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Brickwork started - this will eventually become the main bedroom.Thaifu T33333
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Upper columns ready for concrete. Still using the metal shuttering. Plenty of bagged cement has been delivered ready to start the brickwork.Thaifu T11111
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Pouring the first floor; now back to the tried and trusted method - handballing. Steel work for the upper columns alreaedy started.Thaifu T00000
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Getting ready for the first floor concrete. Steel re-inforcing being laid over the slabs.Thaifu T00000
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Preparing the first floor. Precast re-inforced concrete slabs are laid across the beams.Thaifu T00000
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Pouring the beams (2). Greater accuracy is achieved using the tube slung below the bucket. The flow is still controlled by the 'jockey'.Thaifu T00000
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Pouring 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 T00000
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My 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 T00000
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'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 T00000
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Doing the shuttering for the beams. Wish my football team had as much supportThaifu T00000
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All columns finished, they are clad in 'cling film', I presume to assist the curing process. Now working on the steel work for the beamsThaifu T00000
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Metal shuttering going up for columns. In the foreground, metal supports to be used for doing the beams.Thaifu T00000
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