Pics from the Site

Well tonight, I thought I'd give you a little update on the site - this one is pictorial.


I should have told you some time ago, that if you click on the picture it will open up a much larger image in your browser.  You can also right-click and select from the context menu to open it up in a new window or in a new tab.

The building project is going very well and we are progressing very nicely on the first floor.  We are expecting to start painting - next week even to try out some colors and in a big way in two weeks time when our team arrives.  I will try to convey to you the location and direction of each picture taken.  They are all on the first floor of the building.

For simplicity, I'll say that:

• the front of the building is facing east, 
• the rear of the building is facing west, 
• one side faces north (toward the ocean), and 
• the other side faces south.

However, the building is not exactly rectangular nor is the property.  And the front of the building more or less faces east but perhaps a little (or a lot) north (or maybe south) of east. 

Anyway, here are the pictures.

This picture is taken standing in the center of the building (from side to side) towards the back and facing towards the front and the south side of the building.  The door that you see in the upper middle of the picture goes into our electrical room on the first floor.  The area behind that is where our front staircase goes up to the second floor.  Our main gate to enter into the building is directly in front of the stairs.  The floor is covered with a course sand to protect it as we work  plastering the beams and ceiling.  We have not yet plastered the columns.

This picture is taken from the back of the building looking towards the front on the north side of the building.  The windows on the north wall have just been completed but are not yet fully finished.  The windows that you see in the front are just partially constructed and will be completed tomorrow.  

And again taken from the rear of the building facing towards the front of the building.  This picture is taken of the middle section of the main floor.  The sky light allows light through, and as the upper floors are completed, the sky light will be removed allowing for better air circulation.  In the far front and in the middle, you can see the ramp that allows access to the second floor.  We feel that the ramp will be safer than stairs for handling larger numbers of all ages and sizes.  

This is a picture of a section of the rear wall.  It is taken from the north side facing south west.  To the left of the picture are the washrooms. 

This picture is taken from the front of the building in the middle section facing the rear of the building.  On the left are the washrooms.  Again you can see some of the course sand protecting the floor and a little bit of scaffolding.

This final picture is again taken from the front center of the building facing the rear of the building.  Towards the south side (left) you see some more of our scaffolding that the workers use while finishing the ceiling.  They are just finishing up the last sections of the ceiling.  In the middle of the picture of the three washrooms - boys, girls and staff.  The doors have been installed.  There is still some work to be done on building walls on the south side of the building. This is probably just about the same position that I was in when the earthquake struck on Jan 12th.  It was a long way to the South East corner of the building where I exited the building during the quake.

I guess that I didn't make that good of use of my co-ordinate system, but hopefully you get a feel for the progress that we've made and a sense of the layout of the main floor as well.  This floor will be a cafeteria to be used for the feeding program.

I must admit that I posted these pics with and alterior motive in mind.  I won't tell you just what that is, but as a by product, I hope you enjoy.