Thursday, July 22, 2010
22nd July 2010
Having had my fingers burnt and my knuckles rapped over the usage of the Internet, I will now prepare what I want to say in MSWord and then copy and paste.
Over the past week there has been a big change on the building site.
The new gates are in place and the fence is ON.
The platform for the buildings has been cut at level 87 (87 meters above sea level?) and the car-park at the back of the site is nearing completion. It slopes from the entrance gate down towards the Salt Rock Road side of the site so that one can easily walk into the complex.
Today and tomorrow the road leading down past the offices to the Rectory will be moved about three meters closer to the office fence, so that the final cut can be made to the building platform.
On the west of the platform – the view side – Peter B has had a mound constructed onto which the Rugged Cross is going to be moved. This means that it will be a focal point from the complex verandahs.
Peter Matkovich is busy with concepts for the landscaping of the property and is also pushing hard for the new borehole.
In front of the Rectory Denis Fortune and his band of gardeners have been creating an amazing vegetable patch which is now planted with 2000 seedlings! Soon there will be carrots, cabbages, beetroot, celery, etc. in profusion. Of some concern are some new arrivals – a pair of Egyptian geese – who seem to have settled on the vegetable area as their evening ‘roost’, I do hope they don’t view the veggie patch as ‘meals on wheels’! Denis has also brought the little ‘Wendy house’ up from the church and placed it on the veggie patch site – makes it look like a very English allotment and not at all unpleasing to the eye.
Over the past week there has been a big change on the building site.
The new gates are in place and the fence is ON.
The platform for the buildings has been cut at level 87 (87 meters above sea level?) and the car-park at the back of the site is nearing completion. It slopes from the entrance gate down towards the Salt Rock Road side of the site so that one can easily walk into the complex.
Today and tomorrow the road leading down past the offices to the Rectory will be moved about three meters closer to the office fence, so that the final cut can be made to the building platform.
On the west of the platform – the view side – Peter B has had a mound constructed onto which the Rugged Cross is going to be moved. This means that it will be a focal point from the complex verandahs.
Peter Matkovich is busy with concepts for the landscaping of the property and is also pushing hard for the new borehole.
In front of the Rectory Denis Fortune and his band of gardeners have been creating an amazing vegetable patch which is now planted with 2000 seedlings! Soon there will be carrots, cabbages, beetroot, celery, etc. in profusion. Of some concern are some new arrivals – a pair of Egyptian geese – who seem to have settled on the vegetable area as their evening ‘roost’, I do hope they don’t view the veggie patch as ‘meals on wheels’! Denis has also brought the little ‘Wendy house’ up from the church and placed it on the veggie patch site – makes it look like a very English allotment and not at all unpleasing to the eye.
Monday, July 19, 2010
19th July 2010
I am afriad that I have discovered one of the big drawbacks of blogging - you use a LOT of gigs.
We have been wondering why it is that we are being 'capped' on a too-frequent basis and have discovered that loading pictures is the challenge. On top of that we have a wireless link between the office (the source of the ADSL line) and the rectory. The direct line is through a coral tree, which I aam told is not good as wood and leaves absorb radio waves. All of which means more 'whatevers' are gobbled up.
We are going to change to a new service provider who is going to give us ADSL 'uncapped' at less than we have been paying our present provider, so soon we will have pictures again.
Until then I am afraid you will have to visit the site to see what is going on! Sorry Peter H. - just keep on praying for us!
More blog follows later.
We have been wondering why it is that we are being 'capped' on a too-frequent basis and have discovered that loading pictures is the challenge. On top of that we have a wireless link between the office (the source of the ADSL line) and the rectory. The direct line is through a coral tree, which I aam told is not good as wood and leaves absorb radio waves. All of which means more 'whatevers' are gobbled up.
We are going to change to a new service provider who is going to give us ADSL 'uncapped' at less than we have been paying our present provider, so soon we will have pictures again.
Until then I am afraid you will have to visit the site to see what is going on! Sorry Peter H. - just keep on praying for us!
More blog follows later.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
15th July 2010 at 10.30pm
Just walked the dogs - we have had 15mm rain!
Great for Dennis Fortune and his vegetable ministry!
Going to be interesting watching the machinery tomorrow!
Great for Dennis Fortune and his vegetable ministry!
Going to be interesting watching the machinery tomorrow!
15th July 2010
No photograph today, tho' I must admit it would have been good to have taken a few. The guys on the machines worked flat out all day and the "87" platform on which the Phase 1 project is going to be built has more-or-less been completed.
Tomorrow the men will make a start on the "88" platform on which the carpark will be situated.
I am amazed at the sheer volume of soil that is being moved.
I was chatting with Andrew Slevin whose company is doing the earth-moving, he told me that the the reason that the pile of removed soil looks so much greater than the hole from which it was taken, is that, when the soil is loosened it takes up 1.4 times the space it took up when it was undisturbed. We have a veritable mountain of the stuff which Peter B is going to have spread out for the landscapers to get busy with.
Why no photos? The wind - and how it blew! Nett result is that there is dust EVERYWHERE!
Tomorrow the men will make a start on the "88" platform on which the carpark will be situated.
I am amazed at the sheer volume of soil that is being moved.
I was chatting with Andrew Slevin whose company is doing the earth-moving, he told me that the the reason that the pile of removed soil looks so much greater than the hole from which it was taken, is that, when the soil is loosened it takes up 1.4 times the space it took up when it was undisturbed. We have a veritable mountain of the stuff which Peter B is going to have spread out for the landscapers to get busy with.
Why no photos? The wind - and how it blew! Nett result is that there is dust EVERYWHERE!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
14th July 2010
As you can see from the main picture work has now started in earnest as the platform for Phase 1 is dug.
The soil is being removed to the far corner of the site where it will be stock-piled until it is needed for fill for Phase 2.
The topsoil haas been saved and will be used for the landscaping of the property once the platform is complete and the building gets underway.
The new gates will be arriving today or tomorrow, so the site will soon be secure. Last night we had a night-watchman guarding the machines as diesel theft is rife.
This is an exciting, but dusty, time!
The soil is being removed to the far corner of the site where it will be stock-piled until it is needed for fill for Phase 2.
The topsoil haas been saved and will be used for the landscaping of the property once the platform is complete and the building gets underway.
The new gates will be arriving today or tomorrow, so the site will soon be secure. Last night we had a night-watchman guarding the machines as diesel theft is rife.
This is an exciting, but dusty, time!
Monday, July 12, 2010
12th July 2010 - The project team
Here is the team -
Rob (author), Peter Berkley (site manager), Angela Plekker (architect), John Cook (project leader) and Keith Duane (finance)
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