When we arrived on the 13th November little did Neil, and all the other guys, realise that they would be thrown in to a construction site environment and before they could do any work they had to get their hands dirty!
I've managed to acquire some photos of when the base was at it's initial stages ....
The first week Neil was helping to install all the lights in the building that was going to house the gym, the kitchen and canteen facilities. Week two he was installing server cables. Each night all the lads were coming home covered head to toe in dust as it was pretty much all hands to the pump, so to speak!
Through nobody's fault the base was behind schedule (I don't think Hurricane Nicole helped!!) and whilst everyone was waiting for the shipment containers to arrive it was a great way of helping the contractors to get the Base back on schedule and up and running as quickly as possible. What helped was lots of rum after work, me thinks, that certainly helped with motivation and getting them back up and in to work the next day!
There was a really good vibe amongst the guys and they really all did pull together as a team :-)
Here are some photos of the progression ....
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25.11.16
27.11.16 - Neil's commute to work
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18.12.16 - Another beautiful sunrise (I'm not up early enough to see any sunrises!)
22.12.16 - First day of the Christmas Holidays and it's amazing how much the base has come on. The land opposite will be for the America's Cup Village and the New Zealand team.
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