Updated February 18, 2025

Client: The Archdiocese of Blantyre
Consultant: Team Lift Inc. / Hagios Consulting Engineers
Contractor: Sitbec Ltd.

Proposed Contract Period: 80 weeks
Proposed Time Extension:  123 weeks
Proposed Commencement Date: January 2, 2023
Proposed Completion Date: December 31, 2024
Revised Completion Date: April 30, 2025
Time Elapsed: 112 weeks
Revised Elapsed Time Percentage: 91%
Overall Progress Percentage: 88%

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

  • TEACHING AREA: Administration Block, Multipurpose Hall, Classroom Blocks, Laboratory Blocks, and Pavilions plus Ablution Blocks – Will be handed over for Furniture Fittings on 23rd Feb 2025.
  • HOSTELS: First 2 Hostels, 1 for boys and 1 for Girls will be ready for receiving Beds on 09th March 2025 and the other 4 Hotels will be ready on 30th April 2025.
  • HEAD & TEACHERS HOUSES: Will be ready for occupation on 23rd March 2025.
  • STAFF HOUSES: All 3 semi-detached will be ready for occupation on 6th April 2025.
  • CAFETERIA & LIBRARY: Will be ready on 13th April 2025
  • EXTERNAL WORKS: Recreational Facilities i.e. all grounds, Electrical and Plumbing works for all structures continues

NOTE:
As of now, our focus is on the teaching area, where most of our progress is. We have reached 85 percent completion in this area, with one week left to finalize it as stated in the executive summary.

Class Blocks (4 No)

Western Section: Finalizing Internal and External wall finishes; Finalizing floor screed casting; Glazing on going; Internal & external walls & trusses preparation paints. Eastern Section: glazing completed; foul water drainage activities on going; first and final coat paints on going; fixing of internal & external doors; skimming of learners chalk boards on going

Pavilion (4 No)

Eastern & Western Pavilions: internal and external wall finishes continue on western section; foul water drainage activities on going in eastern section; painting of preparation paints; finalizing floor screed finishes

Laboratory (2 No)

Western Laboratory: floor screed casting; internal & external wall finishes on going; undercoat and plaster primer painting on going; glazing completed. Eastern Laboratory: working table finishes & final coat painting on going; foul water drainage activities on going; glazing completed; fixing of internal & external doors preparations

Administration

Fixing of ceiling boards preparations on going; final coats painting on going; glazing completed.

Multipurpose

Painting continues; internal & external wall finishes in progress; foul water drainage in progress.

Hostels (4No)

Hostels: 1-6, not 2: all works to resume soon, according to executive summary. Hostels 2: finalizing roofing work.

Library

Roofing in progress. Fixing of additional trusses preparations in progress. The remaining activities to follow the executive summary.

Ablution Block (4 No)

Superstructure activities in progress. Internal & External wall finishes preparations in progress.

Teachers & Headmaster House

Ready for glazing; ceiling blundering preparations in progress; installation of side opening grills; other remaining works to follow the summary order.

Cafeteria & Staff Houses

Cafeteria: painting in progress; ready for glazing.

Other Works

External Works
– Septic tank

* Tank 1: remaining activities to follow the summary
* Tank 2: internal wall finishes an top slab cover preparations to resume

Sewer drainage system (western section 98%)
* Activities include setting out, excavation, cleaning, sand level checking, pipe fixing, sand/soil backfilling, and construction of manholse

– Earth works (95%)
* Crusher run final finish pending
* Football pitch and coats clearing preparations on going

Electrical and Plumbing Works:
First-phase activities in progress across all structures.

Other Pictures

Staff house
Random bricklayer doing finishes in laboratory
Inside multi-purpose hall
Eastern section-maintained pavilion floor screed
Eastern learning area section
Finalizing roofing on the western learning section
Eastern learning section
Site aerial view from south east
Site aerial view from north east
Class block preparation of teaching chalk board in progress

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