Applying “plaster” cement
There’s a lot to learn when you are forced to switch what you know about building from the West, to Asia. Here in Indonesia there tends to be teams of workers who all support each other with a set of…
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Week #21 — brick walls, “finishes”, and stairs
Finishes means applying or installing elements of the house that the guests will experience directly. Gone are the pipes and wires and unfinished surfaces. As the building continues to rise we are starting to see brick walls where air used…
Time for a break, an Icy one
While it’s not easy to forget you’re in the tropics each and every day, it’s something else to work hour after hour doing physical labor in the intense heat. The above photo shows happy workers sucking on ice pops. A…
“Finishes” under way
In the building trade the word finishes refers to aspects of the structure that remain visible once construction is completed. For months and months everything that you see at a construction site: steel, pipes, wires, formwork, etc will become invisible…
Reaching skyward
Now that the second floor has been poured the crew has turned it’s attention to the final set of columns, beams and ultimately, the flooring for a flat roof. For those of you who have an attention for detail, the…