Part of the work that we were doing in
Duradanda was a construction project. We were helping the village build a foundation for the restrooms that would be part of the college. When we got there nothing had been done on the building, so we spent the first day watching the locals layout the foundation.
They were using string and stakes to make sure that it was all square. Being in the building field myself it was very interesting to watch. Typically buildings are staked using GPS which will automatically make sure the buildings are square. Once the building was all staked out, we started to dig the trench that the foundation would be built in.
All the digging had to be done with shovels and picks to break up the rocks. One of my favorite parts about working on the construction project was being able to work along side the locals.
This included working alongside the men and the women. Even though there is a language barrier there was a common goal in the project we were working on. After we dug the trench we worked with the locals to fill the trench up with rocks to create the foundation. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures during the week of the progress. I did get a picture at the end of the week of all of the work that we had done.
We were able to get the trench built, filled and we got all the re-bar tied that was part of the foundation. I was pretty impressed with the work that we got done. Although I will admit that most of the labor was probably done by the Nepali people. They are much stronger and much more skilled at building in this fashion. For example there are local Nepali people that spend all the time during the day cutting stones. They spend all their time cutting the stones into bricks for the buildings.
Also because I was interested in the building methods I took a picture of the college building From what I could tell the building is slow because it takes time for each of the blocks to be shaped. I also think that the bamboo scaffolding is really cool.
The rest of the buildings in the area were also built in this way. Typically after the building is complete it is covered with plaster and than it's painted. I was amazed (and impressed) by the great care that the people take for their buildings.
They were using string and stakes to make sure that it was all square. Being in the building field myself it was very interesting to watch. Typically buildings are staked using GPS which will automatically make sure the buildings are square. Once the building was all staked out, we started to dig the trench that the foundation would be built in. 
All the digging had to be done with shovels and picks to break up the rocks. One of my favorite parts about working on the construction project was being able to work along side the locals. 
This included working alongside the men and the women. Even though there is a language barrier there was a common goal in the project we were working on. After we dug the trench we worked with the locals to fill the trench up with rocks to create the foundation. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures during the week of the progress. I did get a picture at the end of the week of all of the work that we had done. 
We were able to get the trench built, filled and we got all the re-bar tied that was part of the foundation. I was pretty impressed with the work that we got done. Although I will admit that most of the labor was probably done by the Nepali people. They are much stronger and much more skilled at building in this fashion. For example there are local Nepali people that spend all the time during the day cutting stones. They spend all their time cutting the stones into bricks for the buildings. 
Also because I was interested in the building methods I took a picture of the college building From what I could tell the building is slow because it takes time for each of the blocks to be shaped. I also think that the bamboo scaffolding is really cool. 
The rest of the buildings in the area were also built in this way. Typically after the building is complete it is covered with plaster and than it's painted. I was amazed (and impressed) by the great care that the people take for their buildings.
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