blue fish condos are coming along

they keep humming along with the construction of the blue fish condos. it's always fun to go over there and check out the progress. the picture above was taken yesterday. they are close to finishing the 3rd floor walls, so work should begin in the next few days probably on the ceiling of the 3rd floor. the guys in the foreground are digging the pool. poor guys! they have to dig through that coral stone again, mostly by hand.

here's a shot of building 1, looking inward from the ocean:


we are able to really see the shape of our unit now and if there any quirks due to us merging 2 units into one. presently there is a large column where the sliding glass doors to the deck will be. normally this column would be hidden within a wall, as it would be part of the division of the 2 units. we have asked if they could remove this column, as it obstructs the ocean view. the engineers are calculating if that will be possible. so we were up there yesterday, looking at this and talking to one of the engineers. we'll keep our fingers crossed that it can come out as it will result in a much better ocean view.

you can see the column in this picture behind the guy.


in this picture, you can get a sense of what it would be like to not have the column. that's me there, checking out the architectural drawing of our unit.


they are constructing 4 buildings right now. eventually there will be 7 in all, with 3 additional ones in the back (not oceanfront). they are further along with the 2 back buildings. that is mainly due to the fact that they were able to dig the foundation there much quicker. here is a picture of building #3. you can see that they are manually lifting buckets/concrete etc., using that pulley. there really are no machines here on the site - like no cranes, excavators, or backhoes, etc. jackhammers, yes. but certainly not enough.