the terrace<br />
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Form and rebar work for the coping on top of the brick walls.<br />
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Concreting the coping<br />
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Coping complete. Big metal frame is the water tank platform being painted at present.<br />
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Finished look of plaster work on inside terrace walls<br />
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The metal workers have finally completed the staircase trusses which are
now being primed and painted. They have also built the stand for the
water tanks (seen in an earlier picture) that is also being primed and painted. A much bigger task
for this crew is the construction of the wheel chair ramp. The structure
is up and held together with tack welding and now they are working
their way around full welding all the joints. In addition, we have some
metal supports to build and install in one area that this crew has begun
working on and will take about two weeks to complete. Their intention
is to all the metal work except the wheel chair ramp cover trusses (seen to the left) by the time the Dashain festival starts which is just
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The President of SDSS payed another visit to the site and we took
him, wheel chair and all, through the entire building and even up to the
terrace. It is quite a nice view from up there and he was excited to
see the landscape from up there.<br />
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visitors to site and have enjoyed giving them all a tour of the
building. This visitor however was the best of them all. And to top it
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The brick masons are being kept very busy. Currently we have eight
masons on site. Four are involved in the fair faced brick work, bricks
that are the finished wall appearance, and the other four involved in
the local brick work, bricks that will be covered with plaster or other
materials. Both teams are working on outside walls as well as inside
walls. In addition, the fair faced brick masons also cover exposed
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The rebar & forming crew has been busy completing the skirt roof
sections and forming and concreting the brick wall coping. That work is
now complete and they have moved to laying the poly and rebar on the
ground floor in preparation for concreting. We have now concreted two
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Electricians are kept busy with running conduit throughout the building. It may at times seem they are far ahead of schedule but in actual fact, in about one month everyone will be waiting for them as they do all the rough wiring in the cavity walls (walls not made of bricks).<br />
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The plumbers have been trying to complete a pressure test of the underground lines but have run into a little bit of trouble with their testing equipment. They should have that sorted in a few days. Their rough plumbing under the floors inside the building is complete but they are far from finished yet.<br />
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We test the compaction of the ground before concreting to insure there will be no shrinkage. We aim for 95% compaction.<br />
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Original grade is at the bottom of these brick columns and finished grade is at the top of the bricks, a difference of about 1 meter. So that means a good amount of back fill needs to be brought in and compacted before the courtyard can be completed.<br />
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This lovely grasshopper was found on site one day.<br />
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This shovel was new at the beginning of the project back in November 2011. Picture was taken at end of September 2012. Shovel is still being used daily.<br />
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We had a party one evening. It was called a topping out party which basically means the project has reached is maximum height. The party was for two sites; The SDSS site and The BMET site. The project manager there and myself collaborate on many things and work closely with each other. We also both use the same engineering firm. So a good time to have both groups with contractors come together to celebrate.<br />
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<br />J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-22378355238946910152012-09-05T15:58:00.000+05:302012-10-04T15:57:09.536+05:30So What Is Next?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The super structure concrete work is complete and the site has become busier than it has been. There have been more workers on site in the past but usually focused on two or three tasks all revolving around the structural concrete work. We now have around 35 workers and numerous trades on site; rebar, forming, concreting, fair faced brick masons, common brick masons, plastering, putty & painting, metal workers, plumbers, carpenters, electricians & general labourers; all totaling 12 different work groups (trades) and yet all working in cooperation with each other.<br />
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Following are some pictures showing the different tasks being worked on.<br />
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This concrete will be covered with clay roofing tiles in the end. <br />
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These are pictures of the west end with the outside walls being completed.<br />
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In the lower picture, the ground is almost ready for rebar and concreting. Once that is done, inside walls will be built. <br />
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A sample of the plumbers at work. Ground floor plumbing is placed in the ground. <br />
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The rough plumbing to be buried in earth or concrete is now complete on both levels.<br />
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The first floor plumbing is placed into a drop slab that has been
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We had two special visitors on site on different days. It was very good to have them come to check out the new home for the ministries they lead. They are pleased with progress if you can't tell?<br />
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Just a view of the courtyard from the highest point of the building - the water tank tower platform.<br />
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The metal workers doing their thing. Most of the metal is cut by hand with a blunt cutting tool, a steel anvil underneath and a big hammer.<br />
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The trusses are built on site and carried to their supports by hand. No cranes used on this project.<br />
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These men are not using any safety gear but to my surprise, as the final work was being done a few days later, the men did put on safety harnesses.<br />
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This facility will be fully equipped with a wheel chair ramp that meets North American standards. These are the support columns for that ramp that also become part of the boundary wall on the east side of the property<br />
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Bottom picture - this part of the boundary wall will all be below the final grade when all is complete. final grade will cover the bottom row of bricks on the wall.<br />
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These are the common brick masons. Their work has to be just as high a
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Bottom picture shows the area under the skirt roof has been filled in with bricks. These bricks will continue to the top of the columns and form the terrace walls. <br />
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Delivering concrete from the mixer to the terrace level (second floor, or as called in North America - the third floor)<br />
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Labourers at work on various tasks.<br />
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Electricians putting up conduit.<br />
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A few more shots looking down on the building and court yard.<br />
