- FramingOur crew has made incredible construction progress on the teacher dormitories, with both buildings nearing completion! After finishing the first building’s roof, our team moved on to the second building while the ASAM crew finished parge coating the walls. All the blockwork was completed at the second building addition, and they tied-in / toothed-in the new block into the existing structure. Additionally, ASAM carpenters were able to get all the windows, door and door frames installed. Together, the two teams came up with a plan for the roof wood framing. Different brick/block sizes and wood framing sizes were needed than the original/existing structure as a result of the Mozambican market. In Mucombeze, you cannot simply buy the same product from the store as we are accustomed to in America; you must build with the materials available. One more day of work and our crew will likely be complete with their mission!
- New Construction
- Window Installation/Replacement
- Residential Roof RepairOur quality control process relies heavily on the use of mock-ups that represent a fully constructed representative of the design. We utilize this strategy for building components that range from curtain wall sections to roofing details or fully finished patient rooms. This allows us to verify the function of design and provides end-users the opportunity to approve finish details that they can see and touch rather than having to visualize abstractly.
- Residential Roof Replacement/InstallationOur Shook team is going to support SAM Ministries and their work at the Mucombeze-Interior Primary School by building a new on-campus teacher dormitory to house additional staff that were added when the school recently expanded from K-5 to K-7. This two-room dormitory will be of masonry construction with a cementitious parge coat, wood timber roof support, and metal roofing.
- Painting
- CarpentryVisiting the woodshop, which many of our carpentry-oriented team members greatly enjoyed. Mozambique has a plethora of beautiful wood available for the ASAM workers and community members to learn how to make goods.
- MasonryWhile two members from our team shadowed SAM Ministries, the rest of the team returned to the site to continue block masonry work and set door frames. They were far enough ahead of their original schedule that the ASAM masonry crew was able to start building the room extension on another teacher dormitory! Our team was not expecting to touch the other dorm, much less assist in getting four rows of CMU block installed on their second day of work. To wrap up the day, the ASAM carpenters helped our team install the roof framing. Ultimately, it was a solid second day of work and the dorm is taking shape!