Day 23 (October 26)

I was a bit doubtful, but at 0850 the concrete crew showed up and at 0910 the cement truck arrived.  I will say one thing for this concrete company--their management of a timeline needs work, but once the concrete hits the ground, they are very very good.  It was impressive watching the sequence of pouring that allowed the serial removal of forms from the partially set concrete to back fill the steps.

I spoke with the GC foreman about my frustration regarding the timeline and I asked if he was aware of the issues.  I am used to the foreman having eyes on target--a dinosaur approach I suppose.  He had on his phone a sequence of pictures from the previous two days allowing him to monitor progress--hadn't thought of that.  When I discussed the progress timeline, he understood the issues, but he also understood that you can't push a rope (Newton's Fourth Law).  However, he was also the one that drove the Saturday work, something that we had not been forced into on previous jobs. 

The patio and the closet are poured and it is really looking good.  I am feeling a bit more upbeat about the project--hopefully this is not in preparation for another slam into the dirt a la the shipyard.

The plan is to get lumber delivered for framing on Monday and to start framing on Tuesday.  In parallel, the masons will be breaking out a section of the driveway that is fractured and they will pour a new section the next day.  It is only about four yards of concrete, but it will make the driveway much more stable.