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2011-07-16T23:35:00.001-07:00

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Teak wood stair case work in progress

2011-06-03T09:32:00.001-07:00

Work on teak wood stair case and paneling by side of stair case in progress.Pictures follows:

View of house from side

2011-05-22T07:59:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress

Painting , Interior wood work and stair tile laying

2011-05-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

Pictures show work in progress

Interior modular Kitchen work in progress

2011-04-16T09:04:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress

Putty work,Interior wood work

2011-04-14T07:01:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress

Design plastering of columns and Balcony base

2011-02-09T03:22:00.001-08:00

See pictures of work in progress

Toilet walls,floors and Kitchen floor

2010-12-24T04:54:00.001-08:00

See pictures of Nitco tiles laid on Toilet walls,floors,Kitchen and Work area floors

Clay tile laying on roof top and outside stair

2010-12-04T04:09:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress

Clay tile laying slope roof and flat roof

2010-11-30T19:25:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress

Clay tile laying on slope roof

2010-11-28T05:51:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress for clay tile laying on slope roof

Clay tile laying on flat roof and bed rooms

2010-11-23T07:02:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress

Clay tile laying on slope roof will start this week

Rear compound wall and teak wood sawed

2010-10-29T09:18:00.001-07:00

Picture shows rear compound wall and few pictures of teak wood sawed and kept inside at site under lock and key for drying up

Pictures on plumbing work progress

2010-10-23T05:02:00.001-07:00

See pictures attached on plumbing work progress and compound wall

Compound wall and Balcony in front side

2010-10-07T08:44:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress

Front view now

2010-09-23T21:48:00.001-07:00

Picture shows front view as of now

Plastering getting completed

2010-09-22T06:36:00.001-07:00

Pictures show front side views when plastering near completion

Plastering nearing completion

2010-09-16T08:54:00.001-07:00

Pictures show plastering nearing completion and Outside fabrication of stair hand rails and posts completed.

Slope sunshade in first floor

2010-09-08T21:37:00.001-07:00

Projecting up of slope sunshade in first floor done on one side with plastering progressing.See pictures

Slope sunshade at First floor level

2010-09-02T08:12:00.001-07:00

Slope sunshade balance portion at Ground Floor and slope sunshade first Floor are concreted.What remains is fixing of Thoomanam below slope sunshades and roof end and raising of slope sunshades at First floor level at both sides towards upward to create a feeling of continuous slope roof.Pictures follows

Top slope roof slab concreting

2010-08-10T09:03:00.001-07:00

Concreting of top slope roof slab was done on 9,August,2010.Pictures show work after concreting

Slope sunshade-GF and Slope roof on roof top

2010-08-03T08:39:00.001-07:00

Slope sunshade at Ground Floor level concreted and top of this slope sunshade is also plastered. Work on slope roof on roof top has started.Pictures show work in progress

Slope sunshade concrete Ground floor front side

2010-07-30T09:22:00.001-07:00

Frame work for concreting of slope sunshade at Ground floor level is completed today and concreting will be done tomorrow,31/7.Pictures show work status at morning and evening on same day,30/7

Parapet Brick work and brick work for slope roof

2010-06-26T01:58:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress

Parapet Brick work on roof top

2010-06-22T19:59:00.001-07:00

Pictures show commencement of parapet brick work on roof top

First Floor flat roof slab concreting

2010-05-04T01:50:00.001-07:00

First floor flat roof slab concreting done with ready mix concrete on 4,may,2010 in presence of owner of the house,Mr. Joy Illiparambil.Pictures follows

Work progressing with front side concreting

2010-04-16T04:36:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress.Front balcony round column raised and concreting of roof above balcony will be done tomorrow.Concreting of roof above front bed room toilet and dress completed.Slope sunshades for these areas will be done for both side(up and down) so that these flat roof concreted portions will look like slope roof on completion just like in our Edappally and Nilambur houses

Getting ready for first floor roof concreting

2010-04-08T23:18:00.001-07:00

Loft slab concrete over work area and nearby toilet done.Pictures show work in progress

Brickwork reaching roof level

2010-03-31T17:46:00.001-07:00

Pictures show brickwork reaching roof level

Lintel,flat sunshades concrete in progress

2010-03-23T08:32:00.001-07:00

Pictures show lintel,flat sunshade concrete work in progress

First Floor lintel and flat sunshade concreting

2010-03-22T08:16:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progress of First Floor lintel and Flat sunshades concreting

Work reaching first floor lintel level

2010-02-13T06:04:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work reaching lintel level of First floor with precast stair moving up and inside plastering commencing

