Mid-July Updates

By Ken Potter, REVOLUTION Construction Manager

It is going to be a great week at the project! A special thanks to Scott Bauer and Wrightway Interiors Systems in Peoria, IL for allowing Mike Miquiston and Derek Allison to spent four working days with us and getting the dropped ceiling installed in the entire first section! Their stilts and laser were big hits here in the DR!

This week we plan to get over 260 cubic meters of concrete placed on the form work that is getting final preparations. This concrete will be the roof slab over intensive care, maternity, overnight rooms, and more – a total of 1,103 square meters (11,872 square feet)! This will be equivalent to the combined first two areas where we have completed this type of concrete work. With the completion of this area, we will have 54% of our roof area completed.

Randy and DJ installing perimeter plastic

Larry installing plugs in the roof drain pipes

Almost ready for the large amount of concrete

Special anchors for the Operating Light and Gas Pendant

Our electrical crew is hard at work preparing for the concrete by installing countless numbers of conduits so that we will be able to easily run wires and gas pipe from room to room through the concrete walls and beams.

Conduit pipes to run wires and piping between rooms

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Conduit to run wiring from the roof into the room

The plumber is preparing to connect our water lines to the main 2” supply line that he will be installing soon. We want to get these first two sections of the building pressurized so we can confirm that there are no leaks before we begin placing a base layer of concrete on the floors. The cistern floor has been poured so the rebar and carpenters will begin getting the walls ready for concrete.

The team from my church (Second Presbyterian) in Roanoke, Virginia is doing some final prep work and getting paint on the walls in our first section of the building! We hope to show you some colors in a few days!

Katherine and Ann Ashley