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Field notes
Things we have learned on site and see no reason to keep to ourselves. Written by the people who were standing there.
Choosing block and mortar that survive the harmattan
Every dry season takes a percentage off a wall somebody specified in a hurry. Sandcrete at the wrong mix, a mortar that shrinks away from the block, a render applied on a day it should not have been — none of it shows for two years, and all of it shows eventually. What we buy, what we refuse, and why the cheap option is not.
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Choosing block and mortar that survive the harmattan
Keeping a building open while you rebuild it
What a safe site actually looks like from the gate
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Pricing a twenty-month job in a currency that moves
What the rainy season actually costs a programme
Why we employ our own steel fixers
Snagging is not the end of the job, it is a stage of it
The permit path in Accra, in the order it actually happens
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Great buildings are not defined by their size, but by how well they serve the people who end up using them every day.
