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Val is on her her through the construction zone. The scarf is mandatory for women though it seems to be less about modesty than style at least among the younger women. The bricks were unloaded at night as no big trucks are allowed on the roads in the day. Along with rebar sand and other construction material this does not make for a silent night. Luckily nothing can stop us from sleeping and we do have earplugs which come in handy at 5:30 Am when the construction starts now!

These guys look ready for the oil sands but I am sure they make much less. I saw one of them dangling from the pile driver about 25 feet in the air. Safety belts ? No way!

We need more pictures so we will head out and see if there is anthing new on the sites.

An Apartment Building

Pile Driver Diesel

 From 6:30 AM till 10:00 PM this diesel engine runs most of the time. A triangular steel construction supports a pipe through which water is pumped into an ever deepening hole in the ground. The clay and sand are washed out and run through a newly dug channel into a pit. Once the hole reaches bedrock it is filled with cement around a steell cage. This will support the building. Apparently most buildings have no plies but this is a moderate quake area so they would seem a good, if noisy, idea.

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Gravel from India

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 Gravel is only found in the far North of Bangladesh or it must be shipped in from India. Most buildings use crushed brick as a cheaper solution. It is even noisier when the brick crusher is running on the other side of this building.
The man carrying gravel is unusual. Normally women carry the building materials on their head.
The view of Uttara skyline is from the Red Fort Restaurant. It looks preety much the same in all directions!

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