Overseas travel of Malcolm Archbald SMITH
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Ivory Coast - Construction
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This Supaskid building had already been assembled when I arrived. It had been put together on uneven ground so was twisted and this was not possible to get out without taking the panels apart again.
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A pack of three buildings as delivered ...
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... ready to be unpacked and erected.
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Work has not got very far with this one.
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Damage to a floor panel.
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The plumbing has to be finished before the final wall panel is put into place.
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Working on the ...
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... air conditioner opening.
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A row of buildings awaiting their roof panels.
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Me on site.
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This colleague was called John.
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Starting to unpack one of the buildings.
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Putting up the wall panels. The wall panels are located onto the floor and secured by cam-locks.
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Juggling level and position.
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Unpacking another building. In their packed form, the wall panels were laid on the floor then the roof placed over and fixed to the floor ready for transport.
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A lorry-load of workers leaving site.
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A crane was used to lift on the roof panels.
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Using the crane could be quite frustrating as it could only slew to the right so any overshoot meant it had to go all the way round again.
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It also lifted the complete packs into position.
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The Guaerdien by the water trench.
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Malcolm with some the erection crew.
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Hans van Bokkem supervising work. He was a Dutch national and former volunteer worker in Africa.
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Jim Priest's crew using a packing crate for shelter.
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Labourers on a lorry.
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Labourers hoping to be hired.
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Water tower under construction.
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This was a sectional house made by Treco and delivered from Canada ...
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Needless to say, the carpet was soon the same colour as the ground outside.
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... and fully furnished including an off-white shagpile carpet.
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Lifting one of the sections into place.
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