Pile work is well underway on the project. 33 piles have been completed over the past 6 days with three crews up and running (375 piles total). A fourth crew is due on site any day. Our aim is to get 8+ piles completed per day, although this may be somewhat optimistic during this rainy season and Ramadan (July 11- Aug 11th: the workers do not eat or drink during daylight hours. Then they take a two week holiday after Ramadan.)
(Line up the Rig above the Concrete/Steel pile points)
(The chisel starts boring)
(They keep adding extra pipe sections to get to depth)
(Once to the desired depth boring stops and they wash the bore hole until the waste water is fairly clean. Depth mark seen in red on the bore pipe.)
(Bending, Tying & Welding the steel cages)
(Placing the steel cage into the borehole)
(Filling the hole with concrete - from bottom to top through this pipe)
(The site gets desperately muddy - thankfully I picked up a pair of rubber boots in town)
(Working into the night - this bore had a small collapse so they had to re-bore and cast that night to ensure no further failures.)
Jon
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