INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR FINISHING Now with the concrete floor slab complete, we turn our attention to both interior and exterior finish. On the interior, the walls are sanded once again and treated with a smoothing compound. A base coat of primer is applied to the walls after the compound is thoroughly dry. The same process […]
Author Archives: Gordon Mckissock
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Sep
Sep
All the beams are now in place and poured. We now turn our boys to the task of preparing for the second story floor slab. This involves putting together all the wood forms and bracing them properly from below to temporarily hold the weight of the slab until it sets properly. We also must lay […]
18
Sep
Sep
The columns are now poured and the forms stripped so it is time to start constructing the beams for the second story. Again we start by constructing the rebar reinforcing frames, which we tie into the exposed rebar at the top of the columns. Once all this is securely in place, we build forms that […]
18
Sep
Sep
COLUMNS Footing complete, our next job is to tie all our column rebar frames into the footings as well as connecting all column rebar to the tie beam rebar. The these pours will take place in two stages. The first will be hich enough so that the bottom portion of the columns will be done […]
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Sep
Sep
PREPARING THE REBAR Excavation complete, we start putting together all the rebar frames which will serve as reinforcement within the poured concrete footings and tie beams. Once ready we again take precise measuremnts and set the frames in place. We check everything is located properly one last time then pour the concrete for all our […]
18
Sep
Sep
LAYOUT AND EXCAVATION With the temporary facilities set up, the layout of the building footprint begins. Once precise measurements are taken and stakes laid out, the men excavate by hand. The soil is found to be extremely soft and porous which is a concern. In order remove the risk of future settlement and cracking of […]
17
Sep
Sep
July Progress With the date fast approaching when the clients will be returning to the Philippines for a vacation, we are under a very tight deadline to complete the washroom renovation phase to the stage where it can be occupied and used. Working two shifts, we are doing the finishing touches including instaltion of electrical […]
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Sep
Sep
June Progress After completing all the necesaary roughing for plumbing and electrical, finalizing of all interior partion , concrete hollow block walls, and pouring the new reinforced concrete floor slab, we were ready to start the basic finishing. This included tiling, preparation of wall surface, cabinets and cupboards.
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Sep
Sep
May Progress With all the structural remedial work completed , we have moved on to the basic layout of concrete hollow block walls, electrical and plumbing roughing.
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May
May
Structural Shell Nearing Completion Planning Our Upcoming Tradesman Scheduling Over the past month, our Valencia construction project has progressed nicely and is pretty well on schedule. The Columns and beams are about 95% complete and as we have been building the structure, we have had other members of our construction crew, working on the walls. […]