Construction at Bala Beach Resort
On 18 September, 2009, I visited the constructin site at Maria Chiquita, Panama for the Bala Beach Resort. As you will see in the pictures, all of the first 3 buildings are under construction. The contractor has excellent security and thanks to the good people at the Bala office, I was able to enter the site to get some good pictures of the construction action.
On 18 September, 2009, I visited the constructin site at Maria Chiquita, Panama for the Bala Beach Resort. As you will see in the pictures, all of the first 3 buildings are under construction. The contractor has excellent security and thanks to the good people at the Bala office, I was able to enter the site to get some good pictures of the construction action.
The employee housing is completed and provides for a good number of workers to live right on site. The substantial excavation rises up just behind the staging area. This is where buildings one, two, and three are taking form.
Building one has the foundation completed, the basement poured and was already going up from level one to level 2. Concrete trucks were frequent visitors, bring loads of concrete for the columns to suppor the next floor. Here are pictures of building one:
Building 2 has the foundation finished. and the basement in and the ground floor in final stages, preparing to move up to the next floor. Men were working on all three buildings at the same time. While concrete was being used only on building one while I was there, forms were being prepared in buildings 2 and three for concrete. The number of people working onsite looked to be around 60.
Here are pictures of building 2, some show buildings 3 and 1 as well:
In the picture to the right, you can see building 2, with the rebar columns ready to go up to the next floor. In the background is building 3.
The foundation is a very slow and laborious process. Building the structure above ground proceeds quickly and it is exciting to see this stage of construction.
Building 3 has the foundation in. The basement is underconstruction and once, the concrete has hardened, preparations will be made to go up from ground level.
This shows building 2, with building 3 in the background. Building 3 is near the property boundary and should afford some excellent views of ships waiting to enter the canal at Colon from upper floors.
More pictures of building 3 below:
I took video as well. If I can figure out how to edit it and post it, I will. The video shows the views from the 1st floor (the floor above ground level) in building 1 as well as considerable footage of the other two buildings. Check back in October to see this video and thanks for looking.
