Day 6 - Bricks, Bricks and more Bricks

The site was once again a hive of activity throughout the day. The brick layers worked incessantly and the building grew steadily. Although progress was relatively slow to start with it picked up as the day went on and confidence grew and was just enough to keep us on target to finish the walls tomorrow. Unfortunately, once the walls are built to 1 metre in height, the 14 columns have to been continued up to 3.5 metres before the roof can be put in place. This will almost certainly push everything back a day and eat into our day’s buffer at the end. There can be no denying though that the site is beginning to look more and more like a building with every passing hour.

Whilst the bricks were being laid, the final trusses also took shape. The team responsible for this were able to complete the job in just two days, not the three that had been allocated for it. These are now ready and waiting for the columns to be completed; the boys are already asking how these massive structures are going to be lifted up 3.5 metres onto the columns. Thus far it has taken 6 people to move each as it has been built, although they could barely lift it. It will certainly be all hand to the pumps to complete that task.