It is now week 2. The
plan for this week is to finish a classroom each day. We have five classrooms
left to do and with the team now working like an assembly line we should be
able to achieve our target. Chilly is now looking a little more relaxed as the
work progresses, and his constant checking of the budget and our progress tend
to allow him to feel confident we can pull this task off in budget and on time.
Both key outcomes for a project management guru like Chilly.
The day progressed much like any other day in paradise
!! We have decided this week we will
start on site by 8am which means breakfast at 7am and in the bus and on the
road by 7.30am. Yes we achieved this and were all on site at 8am and unpacking
our tools and getting into the swing of things. The principal of the school has
been kind enough to let us have all the remaining five classrooms to do our
progressive work.
What was neat this week is that the kids are back at school
so we had quite a few spectators. A bit of a laugh also to start the day as
someone (who will remain nameless to protect the reputation of Goulbourn)
apparently left a pain of glass out of one of the louvres. 3 pigeons exploited this omission and were
found in classroom one when the kids entered to enjoy their new classroom. Chilly and Paul (Roger) were on hand to chase
the pigeons out. But one proved a little
stubborn and Paul had to climb up into the rafters and catch it by hand. The thirty odd kids in
the classroom thought it was great fun and were able to pat the last pigeon
before Paul released it to fly away.
From a work perspective, Bill and Paul (Roger) worked all
day on classroom 2, putting in the new louvre windows and then adding the
security screen mesh. Andrew (aka Andy, aka Mitch) and Grant, known
collectively as the Goulbourn boys continue on doors and wood related things.
Paul (Robey) and Geoff continue to finish off the upper security mesh (above
the windows in the six classrooms). That
is why every picture of Paul tends to show his legs while he is up a
ladder. By the way, Paul’s arm is healing well under the care of medic Geoff.
The rest of the crew were deployed across prepping duties, with Gavin proving
to be an expert ‘grinder’ of old paint and Vicki proving to be a good ‘stripper’ of paper , while
Tony, Juanita, Sandra and Sue showed ongoing skills in the painting
department. Terry was around doing QC
work, and also the no-more-gaps applications in between prepping and painting.
Pam got the runner job, as we seem to constantly need something from somewhere
in the way of materials, and Chilly got into the work as well helping to strip
one of the classrooms.
The day went well, only interrupted by yet another huge
lunch. The target was achieved with classroom 2 being completed and handed back
to the school by 5pm. Significant progress was also made on the remaining four
classrooms indicating we will make it by Friday.
For our Monday evening we visited the Tonga catering school
‘Pot Luck Restaurant’ where we enjoyed a three course meal cooked and served by
trainees in the hospitality business. We
also enjoyed some local entertainment and cultural dances.
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