Work is almost complete on the first ring beam so that the straw can be installed. Here you can see that we are using ratchet straps to bring the beam into square. We checked the diagonal measurements which are within 10mm of each other so already a very good level of accuracy is being achieved by the college students. All carpentry students so far have been 16 or 17 years old so this does bode well for a quality workforce for the future.
We had great difficulty lifting the sections of beam over the tie down bolts but with a bit of persistance and and a few well directed hammer blows all is in place and located in the correct position over the tyres.
