More action... but no concrete yet....

It's not a matter of just poring concrete into the forms.

First they have to set the plumbing that needs to be in/under the slab and have it inspected.  They seal it up and pressurize the system then watch to make sure it holds.  You can see the pressure gauge at the bottom of the photo to the right.



Here's the process as Nick describes it once the plumbing has been installed and inspected:

• digging beams and placing poly
• steel and cable crew will be installing cable
• marking for windstorm lags and floaters
• Engineering Inspection
• pour when concrete available.

You can see from these photos that the beams have been dug and poly is in place.  Those green cables and the steel cables that get tightened as the concrete cures to make the whole foundation stronger.  

There is some rebar in place, but you can't see it in these photos.

So, unlike last week, when things were slowed down by 2 inches of rain, we're expecting the week to be in the mid-upper 80s and no precipitation. Unless there's heavy call on concrete by other projects, we hope to see concrete trucks at the end of the week.

And, did you notice the Building Permit, posted to the right of this post?