People keep asking how the new out patient department building is coming along. I realised that I haven't really put any photos up here yet so here are a few photos for anyone interested. All the pillars are now set in place and we've started working on the tie beams between the pillars and the walls up to floor level. Things got off to a slow start thanks to some very hard ground but we seem to be progressing pretty well now. It took about eight weeks to dig the pillar foundation holes by hand. My aim is to have the roof up before the monsoon hits in July and the contractors seem pretty confident of achieving that so I'm happy.
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| Pillar Reinforcement |
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| Pillars waiting to be put in place |
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| Setting the floor level the way it should be done with a clear plastic tube and water. |
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| Marking floor levels |
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| Pillar foundations in place each is at least 5 feet deep in very hard ground. Compared to most houses in Nepal this is very deep. |
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| Setting the pillar foundations |
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| Building the pillars up to floor level, above here tie beams join the pillars together |
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| A concrete test block waiting to be delivered to the local University for testing |
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| The ever present Annapurnas |
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| Taking a well earned break |
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