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The plastering work has begun as well.<br />
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Other tasks have been done as well since my last post but no pictures this month as they were done their work to this point and I showed some pictures of them on my previous post. They will return for more work in the coming months.<br />
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The target is still to have the project completed by the end of January. We will see how close we can come to that date. The site will be closed for most of November as this is the time for two significant religious festivals in the country; Dashain and Tihar (pronounced dasigh and tehar). That shutdown has been factored into the timeline so that leaves us really only four more working months.<br />
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The concrete structure is now complete. The final concreting took place on July 25 and the day started at 6:30am with completion of concreting by 4:30pm. Trowel finishing the concrete took until 11:00pm that night, so all said, a rather long day. The process was smooth and trouble free except for a few attempts by the weather of giving us concern with rains. It did shower a few times but nothing that caused us any problems.<br />
From here on is it finishing work. This consists of building the brick walls, stud walls, electrical, plumbing, doors, windows flooring, painting some more back filling leveling the outside. <br />
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We did erect some tarps over the concreting area as protection from the rain should it be needed, and it was helpful during the showers that did come.<br />
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This is the day after the concreting. The biggest responsibility this day is keeping the concrete wet so it cures at a proper rate.<br />
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We needed to test the concrete strength of a previous concrete pour so three core samples were taken and will be tested in a lab. The results should be back to us in a few days.<br />
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Concreting is not totally finished yet. The sloped are you see is the cantilever roof that will dress up the outside of the building. This needs to be formed up and concreted, and then red tiles will be installed on top of the concrete. Short brick walls will then be built on the top of the cantilever roof to add height to the terrace walls. This will become clearer at some later point.<br />
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The brick masons are busy building the brick walls. There are two kinds; There is the local brick used to build walls that will be covered by plaster and then painted. This is the kind used in the stairwell as seen here.<br />
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The second is a fair faced brick that is a much nicer looking brick. On these walls the mortar between the bricks is covered with a coloured grout and then the entire brick wall is painted with a clear matte coating.<br />
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It will continue to be easy to show progress with pictures during the time of the outside wall construction. The above work is the result of five days work. Fair faced brick is slow and careful work as the bricks need to be in excellent condition, and need to match each other in length and width. This may not sound like a big issue in your countries but here that can be a big task. We have received bricks from a few different locations to date and not all are exactly the same size. We have finally found one supplier that can give us bricks of good quality. Therefore we should now have the size issue also solved. Even so, we are discarding anywhere from 30% to 60% of the bricks received on site.<br />
On the far end of the brick wall being worked on you can see a few door frames. These have all been constructed on site from over-sized rough timbers in the past few weeks.<br />
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This is the main multipurpose meeting hall. As mentioned earlier, it has a waffle slab ceiling. We wanted to keep it open for appearance and more importantly for sound quality. The concrete in the ceiling is being smoothed by applying at least three coats of a white putty. One coat of paint will be applied, then electrical will be completed, and then another one or two coats of paint will be applied.<br />
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This is the second of two soak pits. Sewage will be deposited into a two stage septic tank with the solids staying in stage one and the liquids moving into the second stage. From here the liquids will run into this soak pit and dissipate into the ground.<br />
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The electricians and plumbers are carrying on with their work trying to stay ahead of the other sub-contractors. The rebar/forming crew has been downsized from nine to three and the remaining three continue to work on the cantilever roof sections. The putty/paint crew will move to finishing the underside of the cantilever roof sections once they have the meeting hall ceiling complete.<br />
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Currently a few aspects are behind schedule but overall the project is still set to be completed by the scheduled completion date that is now six months away.J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-66125224159439427542012-07-11T16:16:00.000+05:302012-07-11T16:17:24.040+05:30Last Stages of TerraceJune 30th has come and gone as has July 13th, and the final two slabs have not yet been concreted. This puts us a little behind schedule, however on other aspects we are moving right along on schedule. It became apparent that meeting the schedule of June 30 for the large concrete pour was going to be a difficult task leading to a hurried job that usually leads to less than quality work. As a result we postponed the large slab pour and combined it with the very small final slab to be cast on July 13th. This schedule was also missed for numerous reasons and we will now concrete both slabs on July 18th. That will put us one week behind schedule on the structural component. This will easily be made up as the other tasks are moving right along unaffected by this delay.<br />
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This is the beginning of the end of the beam form work. The two men on the top are at the height of the second floor level - 6.1 meters or 20'. These men are extremely sure footed at heights and on narrow platforms. The form base is about 10" wide and they walk around on it with ease and accuracy.<br />
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The south portion of the east side is formed with the beam rebar in place. The north portion rebar is in progress with the form work to follow shortly.<br />
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There is a third level. This level is comprised of the stairwell tower which will have a peaked roof, and the water tank platform which will be a flat slab with half walls around the perimeter. The height of this final slab will 8.5 meters.The columns will support the slab and the stairwell tower trusses.<br />
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This is the final column being cast. Each column takes about 30 minutes to cast as the concrete needs to be carried up two flights of stairs. A great deal of hard labour.<br />
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The form work is about 90% complete and the rebar work is rapidly being completed. Today is Wednesday, and by the end of tomorrow, the rebar and form work on this slab will be complete. The Water tank slab will take another two or three days to form up have the rebar installed. That work should all be completed by the end of July 15th leaving us the 16th for our final checks and approvals of the work. The 17th will be set aside for the concrete guys to set up their pump and pipes getting everything ready for concreting on the 18th.<br />
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As I mentioned, other work is also on going while the structural work is nearing completion.<br />
On the left side of this picture you can see a row of bricks. The brick masons are construction our first exterior wall. The finish on this wall will be a mortar plaster, similar to stucco in North America.<br />
