Thursday, June 26, 2014

Update on the New Construction

The new building next to the present entrance is really shaping up. Here they have finished the drop ceiling. All that is left to do here is hang the doors, shutters, and then paint.
 I took this picture of the garage because you can clearly see the roof. First the length-wise timbers are put up, then a lattice of cross rafters. Then a layer of small, thin ceramic blocks which is covered in the outside tiles.
 In the second classroom, you can see the drop ceiling going up. Bamboo is put up across the void. It only bears the weight of the thin ceiling that is merely sandwich fiberglass...easy to clean, lightweight, and helps to insulate from the hot sun.
 This is the men's room being worked on. On the left is where the two urinals will go and in back are the two toilets. From the floor to about 6', everything is covered in tile. Easy to clean.
Just Thanh practicing. He's in the porter's house just next to the new construction.
At the end of the day, they finished the ramp to the garage. Within a month it should be all done and then it only needs to be painted and the lights put installed.