Saturday, October 15, 2016

Pouring the Second Floor Floor

wiring laid down to pour the cement on
They've been busy again, and by Thursday had the wires down, then they poured the first two classrooms on Friday(I didn't get any pictures of that) and the other two classrooms on Saturday. I was going to head over both days at 3, but then it rained so hard, so on Saturday at 5 they were literally waiting for the cement to dry so that they could finish it off. I talked with them and snapped a few photos.
They also poured cement in the doorframes to fill in the gaps between the blocks and the metal frames. 
doorframe ready to pour cement



preparing cement seems to be a constant task

smoothing the cement in this room

this is the cement they were waiting to dry.

you won't be able to take a picture like this for much longer

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Roof finished

looking better
 The roof is finished and you can start to see where the classrooms will be. In just the last 2 days things have changed so much. The roof is up, the front walls of the rooms are going in, as well as windows on the second floor. Everyone was so busy at their task I took a lot of pictures today as they were all doing such different things. I missed a picture of the guys that were carrying the bricks up the stairs 3 at a time. That was one job that didn't look like it was that much fun, but necessary for progress to be made.
walls for the front of the classrooms going in


the hallway now has a wall in front, and I believe a bench
will be put in in front of the wall.

preparing for windows to be put in

putting in the windows

this guy was so cute on this little makeshift ladder


busy bees making lots of progress today

Monday, October 10, 2016

Half of the roof

starting to look like a building
So much progress has happened over the last 5 days. The last post showed the first truss up, and 5 days later, all of the trusses are up, and half of the roof as well as windows on the first floor and some more walls. Going for a visit today was so exciting to see the progress and all that they are doing. Enjoy!!!!
windows going in on the first floor

walls that have been finished near the stairwell and end of the building

walls going up on the second floor

half of the roof is up

finishing the last bit on the end

the foreman putting in the end wall on the second floor

beginning the other half of the roof

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

First truss

pouring beams on the second floor
 The first two pictures are from last week as they were pouring the beams and preparing the second floor. Then, after a  busy weekend of finishing students grades and testing this week, I was pleasantly surprised when I went to the building today and saw that they had started putting in the walls on the first floor and that they had put in the first truss on the second floor. Progress is being made. Will it be done by the end of January? That is left to be seen...

first truss is up :)

walls on t he first floor are being put in

first truss

side view of the building with the first truss