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The brick wall half finished. You can only lay bricks 2 meters high per day and must then let the mortar set, or the weight of the bricks becomes more than the wet mortar can handle.<br />
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And the completed wall. Now just the plaster finish. The two sections above the beam will be the same construction and finish as what you see in the middle. The bottom is the foundation wall that has been back-filled and compacted. Our site is that much higher than the neighbouring site.<br />
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This is on the other side of the building. This side will receive a fair faced brick finish. That is a finished brick appearance as you see on the picture below. The brick masons were required to lay a small portion of wall for inspection and approval of quality of brick selection and craftsmanship.The metal workers were in a few weeks back and installed the angle iron around the outside of the building for the brick layers to install the bricks. <br />
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All was approved with some minor notes and now they are building the wall. Currently they are at four feet high.<br />
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The electricians have also been busy. They have completed the conduit work on 75% of the ground floor and have begun work on the second floor. They need to wait for the plaster finishers to complete the meeting hall ceiling before they can move into that room to complete the conduit work.<br />
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The carpenters also appeared on site this week. They have begun cutting up the rough timber, planing it, and fitting it to make door frames. No such thing as prefab door frames. The rough timber has been on site for a number of months now curing.<br />
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The plumbers also arrived this week and have started the rough plumbing. Their work is coming along well. <br />
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This morning the plaster finishers arrived. Their first task is to create a smooth finish on the waffle slab ceiling of the meeting hall. This ceiling will be left open and visible so the concrete needs to look good. Once these guys are finished, the electricians will move in to complete the electrical conduit work<br />
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That is the work that has been taking place since my last blog. The site has suddenly become very crowded with activity on numerous tasks. J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-55249989425540263212012-06-14T20:00:00.002+05:302012-06-14T20:30:25.773+05:30East Side Roof Terrace Slab Completion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There has been considerable activity since my last post.
Form work and rebar work on the east side roof terrace slab has been completed.
The beam rebar has been dropped into place in the forms with progress now being
made on the slab rebar. Other tasks being worked on at the same time is the back filling around the underground water tanks. This is now about 75% complete. The electricians have also arrived on site and will be there now until the building is complete. Their primary task is to lay the conduits that need to be in the roof slab, and they are running other conduits on the ground floor while they wait for the slab rebar work to be completed so they can do their work. <br />
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Rebar for the slab and roof soffit has been completed. The
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The perimeter form work is complete. On the west side we have completed the concreting of the first floor columns. Eight are wrapped with jute cloth to aid in keeping them wet for curing. The other six still have the forms around them as they were concreted earlier in the day that the picture was taken. These forms will be removed in two days and the columns will be covered in jute cloth. <br />
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Noticeable are the little grey blocks in the rebar. These are cover blocks that insure the required spacing between the form and rebar is maintained during the concreting. These cover blocks are made of concrete, and were made on site.<br />
Also, the perimeter of the trowel finish floor has been defined by the forms in the middle.<br />
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The day went fairly well. These types of days will usually
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final product is a very well finished terrace floor.<br />
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The concrete was moved from the trucks to the slab by a concrete pumper again. It is a very loud machine but very effective.<br />
The pumper was parked on a neighbouring property as that was the only location the pumper could fit and still have room for the concrete trucks to access the pumper.<br />
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This is the path of the pipes from the pumper to the concreting area. The distance from the pumper to the farthest point of the slab is over 100 meters with an additional six to seven meter rise. It all went smoothly and the pipes never got plugged.<br />
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All in a days work. The man sitting on the pipe is there to remove sections as they are no longer needed. Secondly he sits on the pipe to insure it does not fall off its perch as it pulsates back and forth. This is near the beginning of the concreting day.<br />
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The man in the white hard hat is the senior engineer for the
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The finished product on the first half of the pour this day. The finish is nice and smooth. The bottom edge here looks a bit rough but that will be a good bonding surface for the brick wall that will be built on the edge.<br />
On the far end are some men putting down jute bags. It is around noon and the day is already very hot. It was over 20'C by 8:00am and at noon it was well over 30'C with little or no breeze. This made for very quick curing conditions so steps had to be taken to cool the concrete a little to prevent it from curing too quickly.<br />
Later on a dam will be built around the entire outside edge which will be used to hold water creating a shallow pool to aid in slow curing of the concrete.<br />
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The concreting is completed and the power trowel work is also complete. It is about 5:30pm. A long day, but a successful one. Curing with water will continue for 14 days, and the forms will not be removed from the slab portion for 21 days. The forms for the beams will stay in place for 28 days.<br />
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One more large slab to concrete, which is scheduled for the 30th of June, and one small slab for the potable water tanks scheduled for the 13th of July.<br />
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Everything is moving along right on schedule at the present time.J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-57354713533053516632012-05-21T14:36:00.000+05:302012-05-21T16:21:02.194+05:30First Floor Structure CompleteThree quarters the way through May and the weather here has turned quite hot; 30'C and higher most days. Many days are visited by sever thunder storms that usually bring some rain although not always. The rain can be just a short and light shower or a severe down pour accompanied by hail or anything in between. This always creates interesting situations on any construction site anywhere in the world, and it is not different here. Progress continues regardless of the weather though, and that is a good thing.<br />
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With the waffle slab rebar complete, part of the rebar/forming crew
moved to building forms for the south half of the first floor west side
slab. The remainder of this crew worked on the completion of the waffle
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great deal of rebar and a whole lot of plywood for the forms. Once all
the forms are constructed and the rebar is in place, the entire floor is
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safety is looked upon very differently here than in Canada. To date
there have been no serious injuries; just the minor cuts and bruises.
