31 January 2010

Two weeks later... and making good progress!








Two weeks have now passed since the first construction began!
The weather has been exceptionally dry and sunny for this time of year, resulting in very good construction progress.

The excellent holiday and construction weather however also meant that further planting had to be minimized until there is a reasonable amount of rain!

If all goes well, week three will see the installation of water, telephone and a temporary electricity terminal, as well as several foundations completed with slaps.

Pictures explained (from top):

1. Some minor planting continues.

2. The restaurant foundation is ready for the gravel filling to arrive.

3. The restaurants filling has arrived and has already been leveled and compacted.

4. All ten bungalow foundations are ready for filling and two have already arrived.

19 January 2010

The construction begins... Finally!








After another month of further preparations, the building has finally begun! The pictures below show some of the progress made in the first two days, and if the weather stays dry (we have not been having much of a wet season so far), we should be able to progress quite well. After so many months of satisfying bureaucracy, everyone is extremely excited to finally see the building process in full swing!

Pictures explained (From the top):

The "first" picture shows the initial positioning of the Restaurant building, using concrete blocks.

In the "second" picture you see the Contractor/Supervising carpenter measuring the exact location and hight of the foundations.

In picture "three" you can see the Restaurant foundation after the measurements and foundation preparations (including steel reinforcements) have been completed and the first few foundation brick have been placed.

The final picture "four" shows the private residence foundation at an already slightly more advance stage!

If all goes well from here, there will be more noticeable progress (more often) and this blog will hopefully be updated more frequently from now on, enjoy!!!