One Roof down, 7 to go - here is a 3 minute time lapse

with Frank, Victor & Sandro (two of our 3 project engineers)

Started about 10am, finished abut 10pm.
- First Roof Section - Consult/Exam section
- top for main septic tank
- bridge across large canal

Ready to Start on the Roof!

Its been a long time coming, but we are finally here.
It is time to start placing concrete and creating the ROOF!

It will be a long process to get the entire building "under roof", but we will be doing this in 8 separate steps, so as we complete a section and move on to the next, we can begin finishing the previous section. So as we progress, the sections can be fully completed. Big Stuff.

Here is a Video showing what's been happening ...

Stay tuned for concrete! 

March Madness ... in the DR, and first picture from the ROOF!

Yes, it is that time of year for basketball fans in the States. 

Here in the DR more updates will follow this month as we hope March will be the start of a huge step in the construction - 

GETTING THE ROOF SLABS COMPLETED!

The project construction is moving along well as we move into the month of March. 
Along with the plumbers who are pressure testing the water supply lines, the electricians are installing junction boxes and conduits in the walls and are staying ahead of the carpenters who are assembling the concrete forms for the beams and the roof structure and finally rebar fabricators are hard at work using rebar up to 3/4" in diameter for the beams and roof structures. Concrete workers are also filling forms for various columns and places in the block walls as well. 

We have broken the building into 8 modules in order to more effectively use the available wood for forms and have a reasonable amount of concrete able to be placed in these forms. At this point we hope to place concrete for our first module the week of March 13th in the "consult" module. This area will require close to 100 cubic meters of high strength concrete so our concrete supplier will be getting equipment setup and supplies on hand to mix and place this in the elevated forms. 

Here is the FIRST picture from the ROOF!

These are the plywood sheets that form the bottom of the roof slab

Below are some recent pictures of the site:

Looking west with the consult module in the foreground.

Formwork for the Concrete Roof Slab

Looking straight into the Future Emergency Room Lobby Entrance.

Looking across the consult module being formed, you can see the higher walls that make up the center section of the facility.

Great to see "window openings" !

Panorama shot of the Entrance area .

A local Mennonite farmer is renting his Skid Steer to us for a very reasonable price
- it is a valuable machine to have on-site for moving materials!

   

   Thanks for your continued support both financially and prayerfully !!

A lone zinnia near the warehouse.