The workers are very aware of where they are and what they are doing and
extremely careful and watchful to insure no accidents happen. <br />
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The septic tank has also been completed. The inflow and outflow boxes
still need to be constructed but this likely will not happen until the
sanitary crew is on site and is ready to install the accompanying pipes.
Everyone wants to be sure that elevations of pipes and holes will line
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Form work is complete and now to the rebar. The extensions on the sides are not an extension to the room floor area but rather the base of the pitched roof.<br />
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Here the rebar and form work for the entire west side slab is complete and checked, and now ready for concreting. At the bottom of the picture you can see some of the labourers. It is a daily routine to wash up, actually this is their shower time. They dip the water out of the tanks to wet down and rinse off. Others are doing laundry by hand. And no, the water is not warm. They wait until their lunch time, around 1:00 to 1:30 to do this because the sun is out, the air is hot, and to cool off can be somewhat pleasant. I have probably mentioned this in an earlier blog, but I will state it again; the labourers that work on this project live right on site. It is the contractors responsibility to provide housing for them. So the sleep, eat, clean and work on the site.<br />
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One final stage of preparation was required. The floor is concreted at two different levels. The two boxes created by the forms on top of the rebar define the floor areas that are trowel finished. These will be the rooms for the residents. The trowel finish floor is the finished floor that will always be visible.<br />
The other area will be the hallway and terrace. This floor area will be covered by Tera tiles. Once the tiles are installed, the two floors will be the same elevation.<br />
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Thursday, May 17 was not to be a very busy day. The day was set aside for last minute cleaning of the forms, final checks of forms and rebar and any other final preparations for the concreting.<br />
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It was a day when the top contractor bosses were on site to see how things progressed. This was not going to be a typical concreting process so curiosity was extremely high, and everyone was a little unsure of how it would actually go. You see, here almost all concrete is mixed on site by large mixers. The ingredients, aggregates, cement, water, are all placed into the mixer by manual labour. The mix is then delivered to the concreting area and distributed with more manual labour. This pour was going to be done with ready mix concrete delivered to site per-mixed by ready mix trucks. The mix would be dumped into a pumper that would deliver the mix to the concreting area. This system has been around for a few years here but is still mostly unheard of.<br />
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The concreting was scheduled to begin at 9:00pm and actually began by 9:30pm. The night time concreting was to aid in avoiding traffic on the ring road in particular which is quite heavy and can cause considerable delays with concrete delivery. Secondly, the country is experiencing numerous country wide strikes as the deadline for the promulgation of the constitution draws near - May 28. These strikes are usually on from 10:00am to 5:00pm. These days they seem to be running from 5:00am to 5:00pm.<br />
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Also, the night air is somewhat cooler allowing for more time to work with the concrete as it will set somewhat slower.<br />
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And the temperature will be nicer to work in as well. No one was getting cold as they all stayed in their t-shits.<br />
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Another change was the tools introduce to the concreting crews. Tools like power vibrating screeds that level the concrete and bull floats for finishing the concrete.<br />
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Curiosity remained high all night with lots of people observing. Some were observing to insure things were done correctly while other observed for curiosity only. It was a good night.<br />
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Concreting was completed by 2:30am. The rest of the night was spent cleaning up and waiting for the concrete to set enough to allow for power trowel work. This is another tool that is not that familiar yet here but is growing in popularity. Trowel work was completed by 12:30 noon on Friday.<br />
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We went all went home at that time to get some sleep.<br />
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The site is always busy with work proceeding in numerous areas. The east side second floor slab was being formed at the same time as final preparations were being made for concreting the west side first floor slab. The form work here is about 80% complete. Next is the rebar work on this slab. <br />
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Below is what the building looked like Friday at noon just before I went home. The next step will be to form up the columns for the west side second floor and to install the rebar on the east side second floor slab.<br />
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At present we are waiting for some more rebar so we can do the rebar work on
this slab. The rebar was set to arrive on Thursday last week but we have been
under strike conditions since Thursday morning and delivery of rebar will need
to wait at least until Wednesday this week when the strikes are to come to a
brief end before the next one(s) begin.<br />
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We should be able to concrete this second floor slab sometime next week if
all goes well.<br />
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Blessings<br />
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<br />J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0Kathmandu 44600, Nepal27.7 85.333333327.6437645 85.254369300000008 27.7562355 85.4122973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-81465475824816882032012-04-18T10:57:00.000+05:302012-04-18T10:57:58.436+05:30First Floor ProgressIt is now the middle of April. The temperatures are hot enough by 10:00 am that I am looking for shade, somewhere in the mid 20's. The sky is clear, the dust is relentless, the heat is high and wonderful, and the consumption of liquids is massive. What a wonderful season.<br />
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The project began in November with the excavation of the footing holes. The fill from these holes was piled at the south end of the project site. Most of this work was done by a backhoe. By the middle of March most of this fill had been removed from this pile and used as back-fill throughout the site. This work was all done by manual labour. You can see the woven baskets the men are using to ferry this earth from the pile to the back-fill area. More earth will be brought in as the excavated earth is not sufficient to complete the back-fill.<br />
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The slab contains a great deal of rebar. Most areas have two layers of rebar that is woven together to form a strong slab. The man in the yellow hat is tying the rebar for the stairs which will be concreted at the same time as the floor slab. The other men are working on a sunken slab. This is the area of the washrooms. This is the space for the water and sewer pipes which will be laid after the concreting of the slab. Once laid, the pipes will be covered with sand and an additional cover slab will be poured bringing this area to the same level as the rest of the floor slab. <br />
