Construction Update - 12 November 2014
EDITH GVORA
HIGH SCHOOL, Gongali Village – First Phase; 4 Classrooms, Administration
Building, Toilet Building
PATRICIA
ELIZABETH PRIMARY SCHOOL, Qameyu Village; 4 Classrooms, Administration Building
Hi All
Director Peter Daniels visited both sites from 21 – 28
October to inspect the halfway point of construction of both projects and
provided the following information.
Our two current construction projects are well under way and the construction quality is excellent thanks to the skills of our builder, Mr Restus (Rusti) Ernest, a former teacher who decided his passion and abilities were more suited to construction. That is fortunate for us as we are now benefitting from his construction expertise as well as his knowledge of school needs.
Edith Gvora High
School: Gongali Village
All buildings including the two 2-classroom buildings and
the toilet building are approximately 70% complete, with wall plastering,
ceiling construction and roofing underway. The administration building has offices
for headmaster, vice head, and bursar, a staff room and storage and electrical
rooms. The administration building will be the first point of access for the
high school complex, when the new road access is completed.
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| Admin Building on left; 2 2-classroom buildings in centre, toilet building on right |
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| Administration building |
The locals are also excited to be involved in the project;
even good-spirited Mayor Peter Hayshi has spent many hours working on the
concrete pours. The first teacher residence building, a village initiation
project, is in the final stages. And local laborers are currently working on
clearing the land for the new road.
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| roof framing in progress on the classroom buildings |
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| concrete slab on roof of toilet building will support water tanks |
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| loading roof trusses |
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| ceiling framing |
Local laborers are also filling in the large erosion gully
between the buildings. Since machinery is being available, they are resorting
to lots of manpower and simple hoes to hack away at and redistribute the hard-packed
clay.
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| filling in the erosion gully with hoes |
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| wall plastering with cement |
Patricia Elizabeth
Primary School: Qameyu Village
Peter Daniels and project manager Mathew Sulle travelled the
bone-rattling road to Qameyu Village west of Babati to witness good progress at
this site as well. This phase of the project includes two 2-classroom buildings
and an Administration building. Future phases will add the remaining 3
classrooms as well as the dining hall and library buildings.
Trenches have been dug, and reinforced concrete footings are
being placed. Due to the upcoming rainy season and its effect on road
conditions, Restus ensured all heavy materials were pre-delivered to the site.
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| start of trench digging |
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| finished trench |
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| Mathew inspecting trench footings |
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| Peter and Mathew with District Education Officer (red) and Councillors |
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| Peter, Mathew with Councillor Paul Margwe |
And more good news; the local councilors advised additional land has been assigned to the school for future sports playing fields and teacher residences.
End of Update
