Plans for a Second Floor

The foundation footers and columns are larger than would be required for a one-story building because we have the plans to add a second floor in the future. This is part of the plan to use this property to help sustain the Fundación by creating rental properties to generate income. The plan for the future second floor is to build apartments.
The steel rebar columns were built by hand, and the force require to bend the ends to attach to the footers was incredible; you can see in one of the photos below that it took two men and a special tool to achieve it.