Building Progress

October 2008
One year from idea to completion:
Building is completed in time for rainy season!
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PAC has even had its first surgery day post-fire in October, neutering temple animals

completed clinic	cat yard opposite clinic	back of cat yard
patients pre & post surgery	set up for surgery	working yard
pathway to clinic - with Suay	store room cleared out and organized

The fire damaged roof was repaired, but windows, ceiling and electrics left for now

new roof	new roof from outside

Yard, wall & driveway completed

new gate in place	ground still needs to settle – the rains should help!	entrance yard	wall looks less depressing when painted!

and it is all thanks to

Alec PAC’s project manager	Pi Torn our excellent building foreman	Alec’s wife, Amanda responsible for all financial reports	And Torn’s mum for her unending support

September 2008
The clinic is successfully finished except for small fiddly jobs
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western toilet!	lab/pharmacy	isolation kennels with stainless steel doors
isolation sink & cupboard	critical care kennels, sink & cupboard	clinic/kennel yard with sink

PAC’s land was secured around the perimeter with a wall & fence with barbed wire:
not how we had expected to have to live! 

security wall on east	security wall on south, facing road	security wall on west

The driveway for access to the road was cleared & walled

from road looking to clinic	water tower to hold our second-hand tank was erected to ensure water during times of power-cuts

Nurse Shanna Oxenbridge (whose contract we cancelled due to the fire) visited us with her Dad, and they donated a Spirit House to help protect PAC.

August 2008
Arson Attack
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All previous renovations (see May 2008) lost, as well as entire library, medications, vaccines, computer, fridge, etc

roof burned through	burned roof & soot	lost library & electrics
lost computer & meds – thankfully oxygen did not explode	fire stopped before reaching wood house

Though materials had been bought and foundations dug for Staff Housing, this plan was abandoned so that resources could be used to build a security wall instead

staff hoursing materials	house plot facing north	house plot facing south

As the clinic was close to completion, and the final materials already ordered, it was decided to finish the project

front of clinic	consultation room	critical care
surgery room	lab/pharmacy	isolation kennels
isolation sink	isolation yard – filled with cabinets	clinic toilet

July 2008
A Clinic Emerges!
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Clinic Foundation	Clinic frame	Clinic Internal Walls
Clinic External Walls and Roof	Clinic with roof	Clinic
Clinic Painted	Lab to Isolation	Critical Care Kennels
Consutation Room		Surgery Room with Alec

June 2008
Kennel are complete, work on the dog yard continues
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Cat kennels with Yard	Cat kennels	Complete Kennels
Dog Yard	Complete Dog Kennels

May 2008
Renovation completed & storeroom built
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Front view	Back view	Back view of houses	Store room
Wood house	Office area in brick house		Inside brick house
Kitchen	Kitchen	Office in wood house	Bedroom in wood house

Kennel development
Entire clinic relocates to Woktum- thanks to the patient help of many volunteers, especially Yoga Retreat; Work starts on kennels – slight complications due to slope of land and therefore need for stilts, but great potential with 2 large kennels, 7 small kennels, 9 cat kennels and a cat exercise yard
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Building kennels
Cat kennels	Large dog kennels	Small dog kennels
Feeding area	More kennels

April 2008
Architect, project managers & builders hired, designs finalised, buildings staked out, renovation work started
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	Front veiw	Back view	Wood house
Steve Haigh volunteered to help design new premises	Kitchen	Inside wood house	Inside brick house

Front view of houses	Wooden house	Wooden house
View of houses	Inside house	View from land
View facing north	View facing south	View facing west