Work completed on another project

Some time ago we complete our work on this modern two bedroom home.   As mentioned in my previous posts about this project, we were only contracted to carry out the main building construction, painting and bathroom tiling and fitting.  Tiling of the rest of the house, all carpentry and window fitting etc... was to be carried by another contractor to the client.  As such, despite our work being completed, the house still looks rather unfinished in the pictures.   I shall, however, try to post some pictures of the fully finished home, with the owners permission.

Interior & exterior rendering almost complete

We have now almost finished the interior and exterior rendering of our project in Nong Kom Ko.  The next step will be to begin installing the suspended gypsum ceiling and the bathroom tiling and fitting.  As I mentioned in a previous post, tiling in the rest of the house and carpentry work will be carried out by third party contractors.

Roof completed, block work nearly finished

The roof is now on and some of the architectural features in the roof area have also been cast in concrete.  We are a couple of days away from finishing all of the block work and installing the windows.  After the block work is complete and the walls have been rendered we will then begin adding the the remaining architectural detailing.

With this project, the terms of the contract we such that we would be carrying out all works except the carpentry work and tiling, which will be carried out by a friend of the owner. (We will, however be tiling the bathrooms to facilitate installation of bathroom fittings.)  As such, the beautiful wooden window and door frames have been supplied to us for installation and we can not take credit for the excellent craftsmanship of them in this case!

Roof beams complete

Last week, we completed the main structural framework by pouring the concrete for the roof beams and also the concrete slabs for the parts of the house that have a flat roof.  The next step is to install the pre-cast concrete floor slabs, build the roof structure and begin the block work.

Main structural framework complete

We are now up to the roof level with the concrete structure of the modern two bedroom home project.  The next stage is to add in the precast concrete slabs for the floor and the roof structure.

Pouring Footings

This morning, the site received its official 'blessing' in a traditional Buddhist ceremony, so construction can begin. We have now begun pouring the footings and setting the steel column reinforcement structures in place.  Meanwhile, some staff are also preparing the steel beam reinforcement structures.  Ready for installation over the coming days.

Second time lucky....

We attempted to excavate the footings for our latest project a couple of days ago.....  unfortunately, we encountered a rocky seam about half a meter down full of huge rocks that proved to be too much of a challenge for the small excavator that we were using.  The reason for initially using a small excavator is that it produces much neater holes that require less manual 'dressing' prior to pouring the concrete footings.  Today we are continuing with a larger excavator that is more up to the task of removing the large rocks!

Work begins on a modern two bedroom home

In January I posted images of a concept for a modern style two bedroom home.  Since then, we have worked with the client to develop this concept into a final design and a full set of engineering drawings.  Planning permission has now been granted and today we began clearing the plot of land and marking it out for construction.  The lucky Buddhist day for the first columns to be erected is 4th May.  Between now and then we shall be digging the footings and preparing all of the column reinforcement structures.

Modern Style, Single Storey 2 Bedroom Home Concept

I have just completed the initial concept for  a new modern style 128sq.m. single storey 2 bedroom home.