By Anna Lee Koosmann | Project Manager/Lead Instructor
It's been over three months since we started construction in September. We are two weeks behind schedule due to typhoon season. Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) ripped through the Central Visayas on November 8. The islands located Northeast of Dumaguete (Leyte Island and Tacloban City) were hit the hardest. Dumaguete was fortunate to receive little damage from wind, rain, or floods. However, Haiyan set a tone for weather as the weeks continued with heavy rains.
On site, the students and workers managed to pump the water from the footing trenches, pedestals, and the septic tank. Lately, the weather has been drier and we're able to make more progress on the concrete foundation work. Meanwhile, we're treating bamboo with a solution of pesticide, kerosene, and diesel mixture.
We are only 1 week behind schedule from our estimate on pouring the slab on grade concrete floor. This is great news! There was much preparation for this monumental day: securing 50 sacks of cement, 100 sacks of sand, 150 sacks of gravel, tying re-bar matting, tamping the soil and soil poisoning. By Saturday we had everything prepped and ready with four volunteers from Sir Marlon Tanilon's engineering class. At the end of the day on Saturday, the slab was about 2/3 poured.
Additional progress on the clay block walls at the CR and Storage Room are piling high. The building is starting to take form and we continue to move forward.
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