Site Portraits

Pulled out the big telephoto (100-400mm) today and planted myself atop a large pile of sand.  Here are some portraits of the people on site.

 

On the Mangar Hotel Site

 33 degrees and a bit smoggy today.  The effects of the Delhi population are drifting south.

This is what the work site looks like before any rammed earth walls are erected.  We will start with the SIREWALLs at the far (east) end of the hotel.

While we are waiting for the final design details so we can start building the formwork we are keeping busy getting the Volumetric Mixer tweaked to perfection.  Normally we would have a machine loading our mix into the truck but... there are a lot of workers around moving dirt and rocks, bricks and cement - they are already perfectly equipped.  So, this is what loading the mixer looks like today.

First you throw up some scaffolding and climb to the top of the truck.

Then, you stick a bag of cement on your head.
Then, you wrestle it to the top of the scaffolding to get it into the bin at the top of the truck...

And, then you do it again.

As mentioned in an earlier post, the workers here do not wear steel toed boots.  Check out the foot wear. Or, just leave the footwear at the bottom of the scaffolding.

Krishna (below) works at the site with her husband as do many women.  They are dressed in beautiful flowing colours and somehow manage to stay clean in this dusty environment, doing labour jobs alongside the men.  I don't know exactly how many layers she has on but, it is really hot here...

In this light it seems that you can wear any combination of colours and it will look great.