After an intense interview with the Technical Advisory Committee, we were told that in order to be approved for our pilot phase trip in September, we will need to produce a safety and health plan, a site plan (which shows the relative distances of our latrines to any water sources), and a foundation plan. On top of this, we were told to perform a concrete construction lab, which we completed last Thursday with Warren and I, along with the help of Chelsea from ASCE and my friend, Shannon. We will also be performing this lab again tomorrow with our Mentor, Tim, Karen, and possibly Amanda and Bart.

Also, one big thing that was suggested by the committee was that we may want to consider clear or light colored plastic roofing as opposed to the traditional zinc. Though this may considerably detract from the overall task of fly removal (by not being able to provide an appropriate gradient in brightness for which the flies can follow), it will (perhaps more importantly) increase the user friendliness as well as provide visibility that may prove highly desirable from a health standpoint in certain circumstances. If we do not go with this alternative, it is suggested that the recipients will be more likely to transform their latrine into a storage unit or some other form of alternative usage.