Posted in Progress on Feb 26th, 2009
Trimming flower beds continued.
Roof clearing & applying terracotta of the right wing building started.
Laying of Interlocking tiles continued on both sides
Sri Lankan team started the Garden Beautification
Rough tile work on left wing moat completed.
Red Marble laying at the landing of the steps continued.
Concreting under the left main steps & steps of lower maluwa done.
Part [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 26th, 2009
Work delayed due to electricity & generator failure
Red Marble laying at the landing of the steps in progress.
Rough tiles left wing moat one wall completed.
Terracotta second coat started in Siddhartha pavilion
Varnishing underneath of Siddhartha pavilion (second coat), 02 small pavilions (first coat) done.
Concreting under left steps done.
Green marble brought to site at 4 pm.
Laying of [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 26th, 2009
Public Holiday (Maha Shivrathri Day). Hence, many labourers did not turn up.
Trimming flower trees in the compound started.
Painting second coat emulsion continued in Siddhartha pavilion
Varnishing underneath of Siddhartha pavilion started
Roof cleaning of right wing building started.
Rough tiling one small pavilion done. Moat (left wall) started.
Wire cut brick cleaning continued.
Only one team worked in marble [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 23rd, 2009
Deep well cleared but no free flow. Water quality is good.
Marble work up to the 4th landing of the steps was done. Green marble shortage at site. The Contractor promised to bring tomorrow.
Terracotta first coat finished except the large two buildings and the Siddhartha pavilion.
Varnishing 04 small pavilions finished. Started under the Siddhartha pavilion but [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 21st, 2009
Finally received water still mud clearing is done. Steady flow expected tomorrow.
Marble work 1388 sqft done. Red 360 sqft completed.
Rough tile work 570 sqft completed. 9000 tiles brought to the site.
Terracotta painting on roofs almost 10 small pavilions and 01 large pavilion completed.
Varnishing underneath roof Bodhi Ghara & 03 small pavilions done. 4800 sqft [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 20th, 2009
Painting of roof 7 ½ small pavilions & 01 Large pavilion completed.
Varnishing roof underneath 02 small pavilions completed.
Colour Painting of left wing building ground floor & 1st floor 75% completed.
White painting done in Bodhi Ghara walk way. 04 pavilions were done near the steps. Under the steps all first coat applied.
Green Marble on the main [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 20th, 2009
Hon. Minister Dew Gunasekara & Hon. MP Lama Khenpo Chimed Tsering visited the site in the morning.
Painting of roof 06 small pavilions, Bodhi Ghara & 01 Large pavilion completed.
Roof cleaning done on 04 small pavilion roofs to apply terracotta paint.
Varnishing roof underneath Bodhi Ghara & 01 small pavilion completed.
Polishing of Ranweta with Braso completed.
Colour Painting [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 20th, 2009
Cutting & Placing Green Marble continued still not up to the target.
Roof painting of 04 small pavilions completed. ½ of the southern pavilion done.
Foundation of the right side of main entrance finished to a height of 1 ft. Left side completed.
03 tipper loads approximately 6-8 cubes of fertile earth for the flower beds were [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 20th, 2009
Cutting & Placing Green Marble continued with a slow progress. Instructed to employ another team to catch-up delayed work.
Underneath varnishing both Bodhi Ghara & 2 ½ of the small pavilions continued.
Clearing of Flower beds done.
Ground & 1st floors applied potty of Left wing building.
Had a discussion with the Contractors and informed to speed up the [...]
Posted in Progress on Feb 18th, 2009
Cutting of foundations in Western & Southern boundary walls done.
Roof painting at Bodhi Ghara completed. Varnishing of timber underneath the Bodhi Ghara roof 60% completed.
Interior paint Colour selected
Cleaning of wire cut brick walls in Maluwa area 45% completed. Started the cleaning with Oxalic Acid.
Cutting and laying of Green Marble at the steps of Makara [...]