As a result of the church building project, I am just about fluent in French African-specific building construction vocabulary ! No idea what most of the words mean in English though!!
So what I can tell you now is that we have 'coulé' most of our 'chaînage bas' at the front of the building and the 'coffreur' is finishing his contribution to the 'chaînage bas' at the back of the building. The 'ferrailleur' (that's ironmonger I suppose) has been very busy making 'étriers' for the 'poteaux' (pillars) and now there are some new guys shovelling 'remblai' to fill up the foundations at the front of the church.
If you didn't understand much of that, here are the latest pictures!
You can see the copper wire in one photo - that's to protect the building from lightning strikes.
Here's a zem (moto-taxi) delivering some 'fer de 6' (iron bars with a diameter of 6mm). Basically, the iron rests on his front mud-guard and he drags it along the road, usually with lots of sparks flying up!
And here is the beautiful greenery of Kandi! If only it was like that all year round...
So what I can tell you now is that we have 'coulé' most of our 'chaînage bas' at the front of the building and the 'coffreur' is finishing his contribution to the 'chaînage bas' at the back of the building. The 'ferrailleur' (that's ironmonger I suppose) has been very busy making 'étriers' for the 'poteaux' (pillars) and now there are some new guys shovelling 'remblai' to fill up the foundations at the front of the church.
If you didn't understand much of that, here are the latest pictures!
You can see the copper wire in one photo - that's to protect the building from lightning strikes.
Here's a zem (moto-taxi) delivering some 'fer de 6' (iron bars with a diameter of 6mm). Basically, the iron rests on his front mud-guard and he drags it along the road, usually with lots of sparks flying up!
And here is the beautiful greenery of Kandi! If only it was like that all year round...
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