​​The 4th Phase included the following Major tasks.
1. Second Floor Walling
2. Staircases and Superstructure
3. Internal Finishes
4. Doors -Ground and First floors
5. Windows-Ground and First floors
The first part of this phase included bringing the second floor walls, staircases and the superstructure. This task took us about 46 weeks to complete from the month of March
The internal finishes work started on July 8th and was expected to end by early September.​​
The internal finishes work started on July 8th and was expected to end by early September.​​
Electricals Second fixes
The electrical work began with chiseling the electrical lines on the walls both on the walls and the ceilings. It was then followed by fixing all the boxes, junctions, junction boxes, conduits, Mks, Circulars, circuit breaker boxes and all other electrical accessories priors plastering of the walls. procured, fitted and covered.
All the electric lines in the ceiling for the main supplies, lightings, sockets and heavy supplies were all drawn, blocked ones opened and new ones created where there were omission.
All were completed for both ground and first floors and are now prepared for final running of electric cables. Electricals Second fixes.
After all these were set up, the plaster for the inside wall and ceiling was then commenced.
Plastering work
The plastering work began after the first fixes of the electrical work was complete on the ground floor. The plastering work for the ground floor was completed by mid August.
The First floor plastering picked up there after and is complete. The ongoing work on plastering are the key finishes of the door area lines, window lines, staircases lines and the ramp lines.
Plumbing and Sanitary wares
The internal plumbing works for the and fixes for the ground and first floors were completed. The fixing of the sanitary wares on the ground floor which included the, taps, hand washing basins, squaring and toilet seats were complete for the ground floor and the same is ongoing for the first floor.
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These have been water tested for efficiency, pressure or any leakages and all is set for the ground floor.
The tilling of the wet areas for ground and first floors followed. It included the toilets and the kitchen areas. The ground floor wet areas is completed except the main kitchen area and the work top. All the tiles for the pending work is procured and will be fixed when the ongoing work of the worktop for the kitchen is complete.
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The toilets are fitted with taps and shattafs, and all the toilets fitted and tested are flushing extremely well and the general plumbing and tiling work is impressive.
The testing of the plumbing and sanitary wares for the ground floor was successful. It required procuring the accessories for bringing running water into the building.
The Testing for the efficiency of the toilet flushing system, washing hand basins flushing system, squatting pans flushing systems for the whole ground floor was successful
The fabrications of the windows were ongoing at the time when the electrical work was on going.
Now all the windows for both the ground and first floors are all fixed. All the windows for the floors are all steel fabricated. with burglars and some bargoers are made to be escape friendly.
The windows only awaits the fixing of glasses that will be procured and fixed in phase 6 after the roofing and plaster of the outside walls for the building is complete.
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There is a lot of risk of them breaking and loosing them because there is still a lot of work going on both in and out of the building
Burglars
There were also burglars fabricated for the main corridor entrances inner corridors and main openings. all these fabricated burglar doors were fixed. the burglars were meant for the ground floor
The burglar for the first floor that will keep the children from falling off from the veranda is ready. This will be fixed at a later date either in the 5th or 6th phase.
This is because a lot of materials is still passing directly through that space as work continues on the upper levels.
Hand rails
Similarly, the hand rails for the ground and first floors are fabricated and are all on site. They will soon be fixed when the floor work is underway.
Meanwhile there are still passage of lots of material and movement of lots of other wider materials requiring space.
Painting under coat for the ground floor
Door Frames and Shatters
All the required wooden door frames for the inner rooms for the ground and first floors were all procured and all fixed. All are now well laid in their areas well plastered. and waiting for the shatters.
All the shatters for the frames were all procured and are in our stores awaiting fixes after all the major activities in the rooms especially the undercoat painting and the final painting for the inner rooms are complete. this is to avoid having them get spots of the paints during the ongoing work of painting of the walls
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We only have two door shatters fitted and we are using the two rooms as the storage for our materials.
We brought down the outside temporary store that we erected at the beginning of the construction. We are now using 2 rooms in the building now secure with doors and we have the store keeper sleep in the room, more safe and free from mosquitoes.
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We also have the electricity pulled to the building. sometimes workers work so late into the night and the power is so instrumental.
