Nu-Laran Primary School, Dili
1st Grade Building; 2nd Grade Building; 3rd Grade Building; 4th Grade Building; 5th Grade Building; 6th Grade Building; Auditorium; East Bathroom and septic tank; West Bathroom, septic tank, and leach field; Exterior wall repairs; Concrete work (sidewalks and slabs)
PROJECT SCOPE Replace roof and renovate 438 square meter auditorium, including pouring a new concrete floor slab and installing a new steel and concrete stage. Renovate six classroom buildings, two restrooms, a kitchen area and a teachers’ lounge. Renovations of the buildings include: replacement of corrugated roofing on two classroom buildings, installation of security grills on all windows, and rolling steel doors at all classrooms. The repair of all stucco walls and columns inside and out (including the masonry fence surrounding the complex), installation of new ceilings (the existing buildings had no ceilings); and the installation of light fixtures, switches and outlets in the library and staff buildings. Finally, prep, prime and paint all interior & exterior walls of all buildings and the masonry fence. Work on the grounds included Installation of new concrete sidewalks; replacement of the entire concrete entrance slab; repairs to exterior masonry fence and front steel gate; and the installation of two new septic systems and one new leach field.
The front of Nu-Laran school prior to construction
1st Grade building before
1st Grade building during construction
2nd Grade building before
2nd Grade building during construction
3rd Grade building before
3rd Grade building during construction
4th Grade building before
4th Grade building during construction
5th Grade building before
5th Grade building during construction
6th Grade building before
6th Grade building during construction
Exterior of Auditorium before
Exterior of Auditorium during construction
Interior of Auditorium before
Interior of Auditorium during construction
East Bathroom during construction
East Bathroom during construction
Kitchen area before
Kitchen area during construction
West bathroom before
West bathroom during construction
Typical washing station before
Typical wash station during construction
Typical classroom before
Typical classroom after
Typical classroom before
Typical classroom after
Septic tank hole in the beginning
Framing installed to pour the concrete septic tank
Septic tank after concrete pour
Digging the leach field for the septic system
The original scope of work had a private contractor completing both bathrooms and the Auditorium. The contractor failed to live up to his contract, and left the site– leaving the work to the Seabees and other partners. The entire project was planned to be completed, with a ribbon cutting, during the Mercy visit. However, with the additional work, the Seabees were pressed to complete all the work prior to the start of school in the fall.
PERSONNEL: 20 FLY-IN Seabees; 10 SAIL-IN SEABEES; 17 HOST NATION Volunteers; 37 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS; 35 CIVILIAN AND MILITARY volunteers FROM THE MERCY
DURATION: 22 JUN – 21 SEPT 2010
MANDAYS EXPENDED: 3,000 + (work was ongoing)
