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week 19 - leap forward

Week 20 starting tomorrow !  We now have regular site meetings every Monday with the client and the main contractor, and the works have been steadily progressing since August.  We're starting racing a bit so that we really have the roofs in place before the rains come - but for now no sign of it, uuuf ! The Dorm was the occasion for the bricklayers to try a new way of laying stones... with less mortar than what they're used to. And they're managing pretty well !    very few men on this picture... the first Monday after pay day is always a bit difficult... I didn't realize the ground and ring reinforced concrete beams were going to take so much time to cure when the structural engineer n°1 proposed that... it's a bit unnerving to have to count 21 days before being able to do anything... especially since all these curves* make the shuttering all the more complicated ! (*inherited design from design architect) oh and soon we'll have comp