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2010-01-29T08:25:00.001-08:00

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First Floor brick work in progress

2010-01-27T08:03:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress for First Floor brick work

First Floor Brick work reaching lintel level

2010-01-04T07:20:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress when first floor brick work reaches lintel level

Brick work continues

2009-12-30T07:51:00.001-08:00

Pictures show work in progress with doors and windows being fixed

Commencement of First Floor Brick work

2009-12-28T20:00:00.001-08:00

First Floor brick work commenced on 24/12.Pictures show work in progress

Ground Floor roof slab concreting

2009-11-26T06:46:00.001-08:00

Portions where toilets come at First Floor level were concreted earlier at lower level to facilitate easier plumbing work.Rest of the portions which forms major area was concreted using ready mix concreting on Sunday,Nov 22.Pictures after concreting when water retained curing is done follows

Ground Floor roof slab concrete work in progress

2009-11-14T04:25:00.000-08:00

One more portion above servant tolet is concreted as sunken slab for betterpipe laying for pumbing work.Balance portion roof slab work in progress.Pictures show work in progress

Brick work completed,part of roof concrete

2009-10-07T22:15:00.000-07:00

Brick work upto roof level conmpleted,part of roof slab where roof has to come at a lower lowel due to toilets coming directly above also concreted.Pictures show work in progress.

Brick work reaching Ground Floor roof level

2009-09-29T04:37:00.000-07:00

Pictures show work in progress as brick work reaches ground floor roof level.At 255 cm level,above car porch and sit out,beams come as support for slope sunshades to come.A few more areas brick work has to reach roof level and then flat roof slab concrete work can start

Lintel,flat sunshades ,lofts and stair concreting

2009-09-20T08:59:00.000-07:00

Pictures show progress in concreting of lintel,flat sunshades,round columns in front side and second flight of stair .
A loft is concreted above servant toilet and work area for storage of items not required on day to day affairs with access from kitchen and living room.These access will be closed with woodden shutters at a later stage.
There is also a loft with access from rear side of house above the gap in the rear side for keeping materials like working tools etc required at outside of house.This will not have woodden shutter and will be freely accessible from rear portion of the house

Stair concreting and brick work progressing

2009-09-13T06:41:00.000-07:00

Picture show brick work progressing and first flight of stair concreted

Brick work upto lintel

2009-09-05T03:49:00.000-07:00

Pictures show work in progress of Brick work upto lintel level

Brick work reaching lintel level

2009-08-31T04:07:00.000-07:00

Brick work is reaching lintel level.Doors and windows are also being fixed along with brick work.29 rectangular columns are being concreted along with raising of brick work.These are projections of original concrete piling columns.Out of the total 31 pile columns two coming up in sit out area are being raised up as round columns.

A half HP motor is purchased and fixed with all acessories like suction and delivery hose for pumping water from well to be used for construction and related curing work.Pictures show work in progress

Brick work progressing

2009-08-17T06:30:00.001-07:00

Pictures show brick work progressing with fixing of doors and window frames.Also final fixed picture of septic tank can be seen

Brick work in progress

2009-08-08T07:11:00.000-07:00

Picture show brick work in progress at site

Septic tank installation

2009-08-08T07:06:00.000-07:00

Pictures show Ferrocement concrete septic tank large enough for two families being installed at site

Ferrocement septic tank

2009-08-06T22:57:00.001-07:00

Ferrocement concrete septic tank is being installed in the rear space as moving concrete septic tank in the rear will not be possible after the brick work moves up.Picture show earth work excavation for septic tank being done

Brick work progressing

2009-08-06T22:49:00.000-07:00

After filling up basement of Foundation with red sand,brick work is being raised.Pictures show work in progress

Foundation work getting completed

2009-08-04T08:03:00.000-07:00

After concreting Foundation beam brick work for basement done for a height of 27 cm.On top of this damp proof concrete with thickness of 10 cm done to prevent water seeping into floor of the house later.
Inside of Brick work for basement is plastered.After this red sand filling again is done for filling up of entire basement height upto the floor level of the house.Some amount of red sand filling also done for the rear of the compound to cover the mud filling using mud obtained during piling.
We have started brick work for the structure and for the northern wall,we have already reached Sill level(70Cm)

Filling Foundation beam area

2009-07-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

Pictures show red sand being filled inside foundation beam which forms part of basement of the building