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The rebar and form work is complete, and the concreting is well underway. I could show pictures of how the mixer and hoist used to mix the concrete and bring it up to this level were assembled, but I won't. I would consider it as being a process without any consideration for personal safety so it is best I not show this practice. Suffice it to say it is daring, and no one was hurt in the process of assembling the machine.<br />
The site looks very messy here. It does not stay this way for too long.<br />
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Two sections of the floor were to have a troweled finish. This is a new concept for those on site this day, including the sub-contractor that did the contracting. There was plenty of curiosity throughout the day. However only two people operated the power trowel. The concreting was completed by around 5:00 pm but the troweling continued well into the late evening.<br />
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Concreting of the first half of the first floor complete, the site was cleaned. As usual jute cloth is placed over the entire slab and kept wet to enable slow curing of the concrete. <br />
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Meanwhile work continues on the first floor columns on the west half of the building.<br />
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The rebar has been moved to aid in keeping it clean and to get it out of the way, all aiding in cleaning up the site and making it safer to walk around.<br />
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The mixer needed to be moved to allow for the digging of the septic tank. It took about 15 men to move the machine, a difficult and challenging task.<br />
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Excavating the septic tank was a fully manual labour task. The excavated earth was used for back-fill elsewhere on the site.<br />
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The hole, once complete will be roughly 5500mm by 4000mm and 1850mm deep. At least that is the plan at the start of excavation.<br />
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That night we experienced a tremendous thunder storm with lots of rain causing the sides of the hole to cave in.<br />
Two days later the hole was again ready for a PCC concrete base, but again that night we had another heavy rainfall causing the walls to cave in again. Now they agreed to shore up the walls before cleaning out the hole and proceeding with the rebar and forms.<br />
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The rebar and forms were installed and the base was concreted. Now the wall forms will be built and concreted.<br />
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Meanwhile, with the west side first floor columns complete, work progressed to the form work and rebar work on the first floor slab for that side. The underside of the slab, which will be the ceiling for the meeting hall, will have a honeycomb appearance. Almost like upside down open and empty boxes. This takes time and care to do right. The rebar is extensive, and this pattern allows us to have a clear span room with no pillars in the middle. I have always found it annoying to sit in a conference hall with pillars as they usually block some view for everyone. This will not be the case in this meeting hall. <br />
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On a personal note, Linda and I were able to take a short break for Easter, and we traveled to the city of Pokhara. It is west of Kathmandu and a huge tourist centre focusing primarily on trekking around the Annapurna mountains. We saw some fantastic scenery, lots of tourists, and had us an absolutely wonderful time.<br />
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These falls are known as the Devis Falls and total drop is over 100 meters, most of which cannot be seen as the drop has been carved out of the limestone rock<br />
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That is all for this post. Enjoy.J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-79302541864672374272012-03-12T21:20:00.000+05:302012-03-12T21:50:39.085+05:30Beginning of First FloorMarch 12, 2012<br />
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We broke ground on Nov. 28, 2011. We have been working on construction now for 15 weeks with about four days of work stoppage due to various reasons, and that leaves us still with more than 14 weeks of days worked. Till now the hours of work have been primarily 9:00am to 5:00pm as these are the hours the sun is shining and keeping everyone sort of warm. The days are now longer as the sun comes up at least by 7:00am and sets after 5:30pm. That translates into longer and warmer days, and means the crews will work longer days now; the length of days is yet to be understood by me.<br />
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Every day now means a change in the way the building appears due to the progress of the previous day.<br />
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The water tank lids and the left (east) side tie beams were concreted and we were in the midst of concreting the tie beams on the right (west) side of the building.<br />
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Since then we have stripped most of the forms, and have done considerable amount of back filling. All of the area inside the forms needs to filled with earth to the top of the tie beams. In some places that means more than two meters of back fill, and in others as much as half a meter or more. All this back filling is done with manual labour. So far we have been using the earth excavated for the footings but that will soon be used up and then we will need to bring in more earth from else where.<br />
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Work has begun to bring the building up to the first floor (Nepal terms; 2nd floor in Canadian terms). This means extending the columns to the underside of the first floor slab.<br />
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If you zoom in on this shot you can see all the columns on the east side completed to this level. This half of the building has a total of 18 columns.<br />
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One team then began building the forms for the 1st floor tie beams on the east half of the building. Once those forms are complete they will build the forms for the 1st floor slab.<br />
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You can see here some of that form work already in place. The men on the forms are about 10 - 12 feet above the ground beneath, depending on how much back filling has taken place, and the forms are 10 inches wide. Not a whole lot to stand on. The forms are supported in the middle by teleposts and become quite sturdy and safe to walk on.<br />
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At the same time there are two other crews busy on other tasks. The activity here is taking place on the west side of the building and involves two tasks.<br />
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Just on a side note, the building is structurally divided into two halves separated by an expansion joint from bottom to top. The footing however are joined together by a strap beam network (for those who like to know this kind of stuff. The rest of you can ignore these types of comments).<br />
