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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 floor will be complete by 22nd November or earlier. The plaster work includes all the walls, ceiling, the corridors, and the ramp places. It also includes the front round pillars. This work also includes the cornice finishes of the ceiling corner lines.
Steel Windows and doors
All the steel windows for the 2nd floor are all fabricated and all fixed. All these windows includes the major large windows for class rooms and girls rooms, the toilets, the ventilator windows, the burglars on the corridors, ramp areas and staircases. All the windows for the 3rd floor are all procured and in store . They will will be fixed after the roofing is complete. Heavy works are on the roof and no much work can be ongoing bellow. All the steel doors for the second floor floor are all completed and all fixed.
Plumbing.
All the initial plumbing works that include wall chiseling, piping, laying of the toilet squatting pans for the girls and boys toilets including the girls toilets for the second floor are complete including the the covering. The third floor plumbing work had began. all the chiseling is complete and piping works are ongoing.
Plumbing appliances for the second floor and third floor are procured and are in store.
f. Tilling Finishes
The tiling of the wet areas for the second floor is 70% complete. The tilling is done on the areas that include the wash rooms for the house mothers, the bathrooms and toilets for the girls, the toilets for the school section. All will be complete by 22nd of November.
g. Wooden Doors.
All the wooden doors for the second floor are all procured and are in the site store awaiting all other preliminary works like plastering, floor finishes and painting before a carpenter is engaged to fix them. The wooden doors and frames for the third floor are on order and are being made.
Burglars, Hand rails. All the steel burglars and hand rails for the verandas, ramps, stair cases for the second and third floors are all fabricated and are stored on site. They will be fixed when the roofing and plaster for the second and third floors are done. The hand rails for the second and third floors are all fixed.
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.
Roofing.
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.
