The Kitchen Construction at the KCC

Last year sometime a big storm destroyed the kitchen at the Koins Community Center. That's a big problem because they prepare food for and serve hundreds of students and adults here everyday. Since we are mostly done with the Austin Frampton school one of our new projects is to rebuild the kitchen. Since it's the rainy season we have to work hard and fast whenever the weather gives us a chance. Like the school, we started by digging the footings. Right after we got done digging it rained harder than I've ever seen so we spent a few hours getting the water out of the trenches.
Once we got all the water out we could pour the concrete and start to build the walls with the blocks we made. When I first got here I would wear my Vans to the construction site. I guess I've adopted their sense of work clothes now, "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem".

After we got the foundation done, it was time for the floor. We did it the same way as the school, we cover the whole area with big rocks, which we then pound into gravel with a sledge hammer. Once we've done that we pour cement over the whole thing, it mixes with the gravel and makes a super strong floor.




We have to take advantage of the breaks in the rain which means sometimes we work late into the night.