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The one task is the rebar work on the columns in preparation for forming and concreting these columns. This side has a total of 15 columns for a total of 33 columns for the entire building.<br />
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These two men are building the rebar for the columns, and no, they are not standing in mid air. Their feet are about six or seven feet above the top of the concrete. They insert stand supports, much like a hunter would construct a tree support. These guys are quite safe. Personal safety is of high importance to these men and they are quite careful to insure their safety. To date we have had no serious injuries in spite of the fact that we have had one man fall into a footing hole because he didn't realize how close he was to the edge, and in spite of the fact that we have had two pieces of scaffold planking break or shift causing one person in each case to fall through, all with just a few bruises and a bruised pride.<br />
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A third crew is working on the boundary wall. This trench was first dug by hand, a base of concrete poured on the bottom, and then the wall of bricks is built on top of that. It starts wide at the bottom, and is narrowed at engineered heights providing a strong, stable and earthquake resistant wall.<br />
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On Friday the forming crew began forming up the lower half of the ground floor to 1st floor stairs. This was completed along with the accompanying rebar over the weekend. So this morning we checked it all over and concreted this half of the stairs and the middle landing.<br />
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Her are a few additional pictures of today's concreting work. <br />
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And the completion. You can also note some of the form work for the 1st floor slab.<br />
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This is about 2/3 of the 1st floor slab forming in place complete with all the telepost supports holding it up. The final portion forms will be built in the days to follow along with the second half of the stairs.<br />
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Well, that is all for this post. Until the next time then. </div>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-50386011823653983482012-02-20T20:40:00.000+05:302012-02-20T20:40:20.961+05:30Foundation CompletionIt is time to write again. Much has happened since my last blog. Progress on the site has been good and the middle of February saw the building beginning to take shape. <br />
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We are still pouring concrete in the foundation of the west half of the building. Sort of in the centre of the picture is the set of water tanks. Each tank will hold about 20,000 litres of water for use by the residents. This water will come in part from the well on site and in part from trucks delivering regularly. In addition we will be setting up a rain water harvesting system that will add to the water supply.<br />
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While this was being done, other crews were building brick dwarf walls between the columns. Other crews are kept busy back filling the foundation holes where the foundation work is complete. We have had 30 to 48 crew men on site for the past eight weeks and all were kept happily busy.<br />
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It actually looks not to crooked here but it had at least a ten inch sway from side to side, like a snake slithering through the grass. <br />
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Most of the rebar has been installed on the east (left) side and the scaffolding is ready to pour the first part of the foundation on the east side. <br />
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A little bit of a closer look at the water tanks with the jute cloth covering the walls. Right beside the four guys you can see the brick walls that have been built between the columns. They still need to go about nine inches higher but that will happen a little later.<br />
These crews are digging up the earth they piled here earlier during the excavation process and putting it back in the foundation holes (back filling). This is then tamped to compact it so as to prevent any further self compaction in the future. Water is added to assist with the compaction.<br />
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This was the last bit of excavation. This is where we had been stock piling large aggregate for concreting as we had no other place to pile it. Now that we have back filled some of the foundation holes we have room on site to move some things around thereby giving us room to stockpile aggregate elsewhere. This trench is for the last strap beam connecting the last two foundation support column.<br />
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</tbody></table>Earlier I mentioned that there would be a well on site to provide some of the needed water. This is the well that was hand dug. It is not completed in this picture as they dug another three feet down. It was at this point that they encountered this rock. The well is about eight feet deep and the camera is about three feet about the top of the well so that rock is about 11 feet down. It took ten men to lift this thing out of the hole. The well is dug to a 42 inch diameter. It may run dry as we pull on it for the concreting, and if it does, the well diggers will return to deepen it. We are now coming into the driest part of our year between March and June.<br />
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This is what the site looked like upon my return after nine days of work in my absence. On the left side you can notice a number of the brick dwarf walls up. Some just need to be finished to the columns which were concreted on my first two days back. Notice also a considerable amount of back filling on left side.<br />
In the centre you can see the round concrete rings. That is the well from which the big boulder was pulled.<br />
The right (west) side of the building has considerable amount of additional rebar. Most of the rebar for the tie beams that connect the columns to each other at main floor level has been tied in, and the lids for the water tanks have been formed in and rebar tied in. There is also more back filling that has taken place on this west side.<br />
Within the next few days we will begin pouring the concrete for the tie beams as most of them have been formed up. Sorry I don't have a picture of that to share at this time.<br />
So the building is now beginning to take shape.<br />
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</tbody></table>Finally I wanted to share this picture with you as well.<br />
In order to keep working throughout the day one needs to have an input of energy. This is usually accomplished by eating some sort of energy laden food. Well, this is where we eat lunch. You are seeing the best side of this restaurant. Just to the left of the two white doors is an outside eating area around a round table. Right beside the round table is the outside washroom. There is sufficient seating inside for about eight people so if we get there early enough we eat inside, but if we are a little late the inside is too full to accommodate us all so we eat outside.<br />
The window looks full and cluttered. The cooking area inside makes this window look organized and spacious. Yet, God has protected me from getting sick and I have eaten about every kind of dish they would prepare in here. The food is tasty and they make good tea.<br />
