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An international institute for rice research 35The IRRI staff housingarea in February 1962(top) and as itappeared in February1982.effect, the cinders became the aggregate for the mixture of cement and waterthat was injected. For both the laboratory and administration buildings, Luzdesigned foundations strong enough to support a second story if in the futuresuch expansion became desirable.The basic site preparation and driveway construction were finished in lateJanuary 1961 and in no way held up the building schedule.The erection of the service building, a relatively short operation, wascompleted on 10 March 1961. Not much more site preparation was needed forthe structure than to remove a grove of coconut trees and to smooth theground, the original level of which was not changed appreciably.