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As you can see the continuing construction of the minor seminary and even if Bokungu among many difficulties we have reached half the battle.
The work was influenced by a number of factors is not negligible, first of all the soil preparation. He had to clean a piece of forest and dig up to 80 cm to reach a layer of clay is strong enough to support the weight of the building and all with the sole use of blades. A small tractor arrived at work already started. Another enormous difficulties of transport equipment (stones, sand, pebbles, timber): to be found not too far away, good quality material and have adequate means of transportation, not to bring everything back. But it could have a truck only 8 months after work. Moreover, even when the truck arrived, the state of the tracks makes it impossible to exceed with the load either to proceed quickly to avoid damaging. The construction work was interrupted by continuous measures of adjustment of the tracks that the rains make it impossible. Moreover, the lack of a closed well-insulated concrete where the store has had to make several trips supplies from Kinshasa to Bokungu (1,500 km) over the river, with biblical times and in danger of losing the load, which occurs by means sinking of the vessel in which the second half of sacks of cement used in Bokungu was used to plug a hole in the boat.
If you add to that the difficulty in obtaining supplies of fuel and the incident occurring to a cutter of trees for the consequences of a bite snake was still for a couple of months ... you understand the many delays.
The workers also had no familiarity with the techniques of construction or with materials such as stone, so it took a long time to teach the work and coordinate the sequence of operations. It was a real school for masons. It was not possible to increase the workforce of the workforce, because Ptrick, the French engineer cooperating project manager could not follow the same time many people who need training. Overall, it can be satisfied with the results achieved and the solutions, in particular the production of bricks called "South Africa", the groove interlocking installation allows quick and accurate. The solution of using large stones for the foundations linked by a thick bead of reinforced concrete was more economical and reliable.
Maybe we could have taken the best solutions. But working in these conditions is a mammoth undertaking. And as he says, the French engineer who had his first experience in an area like the rainforest, many have learned to the table over the years the University clashed with a reality quite different from that for the university had qule preparation.
