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News Release from: Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 December 2006
IPHE help Anneka Rice rebuild and equip
a clinic
The challenge taken up by Dave Woodcock, Area-Coordinator and member of the Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering.
Dave takes the challenge It isn't every day that you get hand picked to help Anneka Rice rebuild and equip a maternity clinic, rebuild a child friendly play centre and renovate and equip a community cricket pavilion, especially when you only have five days to complete the project and it's set in an area devastated by the 2004 Boxing day Tsunami in Sri Lanka
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 11 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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This was the challenge taken up by Dave Woodcock, Area-Coordinator and member of the Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering.
Dave said, "No-one should believe that these makeover programs are an easy pre-setup thing with a bit of MDF and some glue".
"The project wasn't a quick refurb job, it was a total rebuild, some of it from the ground up".
"We had 12 British builders and around 30 Sri Lankan workers to rebuild a maternity clinic, a cricket pavillion with cricket pitch and practice nets, and a children's centre with playground, plus gardens".
"We also had the privilege of the help from four of the British survivors of the Tsunami in 2004".
The challenge involved starting on site at 6.30am and working all day until 6pm, with half an hour for lunch.
Volunteers had to work in 38oC heat at 85% humidity.
Dave commented that it was "possibly the hardest thing I have ever done," but added that "it was an unforgettable experience and one I wouldn't have missed for the world".
"The SriLankans are a wonderful people".
Tune into ITV at 8pm on Boxing Day to see Dave and the rest of the Challenge Anneka team in action.
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