Saturday, August 28, 2010
Laying Some Brick
August 27th
Today we layed more and more brick. The site is starting to take on the shape of an actual building!!! Pretty crazy Faker also volunteered (correction I volunteered Jeremy) to learn how to lay brick. Our contractor Fran wanted another man to lay brick and Faker seemed like the best bet, hes tall, he can speak spanish, and hes great with servitude. It started raining in the middle of the day which sent us into a frenzy to bring the bags of cement inside. The 94 pound bags of cement.
We also discovered that day that the man who owns Fanta recently died and now Fanta naranja almost does not exist! At least not in the pulperias in Camilo, so we were forced to buy coca cola and retry Roja...bad choice on the Roja.
August 28th
Again, more brick laying but we have 6 rows of block laid all around and tomorrow we can begin grouting. And yes I know we are working on the weekend, but Master Chris said that it was necessary. We rented a mixer for the grout because of the large quantities and we have to pay for it for the weekend so we might as well use it. Thats okay because this next weekend we will have a long weekend.
Jeremy continued to lay brick today and he seems to be doing a good job. If this whole engineering degree doesnt seem to work out, he could make a good mason. Then he could become part of the freemasons and protect the US constitution from Nicholas Cage. (sorry long day)
We may hang out with Devin's grandparents this weekend who live in Nicaragua close to Masaya. We met them at the airport and they were super nice.
Alright I sign off tonight as two geckos are doing it on the wall above my computer. Check out the sweet pictures were posting...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
First Post!!!
Hey Team,
Finally got to the internet and am able to tell you about our days!
August 24th
We arrived in Managua at 9:30 am. We were really hoping that we could make it through customs with all of our Simpson Strong Tie stuff but we made it just fine and everything got through. We then met with our NGO and went to a nice air conditioned hotel to take a nap and have a meeting. Chris went on a trip to purchase some of our supplies and our safety equipment. No we are not using Jeremy's design for the hard hat even though I loved it.
August 25th
Today was our first day of work. We went through and cleaned out all of the cells and brought down some of the blocks. We cut some of the blocks so that we could place horizontal rebar in there. Today was a pretty short day of work because it was more preparing than actual work. Later that night the team had a meeting and afterwards we went to Chimineas (a local bar) for a drink and Faker almost got kicked out for wearing a tank top, he looked like a dirty gringo. Megan loaned him a rain jacket to cover up which we wore low on his shoulders for a sexy look.
August 26th
Today was a very productive day. We were successful in drilling all of the block than was needed and epoxying most of the rebar. We needed to epoxy some rebar to create a large enough lap so that the new masonry could better bond to the old masonry. We also laid our first line of block today. We took a tour of Barrio Camilo Ortega on our break. The community is located on a steep steep hill with mostly lean to housing. It was sad to see but motivated everyone to work hard. Tomorrow it will be more of the same, laying masonry and epoxying rebar. But so far we are on schedule!
Finally got to the internet and am able to tell you about our days!
August 24th
We arrived in Managua at 9:30 am. We were really hoping that we could make it through customs with all of our Simpson Strong Tie stuff but we made it just fine and everything got through. We then met with our NGO and went to a nice air conditioned hotel to take a nap and have a meeting. Chris went on a trip to purchase some of our supplies and our safety equipment. No we are not using Jeremy's design for the hard hat even though I loved it.
August 25th
Today was our first day of work. We went through and cleaned out all of the cells and brought down some of the blocks. We cut some of the blocks so that we could place horizontal rebar in there. Today was a pretty short day of work because it was more preparing than actual work. Later that night the team had a meeting and afterwards we went to Chimineas (a local bar) for a drink and Faker almost got kicked out for wearing a tank top, he looked like a dirty gringo. Megan loaned him a rain jacket to cover up which we wore low on his shoulders for a sexy look.
August 26th
Today was a very productive day. We were successful in drilling all of the block than was needed and epoxying most of the rebar. We needed to epoxy some rebar to create a large enough lap so that the new masonry could better bond to the old masonry. We also laid our first line of block today. We took a tour of Barrio Camilo Ortega on our break. The community is located on a steep steep hill with mostly lean to housing. It was sad to see but motivated everyone to work hard. Tomorrow it will be more of the same, laying masonry and epoxying rebar. But so far we are on schedule!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Follow This
Hey EWB Nicaragua Team,
Follow this blog during our upcoming implementation trip in August and September for updates on how construction is going and the developments in the community. We will post stories, photos, and ask questions so check it often for news!
Love, Your PM's
Follow this blog during our upcoming implementation trip in August and September for updates on how construction is going and the developments in the community. We will post stories, photos, and ask questions so check it often for news!
Love, Your PM's
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