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Well, that is it for this time. We have just had a long weekend here due to a festival in honor of one of the Hindu gods. It was a good weekend to give the crews a day off so they can come back on Tuesday full of energy and ready to work.<br />
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</a></div>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-67163379513854299682012-01-15T19:40:00.000+05:302012-01-15T19:40:36.320+05:30Actual construction beginsUntil now the work has been to dig holes, pile dirt and make lots of mess. Seems like we have been going backwards, although to move forward you often find yourself appearing to be moving backwards. Well, the time has come to actually see forward progress.<br />
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All rebar cutting and bending is done on site and most of the cutting is by hack saw. Once cut and bent it is tied together to form the columns. The foundation rebar is tied in place in the foundation holes.<br />
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It is the responsibility of the design engineers and myself to check the rebar and forms to insure the installation complies with the design specification, and then to sign off on this work once the rebar is tied and the forms are in place.<br />
Then we can move to pouring the concrete.<br />
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Concrete is also mixed on site with a one bag mixer. That means they put in one bag of cement, two buckets, like the one seen here, of aggregate, and 1 1/2 buckets of sand with enough water to maintain a certain wetness called slump.<br />
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The slurry is then dumped into wheelbarrows, about 3 to 3 /12 wheelbarrows per mixer load depending on how full they make the wheelbarrow, and hauled to the pour hole and dumped. The whole process is quite labour intensive but moves along quite smoothly and quickly.<br />
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The above shot is taken from the roof or our office building to give you a general overview of the site. The shot to the right shows the completed concrete pour of the foundation pads and columns.<br />
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We have been on site working for seven weeks now with reasonably good progress. The site is looking much different each week. Soon we will begin back filling the foundation holes. That will provide us with much needed clear space for materials and work clear work areas as the site is presently very congested.J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-61119226431159339072011-12-17T19:49:00.000+05:302011-12-17T19:49:30.262+05:30And the project site gets busy and messyWork on the project site began on November 28th. After three weeks of work we have a site that is filled with activity, lots of big holes, and a big pile of dirt. Working at the site is a team of 25 labourers working at squaring and leveling the foundation holes in preparation for putting down a solid base upon which the foundation pads will be built. Also being worked on is the cutting and bending of all the rebar required for the foundation concrete. <br />
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On the bottom of the picture you see the pile of dirt that stands about 2 - 15 feet tall. Most of this was dug and piled there by an excavator. The labourers use pick and shovel to trim the sides of the foundation holes until they are at the correct size and square. Then they level the bottom of the holes and bring them to the correct depth - with +/- 10mm.The holes are then connected by the labourers digging the trenches for the strap beams and tie beams that will bind all the foundation pads together. In the top left corner is a pile of rock dust and a pile of crushed rock used to line the bottom of the holes and provide a solid foundation base. No use working on a sandy foundation. Such a structure just would not stand up very well, especially in a very active earthquake zone.<br />
On the top of the one dirt pile can be seen a slab of concrete that has been cut into 2" squares with tie wire imbedded in square. These will be used to hold the rebar in place until the concrete has been poured and set.<br />
In the top right corner labourers are busy at cutting and bending the rebar to prescribed length and shape for the foundation pads and columns. There are hundred and hundreds of pieces to be bent before pouring concrete can begin. A bit of a closeup can be seen in the pictures below. <br />
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Maybe laying down some crushed rock and rock dust will help squeeze the mud to one end of the hole and then out.<br />
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Well if all else fails go to plan 'C'. Nothing seemed to provide a really good solution. the first project site meeting was held on Friday, and plan 'C' is to place rock on the bottom that will settle on the solid gravel base. The space between the rock will be sealed with rock dust. This will bring the base above the water table preventing any further mud from coming to the surface while at the same time providing a solid base for the foundation.<br />
We have access to the roof of our four story office building from which we have an absolutely wonderful view as can be seen in the following pictures. The first picture of this post showing the project site is also taken from this vantage point providing an excellent birds eye view of all the activity below. <br />
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Visible on the far side of the property is bush line, as is the overgrown and wet state of the site. The abundance of grass on the site brought numerous cows to the property for grazing<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">As mentioned already, the general contractor will be on site as of November 24 to begin site preparations for the construction. The site will become messier and more unfriendly to begin with, and each day will bring changes to the view. Keep posted to see the construction progress.</div></div>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-10400091055997810122011-11-17T19:26:00.000+05:302011-11-26T19:25:05.886+05:30Final Preparations for Start-up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5ANuZFH0MDulPyiPBucHqamRm24xH6mF4YQxuGHSEhPkPp89bW6Ir4mycGB634TTxhVpyHItVayA9dzsxqDVt2gCjhdJ7N6q93iqvvAGaNcXk-601W-F6-CziVEnhrQ6LUSa3Gssbcqm/s1600/DSCN0545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5ANuZFH0MDulPyiPBucHqamRm24xH6mF4YQxuGHSEhPkPp89bW6Ir4mycGB634TTxhVpyHItVayA9dzsxqDVt2gCjhdJ7N6q93iqvvAGaNcXk-601W-F6-CziVEnhrQ6LUSa3Gssbcqm/s320/DSCN0545.JPG" width="320" /></a>November 1, 2011 was the day we held the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the new building. It was a most wonderful day filled with stories, laughter, encouragement, and many emotions, especially for those who have been involved in pursuing this dream from its earliest beginnings. There were around 300 people in attendance. <br />
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The people on the shovel were three patients that represent the various patient groups served by the patient service ministry. <br />
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Later that evening we gathered with the ministry staff for supper. The time was filled with much laughter, a good opportunity to unwind.<br />
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Some gifts had been brought from Canada and were handed out. The cross will be placed within the walls during construction. The patient servers were given compasses and torches as they are called here (flashlights to those in North America). It is important that the servers not get lost and can clearly see their way as the patients really have no idea how to find their way around.<br />
