Yesterday at 8:30 Trini, the new mason, arrived with four other men and they worked until 5:30 with an hour off for lunch. Here's what they accomplished:
They're using el sr J's new wheelbarrow:
The Coke that fuels their work:
An architect (required by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historía) also came by. He will make the blueprints for INAH, derived from elaborate PowerPoint designs made by el sr J, who must have been an architect in a previous life. We had to choose among three different types of roofs: the traditional one, 10 centimeters thick, made of reinforced concrete; a cheaper one, 25 centimeters thick, made with concrete-encased beams that would probably show cracks around the interior edges (!); and a more expensive one, also 25 centimeters thick, made of reinforced concrete beams tied into the walls with steel plates and with styrofoam insulation to keep out traffic noise and the sound of footsteps on the roof (cat burglars?). We chose the first, traditional option. The roof will have a terrace on top. Let's hope we don't fall through. We don't care if we hear footsteps up there.
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