Checkpoint 1 - 2 | Checkpoint 3 | Checkpoint 4 | Road Works | Finishing Touches
A new building is currently under construction in Tudan. Upon completion, it will accommodate my future business activities in Miri. The construction site is based at the traffic light junction between the Tudan-Kuala Baram Highway and the road leading to E-mart or the new Permyjaya township. This is a log of my scheduled checks within the last couple of months.
Checkpoint 1: The Foundation

This is the remains of a 2-storey long house which was later demolished to make way for the construction. It was initially built to accommodate some Iban settlers at a minimal rental fee.

It’s now turned into a store room for the building materials.

Sands by the road side. Got fined by Miri City Council for road cleanliness issues. Shit.

Cement columns had been piled down a couple of days earlier and foundation works can begin.

Rain poured over night and the construction site is filled with water. Waiting for it to dry up a little before laying the sub-level platform.
Checkpoint 2: The Platform

This is a simple tool to assist in making the rectangular rings that will be a critical part in holding the building’s main structural support system.

Labour working on the square ring.

The rectangular steel ring.

Female labour working on the steel beam’s skeletons. Tying up the square rings to the main steel rods.

After the whole structure is finished, it’ll be lowered into the mold that will hold the cement later.

Cement will be poured into the “drain” mold, and when it all hardens, it’ll then become the building’s primary horizontal support beams. The vertical ones are shown in the middle of the photo.

This is the vertical columns that will hold the horizontal ones above.

Jungle of wood works to hold the massive platform on the first floor. Cement will be poured into the platform mold.
Read more in Checkpoint 3.
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