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Most viewed - Thaifu T - November |
322 viewsMy first view on arriving from the UK. Concrete base laid; steel work for columns started; metal shuttering delivered. Note the 'good luck' artefacts hanging from the columns following the usual 'blessing' by the monksThaifu T
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309 viewsGetting ready for the first floor concrete. Steel re-inforcing being laid over the slabs.Thaifu T
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298 viewsBrickwork started - this will eventually become the main bedroom.Thaifu T
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288 viewsUpper columns ready for concrete. Still using the metal shuttering. Plenty of bagged cement has been delivered ready to start the brickwork.Thaifu T
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286 viewsMetal shuttering going up for columns. In the foreground, metal supports to be used for doing the beams.Thaifu T
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282 viewsPreparing the first floor. Precast re-inforced concrete slabs are laid across the beams.Thaifu T
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265 viewsDoing the shuttering for the beams. Wish my football team had as much supportThaifu T
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252 viewsPouring the first floor; now back to the tried and trusted method - handballing. Steel work for the upper columns alreaedy started.Thaifu T
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251 viewsAligning the columns, getting ready for pouring concreteThaifu T
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249 views'Hotel California' Some of the workers lived here during the whole construction phase. Actually this helps with site security at night. Later the 'hotel' was doubled in size to accommodate more workers.Thaifu T
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246 viewsPouring the beams (1). CPAC deliver the concrete and pour into the bucket; hoisted by crane; then the 'jockey' releases the concrete at the appropriate moment.Thaifu T
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244 views'Pouring' columns, CPAC deliver concrete; poured into tank. Then 'hand-balled' in small buckets to be poured from the top.Thaifu T
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