Maestro de las Vigas

​Don Gustavo is known at the worksite as Maestro de las Vigas, or Master of the Beams, because he is in charge of all of the work with the rebar that form the beams and columns. The rebar forms the skeleton of the building, and it is absolutely essential that is is done correctly.
 
Gustavo was everywhere in the last month – forming the stirrups that hold the rebar in place, ensuring the stirrups were placed in the correct locations along the beams, bending the column ‘feet’ precisely for their attachment to the foundation footers, and constructing the skeletal structure of columns and beams.