Up! Up! And away…

March 9th at 9pm I will fly out and the mission will begin. As a case study for finishing my diploma at FAUP (Porto Architectural School), I've decided to volunteer and join A4A (Architects for Aid) in one of their humanitarian architecture projects. The projected on which I've been assigned is the construction of the LCCU (Lesotho Children Counseling Unit) centre in Lesotho. The building has been halted and an assessment, survey and new proposal and program will be drawn up in order that the building might finish to be built. Once this is completed a second trip will be organized and I'll be overseeing the building on site. The objective of this blog is to keep record of the work that is being done, both for the benefit of the members of A4A in London, FAUP to whom I'll also be reporting, my own record as well as friends and family that might want to know what I'm up to. Please comment on any post that you have an opinion, as this will undoubtedly help me in the completion of my thesis. Disclaimer: The information displayed on this site has not been previously edited or checked by any A4A staff and I'm the sole responsible for it's contents. A4A or any of the other involved organizations are not to be hold responsible on any account for what is published on this blog.

Thursday, 7 June 2007

It is now on paper.

The contract has been signed, and now that it has been done I can say that I nearly screwed up.

But thanks to a bit of luck, and a good set of photos all was ok. With all the work that I’ve been having I forget to inform the contractor of a last minute change to the hour of the meeting.

I realized this last evening and started to try and get in contact with him, it was not until 8:55 this morning that I managed to get through to him and inform him that the time for the meeting was now 9:00!

All would have been ok if he had not been 1h:30m away from Maseru! But it seemed my lucky star was shinning on me and both Harper whose 10h meeting had just been cancelled and Dave Rose (Standard Lesotho Bank) were ok to wait for him.

So with a little help from the photos of the progression of the work on site I was safe!

Signed sealed and copied I now only have to give Lydia her copy…
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