^I'm in the semi-rural Philippines, about 90 minutes south of Manila. Labor here is dirt cheap. My biggest problem was that several huge projects in China were buying up all available steel bar, everywhere, as well as cement, and prices just kept going up and up. Of course, just about the time I got past the cement and rebar stage, the projects in China concluded and the prices of stuff I didn't need any more dropped. Also, I get paid in dollars, and the exchange rate was going up and down like a roller coaster during the nine months we were building. Had a 37-man crew on it, six to seven days a week, about ten hours a day. Hard-working, great bunch of guys, many of whom still drop by for a drink every few weeks.