Metal Work

Taking off the final mold pieces in the front

row of the building.

They have used thousands of little wires to connect the rods

together. When the electricity is on they use this saw to cut

the metal. It seems dangerous to me, but they are the experts.

The beginning of this week they put in a few poles at the front of the building that will be under the stairs going to the second floor, so it needs the reinforcement of the bedded foundation. The weather was quite rainy all week, so once those poles were done, they began working on what I think will become the floor joists that go between the poles that they embedded in the ground. They have made quite the network of beams. They wire them together under the tent, then they have to be carried to the worksite and set into the proper place. As you can see, it is no easy task as it takes quite a few grown men to carry them. Several days there were only a few people working as the rain prevented a lot of work from being done, so the people who came were just working on making these beams and then they put them in place when the other workers came the next day.

I love when the girl on the right comes to

work in her sarong. It's so cute and typical

for this area.

Carrying the beams and putting them into place is no small task.

Building definitely takes a lot of teamwork.

This guy seems to be the expert at knowing

where to hit the bent metal rods to make them

straight. I'm amazed every time.

This reminds me of the dot game I played as a child. You have

to have beams going between all of the poles to complete the project.

Some of the wire work had to be done once the beams were in place.

They said that if it was all done under the tents then they wouldn't be

able to lift them at all. So, here are the women hard at work.