An ad-hoc site visit by the project manager today, as the normal Monday site meeting between all parties fell on a public holiday. Great to see the master suite slab has been poured and the roof posts have already been cast. Progress has also been made on some other elements…
Some more great progress over the last week, with the steel reinforcing installed in the master suite slab. This is now ready for concreting later on this week, which will take a few truck loads, as it is 450mm deep. After this it is only the roof to go before…
The site manager took the drone up again today to get some excellent shots of the construction progress of the villa. Seeing it from above gives a great perspective, especially the scale when you zoom into see two people standing on what will become the private terrace for the master…
Great to see some good progress again this week, following some setbacks and rework that the project manager and architect have insisted on. Whilst it is never great to have delays, the attention to detail from the team is reassuring to know that the quality is never going to be…
Whilst there has been some progress this week (stripping off some of the formwork on the lower levels), those with eagle eyes will also see something have also gone backwards. As mentioned in the previous post, a number of defects were identified (some minor, but also some major). However, the…
The site meeting this week revealed a number of defects in the construction phase, some minor but unfortunately some major. However, thankfully they were all spotted in good time and are relatively easy to remedy. The most critical structural issue was the installation of the steel posts, that support the…
Good progress this week, with the installation of the concrete columns and steel posts to support the master suite slab. Backfilling behind the basement also continues as well as other small jobs such as finishing the chill-out zone structure.
This week the first floor slab has been poured, continuing the good recent progress on the structure. Further excavations have also taken place in preparation for the boundary wall on the west side of the property.
A visit to side today by the project manager saw the first floor slab being signed off for concreting next Tuesday. The rocks for the gabion walls are also starting to be sorted, with the smaller gravel being used to backfill behind the basement to bring this up to ground…
As is customary, August saw the a number of people, including our project manager, taking a couple of weeks off – so this update covers three weeks of progress. All of the pillars on the ground floor slab have been finished and the supporting formwork installed for the 1st floor…