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The green field site1 Rai (1,600 sq.m.) of land raised and ready for building.yorky
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Setting outThe sight rails.yorky
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AccommodationAccommodation for the night watchman/cement storage shedyorky
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Column footing excavation1.00 m x 1.00 m excavations down to solid.yorky
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Digging the column footingsyorky
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The Bar Bending "Machine"yorky
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CeremonyA ceremony is required before we could start building properyorky
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Concrete footings"Hand balling" the concrete for the footings. We used 'ready-mix' for these pours.yorky
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The rebar for the columnsyorky
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Column foundation reinforcementFoundation steel - 12 mm rebar mesh at 150 mm centresyorky
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Concreting the column foundationsColumns - 6 No 12 mm rebar tied at 200 mm centres with 6 mm bar.yorky
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Hand balling concreteFor the concrete column pours we used concrete mixed on site.yorky
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Bar bendingThe bar bending crew. Steel reinforcement arriving "cut and bent" is unheard of in Isaan.yorky
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MixerMixing the concrete for the columnsyorky
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