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The contract document consisted of 72 pages with four copies of the contract for a total of 288 pages. Each page needed to be stamped by the patient service ministry and the contractor, each stamp needed to be initialed, and three pages required signatures. <br />
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Four packages of construction drawings, the contract and technical specifications were handed out after the sighing. <br />
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The architect and engineering firm for the project has a wonderful cook and she makes the most delicious Dahl Bhat, and she always has a smile.<br />
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All in all it was a good day.<br />
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The contractor will take possession of the property on November 28/11 with construction to begin by Dec 12 at the latest. This is a very exciting time here as this day has been waited upon for quite some time now - about six years.</div>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-73856201429417271382011-10-15T20:40:00.000+05:302011-11-26T21:19:37.369+05:30Getting Familiar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We have been spending our time here getting familiar with our surroundings and with living in Kathmandu. The rainy season seems to have finally ended, about one month later than usual. It is still quite warm most days although most locals have begun to wear jackets and sweaters as they are feeling cooler than a month ago. Temperatures still get to the low 30's most days but the evenings and nights do seem to be cooling off a bit more.<br />
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There are still lots of flowers blooming here. I have been following a beautiful flowering plant and taking daily pictures for the past 4 days. It is changing every day and will likely flower out in the next few days. So no pictures of that to share today but it is a beautiful plant to observe and admire.<br />
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We spotted this young girl waiting with her dad for her sister to come home. She was quite patient, and finally her sister came around the corner and this little girl just lit up with joy.<br />
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As we turned the corner towards home we came across these men doing road repairs; all very manual labour but done with great care and precision. These two are doing the final stage of leveling, measuring and packing.<br />
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The guys further back are filling the pot holes with rock and brick, pouring liquid tar over them, and then filling the holes with hot asphalt.<br />
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Further down the road, actually rite across the street from us they are constructing a new multilevel building. Today they poured the second floor. Now floors are counted differently here. Ground level is termed as ground level, the first floor above ground level is termed the First Floor, the second above is termed the Second Floor and so on. I had watched over the past days put all the forming and supporting timber in place, and yesterday they tied in the rebar. Today was the day to pour the concrete. Again, it is very intensive manual labour, and men and women work equally here as you will see in the pictures. They worked at this from about 8:00am and finished right about 4:00pm. Enjoy the pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dumping onto floor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spreading, skreeting, and troweling</td></tr>
</tbody></table>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-80036973336791699032011-09-25T21:38:00.000+05:302011-09-25T21:40:00.376+05:30Left on our ownWe had our last meal with Bruce, who provided us with a great orientation to life in Kathmandu. He has now gone home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last meal with Bruce before he left for home.</td></tr>
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The meal was great and the fellowship even better. No earthquake during this meal though.<br />
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Linda and I have continued to explore our new neighbourhood and feeling more comfortable and confident with each outing. I decided to take a walk to the building site from our home to see how far it was and how long it would take to get there, if I could even find it. Well, I did find the site, had to stop a few times just to orientate myself and insure I was heading in the right direction. I walk pretty fast and at my pace it took about half an hour. I made it home in about 25 minutes as I was now sure of the way. I will be able to reduce that time a bit as I stopped numerous times to take pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road to site 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road to site 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road to site 3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road to site 4<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">As you can tell by the appearance of the road, it was quite wet everywhere. It had rained most of the morning and the sky was just beginning to break up. The site itself was quite wet as well. I did venture to walk through the site and am now so thankful I purchased some sandals that could withstand wet environments.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">The boundaries of the property are not totally clear but the east side goes from about the pole in the foreground to just to the left of the gravel piles in the back.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Property from NE corner</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><a name='more'></a>The back (south) boundary goes from the front of the brick wall on the left to the green shrubs just beyond the gravel pile.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: left;">The North boundary goes from these shrubs along the road; it may not look like a road but the ungrassed area is the roadway. The West boundary follows the shrub line to the corner of the far right building.</td><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8ic04U1fNxcJusXb5zRHS7LahSVbV7TdLLqgQRTsdnFjfif6UVpEHKNBzQD6atTqKhzGgPmnKnx63qGxXMAbIwjtJPjvB3WpkBJfiY0Q31VZtdk5bfxSRt24ehAZOMvIfawasYrMhq9e/s1600/Property+-+from+NW+Corner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8ic04U1fNxcJusXb5zRHS7LahSVbV7TdLLqgQRTsdnFjfif6UVpEHKNBzQD6atTqKhzGgPmnKnx63qGxXMAbIwjtJPjvB3WpkBJfiY0Q31VZtdk5bfxSRt24ehAZOMvIfawasYrMhq9e/s320/Property+-+from+NW+Corner.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span id="goog_2106725981"></span><span id="goog_2106725982"></span>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434946347513306343.post-65926249578405934882011-09-20T17:34:00.000+05:302011-09-20T17:34:13.747+05:30The first days<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The City</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The People</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Faith</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;">The weather has been wonderfully warm with bouts of refreshing rain. Four days in we experienced a 6.8 earthquake that had everyone running for safety. We are safe but there was some damage and loss of life in Kathmandu. These pictures are just a sample of the things that we have been experiencing in the past six days.</span>J Sawatzkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437246572089373584noreply@blogger.com1