Updated December 9, 2025
Client: The Archdiocese of Blantyre
Consultant: Team Lift Inc. / Hagios Consulting Engineers
Contractor: Sitbec Ltd.
Proposed Contract Period: 80 weeks
Proposed Time Extension:Â 141 weeks
Proposed Commencement Date: January 2, 2023
Proposed Completion Date: December 31, 2024
Revised Completion Date: August 31, 2025
Time Elapsed: 141 weeks
Revised Elapsed Time Percentage: 100%
Overall Progress Percentage: 97%
- Fascia boards installation to resume soon
- Preparations for road side drains in progress
Fascia boards installation to resume soon
- Paved walk ways connecting Eastern classes on hold
- Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity completed
- The hall is completed and operational, pending ESCOM Electricity connection
- Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity in progress
- Girls Hostel 1 is complete and operational.
- Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity complete
Internal plaster for Hostel completed.
Wiring for both hostels completed
Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity complete in hostel no.27
Landscaping around the hostels in progress
Water Trough and Hand Wash Basin installation/casting in progress.
Fascia dots and other preparations for floor screed complete in hostel no.27
Entrance & wall top reveals and internal air-vents installation in progress in no.26
Window sills finishing completed in hostel no. 27 and in progress in no.26
- The hostel is complete and operational.
- Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity complete
External plaster complete in all hostels
Internal plaster in progress (95%) for Hostel no.30 wing A
Lime putty in hostel no.29 completed
Water trough installation complete for hostel no.29
Casting hand wash basins complete for hostel no.30, in progress in no.29
Preparations for floor screed in progress in both hostels
Plumbing fittings and installations still in progress for both Hostels
Wash-trough installation preparation in progress in both hostels
Foundation plaster in progress for hostel no.30
Internal Air-vents and entrance reveals complete in no.29 and in progress in no.30
Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity complete
Hand rails installation to resume soon.
All construction and fitting are complete and operational
Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity complete
All facilities and fittings complete and operational.
Preparation for storm-water drain at the car park in progress
Roof Gutters installation in progress
Pending ESCOM electricity connection
- Superstructure Block work in progress
- Ring beam formwork in progress
- Block work to beam level complete
- Ring beam formwork and casting in progress
- All construction and fittings are complete and operational.
- Installation of underground cables for ESCOM electricity complete
- Preparations for Storm water drain construction in progress
- All other construction and fittings are complete and operational
- Pending ESCOM electricity connection.
- Cleaning around ablutions completed
- All Ablutions are complete and operational, pending lights connection
- Construction of manholes for electrical cable line in progress
Other Works
External Works
– Septic tank: Tank 1, 2, and 3
* Slab casting for cafeteria septic tank complete
* Soak way pit 1,2 and 3 complete
Sewer drainage system by sub-contractor 100%
* The sewer line system installation, including all piping completed
* Manholes construction in progress
* Construction of Manholes for underground electrical cables in progress
Earth works (75%)
* road reshaping & gravel level refill to resume soon
* crushed stone road base finish pending
Incinerator, Water tank stand & Pit-latrines
* Door fittings in all pit-latrines complete
* Incinerator construction complete
* Pointing and floor at western Pit latrine near Ablution 2 in progress
Electrical and Plumbing First and Second Phase Activities in progress (subcontractor)
Challenges
* We are still experiencing intensifying rains which are delaying our progress in general
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