15/06/2008 by Martin Sargent.

We have now started to lay the blocks for the first villa and it is starting to take shape.

This is the view from the back of the villa where you can see the shapes of the rooms.

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07/06/2008 by Martin Sargent.

Natura design. Lanzarote builders of Luxury villas and custom built swimming pools.

The floors are being laid for the second villa’s basement and the water tanks are now finished.

This is the technical control checking the steel work for the roof and also taking samples of the concrete which they take back to the lab to check the quality. They follow the build from start to finish making sure the project is built exactly according to the plans and the quality of the materials used are of European standard for the seguro decenal.

The roof of the basement is finished and ready for pouring the concrete. The man below is controlling the flow speed of the concrete by remote control and is being directed by the builder who is pouring the roof.

The roof has taken 50 cubic metres of concrete to cover and will only take a few hours to go off.

The first blocks are being laid for the first floor of the villa.

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01/06/2008 by Martin Sargent.

The acro props have been put into position to support the main structure of the ceiling of the basement.

All the ceiling blocks are in place. We will finish the final steel work on Monday morning ready for pouring the concrete for the roof. This will be the first stage of the major construction work completed.

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24/05/2008 by Martin Sargent.

We have started to put up the shuttering to support the ceiling

The preparation for the screeding of the second villas floor

The site has been backfilled and the land has been levelled

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20/05/2008 by Martin Sargent.

Today we are pouring the final concrete for the completion of the basement walls for the second villa. We will also pour all the supporting columns for the first storey. The technical control and quality control technicians visited the site this morning and gave us the ok to pour the concrete.

We have started to backfill the supporting walls. These were first damp-proofed with pitch paint and a special plastic membrane to keep out the water.

The majority of work is now completed on both of these basements. All the shuttering and cardboard columns have been removed and the concrete floor had been laid. We are now preparing the ramp down to the underground car park.

I am pleased with our progress so far, everything has gone smoothly and we are on schedule.

Lanzarote Builders.

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11/05/2008 by Martin Sargent.

Things are starting to take shape.

We have finished the foundations on the second villa. The concrete has been poured, levelled and then vibrated to take out any air bubbles.

60 cubic metres of concrete have gone into the foundations, 8 lorry loads.

The last section of the basement walls have been poured along with the pillars and columns.

We use a cardboard shuttering for the columns which is removed after 24 hours.

The basement walls on the first villa are completed and we are moving the shuttering to the second site.

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04/05/2008 by Martin Sargent.

The concrete lorry and concrete pump have arrived to start the first section of wall for the basement. We have started with a twenty six metre section of shuttering. The panels are painted with a product to stop them sticking to the cement. The site has been inspected by Applus the technical control company for the seguro decenal and the quality control have taken the concrete samples they need.

We have now removed the shuttering ready for the next section of wall.

The block work and steel are now finished for the second villa. The concrete will be poured early next week next after the electrician has soldered the copper wire for the earth.

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27/04/2008 by Martin Sargent.

Checking the steel for the foundations before we pour the concrete

The concrete lorry and pump arrive and we start pouring, the concrete is also vibrated to remove any air bubbles.

The foundations are finished for the first villa, the blocks are rendered then sealed to prevent damp. We fill in between the foundations with stone to raise the floor levels.

Steel work is started for the walls then we start shuttering.

The foundations are started for the second villa.

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19/04/2008 by Martin Sargent.

The steel work is nearly complete and ready for the concrete to be poured on Monday morning. I have had site meeting with the surveyor (aparejador) Mª­ Angeles Pazos Agüera, (she also works for the Arrecife council) on Friday morning we went through the plans and was happy with the changes we made. The technical control company APPLUS also checked the site on Wednesday and signed the first paper in regards to the Insurance (seguro decenal). Both companies plus the quality control company ( Consultores Canarios control de calidad y asistencia tecnica) will return Monday morning for the final check before the concrete is poured.

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10/04/2008 by Martin Sargent.

We have installed the electrical boxes ready for Unelco to supply electricity for the site.

We have completed the excavation on both plots of land for the aljibe (water tank) and the waste tank.

All tools and machinery have been delivered to the site and we will start on the foundations tomorrow.

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