Painting- undercoat
We brought down the outside temporary store that we erected at the beginning of the construction. We are now using 2 rooms in the building now secure with doors and we have the store keeper sleep in the room, more safe and free from mosquitoes.
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We also have the electricity pulled to the building. sometimes workers work so late into the night and the power is so instrumental.
The undercoat painting for the ground floor is almost complete. As by the first week of September, only 2 rooms are remaining before the painters move tot he first floor whose plastering work will also be concluded in the next 3 days.
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otherwise the painters are free to move to the first floor any time.
This is a front view of the undercoat painting work for the ground floor. The ground floor is soon getting complete. The arears that will be left pending are the walls along the stair cases .
This is because the roof is not yet done and there are still pending work of construction going up. Lots of leakages from the top, rains and supply of materials are underway.
Now this is a inside view of the undercoat painting work for the ground floor. The ground floor is soon getting complete.
Electricals
The electrical first fixes for the second floor is complete. The work electrical work includes wall chiseling, conduit laying and covering, MK and junction boxes fixes, connectors, sub box switches and adaptable switch boxes fixes. Also line drawing to ensure all the conduits and lines are free from any kind of blockages and resistances and conduit motor coverings. All this work for the second floor is complete.
The 3rd floor electrical installation began with the ceiling following the commencement of the roofing. This will follow the fixes on the third floor wall after the roof has completely been erected.
The Plaster.
The plaster work for the walls for all the rooms on the second and 3rd floor is complete including the inside , ceiling, the corridors, and the ramp places. .
Steel Windows and doors
All the steel windows for the 2nd floor and 3rd floors are complete and all fixed.
All steel doors fixed for 2nd and 3rd floors.
All the internal hand rails for 2nd and 3rd floors fixed.
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Plumbing.
Plumbing works are complete on the second and 3rd floors .
pending fixing of appliances,
f. Tilling Finishes
Tiling wet areas for 2nd floor is complete. 3rd floor tiling of wet areas will start in the new year.
g. Wooden Doors.
All wooden doors for 2nd and 3rd floors are on site awaiting to be fixed upon completion of the floor works
Burglars, Hand rails.
The front burglars for for 2nd and 3rd floors are in place. they will be fixed at the tail end. the last 2 verandas are still used to supply huge materials for the upper floors.
Temporary Structures.
All temporary structures that included security house and the store for the materials are demolished. The store is in the main building, the workers too are sleeping in the main building, the electrify has been shifted from the temporary structure and channeled through the main building.
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The roofing work is ongoing. Over 90% of the timber work is complete and casting the ceiling slab is ongoing.
A bout half of the roofing area has been suspended with the slab for the ceiling.
The super structure suspension of the water tank slab has been casted and piped and plumbed appropriately. The suspended slab is under curing and treatment process. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The Laying of iron sheets was one of the long awaited task.
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This brought to a stop the flooding of the rooms that could occur from the top floor to the ground floor.
Now the internal finishes are ongoing despite the rains.
The building is showing unroofed part. That section was part of the ramp area which became the last part to be completed.
The area needed to be built up with the blocks and raised up to the roof level before laying the timber and ceiling slab over it.
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It was during rainy season and heavy trucks were to be careful turning around.
The roofing was was in good progress and was pending building of the ramp area before completion of the ramp area.
Here is the view of the roof from a far. Its difficult to currently view the roof from a close range because of the height of the building
Works on the exterior walls started. This was commenced by delivering poles, and masons scaffolding. supply of materials using machines to upper floors and works began on the exterior work.
It is one of the most risky work because of the heights and heavy materials involved.
The exterior plaster of the main building is ongoing and if almost complete.
It is pending window and door arear finishes on the front face. This will be a slow pace work due to the careful workmanship that comes with it
Exterior plaster of the main building is ongoing. The crane machine is used to transport materials up.
The plaster works started from the upper walls coming down.
The scaffolding in preparations as the exterior plastering was ongoing while the exterior plaster too was at the same time being carried out
The roof construction at the ramp area was such a complicated and risky exercise.
The painting on the first floor is ongoing here
Exit ladders are under construction and external plaster works
Internal painting works
Perimeter wall foundation, building and plaster is 80% complete. Some trees are already planted along the perimeter walls, pending is the construction of the gate gate and the wall along the gate area and grill installations. for all the wall
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We are on Christmas Break