Foundation beam work completed

2009-07-18T23:22:00.000-07:00

Foundation beam work is completed.Next,foundation has to be filled and height of basement to be raised first with brick for a height of 25cm and then provide Damp proof concrete on top of basement to prevent water seeping into floor of the house later.Basement brick work will be plastered inside.After filling up this raised portion of basement,brick work for walls will start

Foundation beam concrete work continuing

2009-07-10T05:29:00.001-07:00

Pictures show work in progess of Foundation beam concreting

Foundation beam concrete work continues

2009-07-03T08:46:00.000-07:00

While concreting Foundation beam,each pile columns in foundation are being raised up as vertical columns going up throughout height of building giving added strength to the building.Pictures show rectangular upward column reinforcements being fixed along with Foundation beam reinforcement

Foundation beam

2009-07-01T08:53:00.001-07:00

After piling,pile chipping,filling the plot,levelling the plot,red sand is again filled to raise land and to provide stable support for foundation beams also usually called as plinth beam.Plinth beam acts as the support base for all walls of the building.Pictures show reinforcement steel work for plinth beam.Plinth beam in this case is of 40cm height and 25 cm width.Concreting of Plinth beam is expected to be completed by 5,July,09

Ground levelling and raising to new level

2009-05-13T08:28:00.000-07:00

After raising pile columns,ground is being levelled to attain newly fixed ground level.Additional red sand is being filled as required.Pile waste is also being used to raise ground level.Picture shows ground being levelled and raised

Raising of pile colums getting completed

2009-05-09T08:30:00.000-07:00

All but two pile columns in front of car porch are raised up to ground floor level.Pictures show work in progress.Front two pile columns will be raised with foundation beam so that entry of cars will not be obstructed

Now levelling of ground upto top of these raised columns start.After this levelling and levelling of the entire compound 30 cm above front road level extra red sand will be laid if required to reach uniform level

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2009-05-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

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Raising of pile columns

2009-05-02T06:30:00.000-07:00

All 31 pile columns are being raised to new ground level fixed which is 30 cm above from road level in the front side.Pictures show work in progress

Removal of pile waste and pile chipping

2009-04-13T05:42:00.000-07:00

Pile waste is removed to clear piles to the rear side of the compound with manual labour.After this,piles were cleared by digging and removing soil around piles.Pile chipping is done after this till hard concreted surface is obtained.Pictures show work done

Concrete piling completed

2009-03-29T06:18:00.000-07:00

Concrete piling is completed on 26, March, 2009
Concreted piles will be left for curing and settling for about a week. After this period, we will excavate around each piles up to a depth of about 60 cm and the top of each pile will be chipped off to remove less strong portion in the top and then all pile columns will be raised by manually concreting up to a height of about 30 cm from the present road level which is the proposed ground level for the building
Pictures show final piling scenes

Concrete piling continues

2009-03-20T21:53:00.001-07:00

We have completed 24 piles as on date leaving 7 more to be done.Pictures show work in progress

Piling continues

2009-03-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

Piling has now reached 18 Nos leaving 13 more to be done.Pictures show work in progress

Piling work continues

2009-03-11T02:20:00.000-07:00

Pictures show reinforcement of steel being placed in pile pit and sections of pipes being placed one after another before concrete is poured into the pile pit.Nine pile concreting already over and piling expected to be completed in two weeks

Piling work

2009-03-06T05:38:00.000-08:00

Piling work commenced today with one pile concrete completed and digging for another pile in progress.Pictures can be seen

Piling work starts

2009-03-05T06:57:00.000-08:00

Welding of steel reinforcement for piling already started.Cement and other concrete aggregates arranged at site.Piling work starts from 6,March.Pictures shows site activities for piling

Well

2009-03-05T06:56:00.000-08:00

Well is constructed at north east corner of the plot for taking water for construction.Picture shows well

Temporary shed

2009-03-05T06:53:00.000-08:00

Temporary shed is made with palm leaves can be seen in pic.This shed will be used for keeping cement and working tools in addition to acting as temporay accomodation for workers

Site clearing,levelling

2009-02-24T06:22:00.000-08:00

Temporay shed construction for keeping cement,protecting electric connection and for keeping tools and stay of workers whenever required is constructed today.Site is cleared of all growth and when the bushes were removed,a pit was found on the surface.To fill it up 6 Nissan loads of gravel is used.Pictures show gravel being filled up and temporary shed work in progress

On 26/2,site sit out will be done prior to piling followed by steel work for piling

Commencement of work

2009-02-17T00:54:00.000-08:00

Corporation building permit obtained.Permanant Electric connection obtained.Site clearing in progress.Set out work for foundation work planned on 19/2