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Ground floor formwork completedchiyman
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Groundfloor formwork completed. Our construction workers lived in the tent which can been seen in the picture. They considered this to be more "professional" than constructing their own temporary accommodation!!chiyman
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Materials for construction of the column formworkchiyman
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placing pegs in the ground as a depth guide for the ground floor slabchiyman
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Note the reinfocement for the ground floor slab (mesh) was tied onto the ground beam reinforcement for extra strength.chiyman
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Everything ready for pouring the Ground floor slabchiyman
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Ground floor slab completed - the part nearest the concrete mixer will be brushed once it has semi cured.chiyman
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Completed Ground slab brushed finish ready to accept floor tiling later onchiyman
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Ground floor slab completed. starting to build the formwork for the Ground floor to first floor columnschiyman
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Further ground floor to first floor column formwork constructionchiyman
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A delivery of Yucca poles freshly cut which will be used later for the first floor constructionchiyman
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Pouring concrete into the column formwork - a highly manual process - effective though!!chiyman
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