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| The site as of this weekend. There is one layer of fill in place in this photo. The full process of fill and compact is scheduled to start Monday the 16th. |
Monday the 16th we plan to start the fill and compaction phase, which will last approximately two weeks to complete. This will create the "Plateau" on which the Clinic will sit. This plateau will act as a very large footer. The dirt/fill is a sandy/gravel mix from a mine 9km west of the site. This fill will be spread in multiple layers (lifts) of less than 20cm (8") deep, with each layer then being thoroughly watered and then compacted - resulting in a very hard material, almost like concrete without the cement. So because the building needs to be a certain height relative to the road and nearby canals, there will be at least 8 lifts resulting in the building being 1.5 to 2 meters higher than the starting point. We have to start this low in the ground due to needing to remove the thick layer of rich topsoil, which is great for plants but not for building on. So the bottom of our "hole" has a lighter color dirt that is good to use under the footer.
Below is a video of the mine - where the fill will come from.
(you can see San Juan in the distance):
Great to see the equipment is ready to be moving again. Our construction teams from First Presbyterian , Spartanburg had two super weeks there and got the perimeter wall started by laying some 700+ blocks and digging footers. I enjoyed meeting Ken and look forward to his posts on the progress of this project.
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