Updated July 29, 2024

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

Proposed Contract Period: 80 weeks
Proposed Time Extension:  9 weeks
Proposed Commencement Date: January 2, 2023
Proposed Completion Date: July 2, 2024
Revised Completion Date: August 31, 2024
Time Elapsed: 81 weeks
Elapsed Time Percentage: 101%
Revised Elapsed Time Percentage: 91%
Overall Progress Percentage: 81%

AUGUST TARGETS:

– Finalizing fixing of steel roof trusses and iron sheets
– Finalizing window and door frames fixing
– Superstructure wall finishes continues
– Earth works and other external works continue

Pictures of work in progress can be see below.

Administration Block

WALL FINISHES & ROOFING Wall finishes continues Iron sheets 95% Door and window frame fixing 95% Trusses fixing 100%

Multipurpose Hall

ROOFING AND WALL FINISHES Outside wall finishes continues Truss fixing 100% Finalizing beam filling Ready for iron sheets Door and window frame fixing 90%

Classrooms (2No)

ROOFING & WALL FINISHES Wall finishes 90% Door & window frame fixing 100% Fixing of iron sheets 95%

Pavillions (2 No)

ROOFING Fabrication of trusses 100% Truss fixing 20%

Laboratory (1 No)

ROOFING AND WALL FINISHES Inside room sink slab activities 65% Outside room wall finishes 80% Iron sheet fixing 90

Library

ROOFING AND WALL FINISHES Truss fabrication 40% Truss fixing 10% Door and window frames fixing 95%

Staff Housing

ROOFING AND WALL FINISHES Wall finishes continues Door & window frame fixing 85% Iron sheet fixing 90%

Hostels (2 No)

TRUSSES AND WALL FINISHES outside wall finishes in progress Door & window frame fixing 50% Truss fabrication 100% Truss fixing 10%

Headmaster and Teachers' Housing

ROOFING AND WALL FINISHES Wall finish preparation continues Door & window frame fixing 95% Truss fabrication 100% Truss fixing 80%

Cafeteria

ROOFING AND WALL FINISHES Outside wall finish continues Door & window frames fixing 90% Truss fixing 100%

Other Works

Fabrication & fixing of trusses, iron sheets, door & window frames continues

Fixing door frames
Fixing trusses

Ablution Blocks & Clock tower
– superstructure activities in progress (ablution block)
– superstructure activities in progress (clocktower)

superstructure activities in progress
superstructure activities in progress

External Works
– Septic tank trench

* cleaning
* foundation base and column setting and excavation

– Road network & Carparks
* soil cutting
* road formation, soil clarification, mixing, and compaction
* subbase layer gravel filling
* gravel hauling in progress

road network and carpark
septic tank trench

Electrical and Plumbing First Phase Activities in Progress

Other Pictures

Site plan view
site centre plan view
site plan view
laboratory casted sinks
iron sheets on site
hostel trusses on site

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