Construction Progress

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The foundation work has begun.  Footings were poured today.  The rest of the foundation work will hopefully happen next week, once the ICFs (insulated concrete forms) arrive.



While I was on site to take a few pictures of the foundation preparation, the cement trucks started to arrive; first the pump truck then the cement trucks (4 cement trucks would come for this part of the job).

The guy in the white shirt (with a long beard) is the man in charge.  And the skinny guy with the baseball cap is the one who controls the flow of cement.







The moral of this photo...be the guy with the tech if you can; the rest have to do the physical labor.








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