The surprise of last week has morphed into the skepticism of this week.
Right now I feel like the schedule being promulgated is similar to those I saw in the shipyard—very optimistic and highly improbable. As you can see in the pictures, the fill is in place, the final wall is built, the soil is compacted and testing is done. Sounds good, eh? Oh, but wait. That was all done by noon on Friday. Compare Friday’s picture with today’s picture and you will see little difference. All momentum has been lost and we have crammed two man-hours into a day and a half. The rebar holes that were supposed to be drilled in the old foundation on Friday afternoon have not been started. But worse, I had to point out that the allowance for the door for the outside closet had not been made in the stem wall. Most of the two hours of work that was done today was recovery and rework--not real progress. Last week we had great weather which was not fully leveraged. This week we have a Nor’easter blowing, so rain will be a factor in termite treatments and concrete.
Termite treatment is scheduled for tomorrow morning, but the weather may put it on hold. Let’s see where we go from here.
Even Starbucks is perplexed!
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