Backfill & Steel Beams

Good progress this week, BC Hydro installed the temporary power and Regional District of Central Okanagan completed the water connection.  Back filling and re-grading of the driveway started Thursday, the steel beams were started Friday and will be completed after the long weekend.

Concrete Walls

The weather was perfect for Monday and we poured the concrete walls, overall this was a difficult pour with multiple drops, a 4 way corner, two flying grade beams and plenty of custom steel in the engineered walls.  We will strip the forms on Wednesday; foundation coating is set for Wednesday evening.  Steel beams are scheduled for pick-up on Thursday with installation for Friday.  Floor joists are ready Monday but we may delay for a day to allow for preping all the steel beams.

Inspections

All the steelwork was installed in the walls on Wednesday and by 3:00 PM we had our inspection from Bourcett Engineering, all good.  The concrete forms will be closed up on Thursday, concrete is scheduled to be poured on Friday at 10:30 AM.

Excavation & Concrete

Slow progress this week, some issues but all were resolved.  The gravel bank towards the neighbours fence sloughed into the excavation and shifted the footings.  We removed all of the footings in the lower garage area and brought in a small excavator to clear the gravel then reset the footings.  On Wednesday the concrete pumper truck showed up late and didn't have enough equipment to do the job, the delay compromised the quality of concrete so we sent back an entire truckload of concrete and the pump truck. The owner of the pumper truck has taken responsibility for his error and will settle payment with the concrete company.

We expect to pour the concrete walls on Friday next week.