CALL CENTER PROGRESS JAN 15 Though we had been awarded this contract in late December, with the holidays approaching, and the main construction site closed down, we decided to hold off our start until the New Year. Upon start-up in January, the first thing that need to be addressed was the raw concrete floor. The […]
Author Archives: Gordon Mckissock
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Jan
Jan
SIBULAN BEACH HOUSE – NIPA HUT The clients need to vacate their leased premises by the end of December, so we are on a tight timetable to get their initial living quartes finished quickly. We are construction a 1 room traditional Nipa hut, however this is not going to be a shack. The intention is […]
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Jan
Jan
SAN MIGUEL HOUSE FINISHING Our Clients have graciously been a little flexible on the turn-over date of their new home, due to the typical slowdown over the Christmas Holidays. Currently we are at the finishing stages of this construction and are completing tiling, cabinets and granite counter tops, painting, plumbing and electrical fixtures. Our major […]
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Dec
Dec
ROOFING AND SUSPENDED CEILING GRID Currently, our roofing crew is working on the metal roof paneling as well as all the fascia, trims and gutters. While they are working on that, we are also doing the grid framing of the interior suspended ceiling as well as the exterior soffit. Since our full crew is not […]
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Dec
Dec
BOARDING AND INSULATING OF CEILING With the roofing complete and watertight, our men have moved on to finishing the ceiling. First, the grid is insulated using 2″ expanded polystyrene rigid insulation, then the gyproc boards are screwed into place. Holes are cut where light fixtures are to be installed and all electrical conduit is placed […]
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Dec
Dec
TAPING OF CEILING AND PAINTING With all gyproc ceiling in place, we now have to tape and mud all joints , which are then sanded to provide a smooth surface for painting. While we are doing this , we are also painting exterior walls and priming the interior walls.
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Dec
Dec
SIBULAN BEACH HOUSE STARTUP The clients which we are building this Sibulan Beach house for wanted to vacate their rental property as quickly as possible, so the decision was to quickly build a small native “nipa house” to live on site temporarily until the full building is complete. With their tight schedule, the day after […]
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Dec
Dec
FRAMING OF NIPA HOUSE Building with lightweight materials such as wood and Bamboo, we have to take into consideration problems such as rot and termites. For the wood , we are using Lauan, which is a termite resistant hardwood, then we are treating both that wood and the bamboo with a further protective coat of […]
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Dec
Dec
WALL FINISHING, SEPTIC TANK, ROOF FRAMING With the Structure complete and the concrete hollow block walls up, we have been working on the cement parging of all interior and interior walls , digging and construction the septic tank and framing the roof structure with site fabricated trusses. All is progressing according to plan, and the […]
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Oct
Oct
FLOOR SLAB AND ROOF FRAMING With all the walls complete, columns pored and roughing for electrical and plumbing laid out, our construction crew moves on to their next tasks. While the walls were being laid, we had our steelworkers construct the trusses so that immediately after we could start the roof framing, including rafters and […]