The  physical work  on the ground that would help  take you to the tombs featured on the new iBBC app started today.

A team of volunteers including Brownie Khoo Ee Hoon had prepared sign-ages to be secured at various vantage points. The signs are colour coded to the map so you can  traverse  the sprawling hills of Bukit Brown, independently.

Painting the poles, notice how a ray of sunshine falls on the worker?  (photo Ee Hoon)

A volunteer  securing the signs onto metal poles embedded in concrete ” pots” (photo Ee Hoon)

Many willing hands make light work (photo Ee Hoon)

Workers digging holes to plant poles (photo Ee Hoon)

Planting the pole (photo Ee Hoon)

Signs showing the way to Tay Koh Yat and Hills 5 & 2 (photo Ee Hoon)

Showing the way to two tombs in opposite directions (photo Ee Hoon)

Clear vantage point, no excuses to get lost ( photo Ee Hoon)

A very happy and satisfied Ms Khoo for a job well done. Take a bow. (photo Lai Chee Kien)

Ee Hoon who helmed the artwork for this project,  outlined a  list of things which had to be done

The steps:
1) Design+Buying material (metal pole, cement, boards, laminating film, nuts and bolts)

2) Production of poles and signages which involve
a) cutting pole to length required
b) making cemented base + planting metal pole into cement base and dry
c) Painting the metal pole.
d) Cutting boards for signages and drilling holes for nuts and bolts.

3) The calculation of distant (footnote)
4) The final adjustment to design + print + laminate
5) Stick laminated signages to board,
5) Arrange signages  in right sequences
6) Screw board to metal poles
7) Plant the finished  poles and signages.

footnote trivia :  the distances on the sign board to the tomb, shown in metres  were calculated by footsteps. On average.  one footstep is equivalent to one metre. So walking 150 metres to a tomb is approximately 150 steps depending on how long is  your stride 😉