October 21, 2005
Going according to plan... Or, not!
Not much wood can be seen here. Instead of 2 x 4 studs all wall and ceiling supports are in aluminum. Everything is proceeding very quickly and the estimated date of completion remains November 30th. I tend to stop by the site at least twice a day and it is quite exciting to see everything unfold as planned.
Plans, though, sometimes need to be changed and last week I was able to fix a major design error. Looking outside through the studs in one of the classrooms there was a nice view on the school yard/playground below with lots of afternoon sun pouring in. To my horror I realized that I was looking through studs with no opening for a window!! Rushing back to the office to check the blueprints, I saw that no window had been planned for this 5m wide wall facing the nicest part of the school grounds. I cheched with the contractor to see if there was anyway to add a window but he pointed out that the window manufacturer needed two weeks to fill an order. This wasn't a possibility as all interior and exterior walls were being completed within the week. As a last ditch effort I asked him to check if the window supplier had any suitable windows in stock. I got a call back that evening saying that there was a (2m x 2m) window available! And, it was of the same dimensions as the ones used on an adjacent wall. "YES!!"