US Embassy Guyana
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08 Aug 2014 08:53 AM
US Embassy in Guyana, chooses SIPs for their new office
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08 Aug 2014 01:24 PM
Posted By cmkavala on 08 Aug 2014 08:53 AM
US Embassy in Guyana, chooses SIPs for their new office
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08 Aug 2014 01:28 PM
Entire Project took just 20 days from start to furnishings installed was comprised of 3" walls , 3" first floor, 6" second floor. and 3" roof longest panel was 22 ft.
installed with out a crane
SIP skin was used for final interior and exterior finish
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09 Aug 2014 02:49 PM
That is a very shallow crawl space, maybe an inch and three quarters?
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10 Aug 2014 05:09 PM
Jelly, they actually used rows of 8" block @ 4ft. oc to support the 3" floor panels
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10 Aug 2014 06:20 PM
Is there some membrane over the roof to seal the joints and also to prevent water sitting on the steel?
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11 Aug 2014 08:45 AM
I like the build sequence, so they could do it all from ladders.
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11 Aug 2014 06:46 PM
send some pictures after the next hurricane....
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11 Aug 2014 11:47 PM
....I think that would also be Guyana's first Hurricane. They're simply not in that path. They're probably due to get one around the same time as North Dakota.
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12 Aug 2014 05:55 AM
Posted By Jelly on 11 Aug 2014 08:45 AM
I like the build sequence, so they could do it all from ladders.


Yes that was the plan because scaffold and lifting equipment is rare in third worl areas,many commercial building still ude bamboo sticks for scaffold and shoring
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12 Aug 2014 05:59 AM
Posted By Torben on 11 Aug 2014 11:47 PM
....I think that would also be Guyana's first Hurricane. They're simply not in that path. They're probably due to get one around the same time as North Dakota.



Torben, you are correct , they are well below the hurricane paths and don't even incur much wind
it is a pretty even climate with just more humididty in the summer.
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