Today I was surprised by the progress. When no workers had appeared by 0930 I queried the contractor who said that they would be there by 1000 and have the first two walls of the foundation done by 1500--yeah right. By 1430, they were cleaning their tools and getting ready to go. I asked how long it would take to do the final wall and why it was delayed until tomorrow. The answer was 30 minutes to an hour to complete the third wall. This wall was deferred because they needed to bring in a bobcat to put fill inside the walls and a tamping machine in to compact the soil. The flow of equipment will be through the open side. Doing the wall after all the stuff has passed through minimizes the chance that the new wall gets damaged--didn't see that one coming.
They are predicting a foundation pour on Monday PM. We need to get the fill in and compacted, the final wall built, the final compaction done, a compaction test completed and the results certified, the volume inside the wall treated for termites and a county inspection done before the slab can be poured. We shall see.
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