The wettest rainy season on record has slowed us down but we continue to make slow progress.  The foundation slab is done, now comes the concrete walls of the first floor. You can see in these recent photos the builders are constructing the wooden frames for the walls.  They insert steel rods to reinforce the structure and then will pour in the concrete to make the walls.  When it is dry the wooden frames are taken away leaving the concrete walls.  This will be done by the end of the week in time to start on the timber construction after the obon holiday.