Excess spoil removed today

Thursday 8 May 2014

Well the excess spoil at the front of the construction site was removed early this morning.  Two large Bulk Haulage dump trucks with rear trailers were already at the site when I arrived there just before 7:00 a.m. this morning.  They were right on time.  A small one-man Bobcat was used to load the 25 tonnes of excess spoil into the trucks for haulage to a waste disposal facility.  They finished the job in less than half an hour.  It was an expensive morning - $1,500.00 to have that excess spoil removed.  Ouch.

There should now be room on site for the delivery of the steel frames and roof trusses which are due to be erected starting from Tuesday 13 May 2014 (only 5 days away now).  We can't wait to see what the place looks like when the framework goes up.  We're like 2 kids on Christmas Eve, eagerly waiting for Santa to arrive.

I managed to carefully and safely sneak a look at the rear perimeter of the concrete slab while I was at the site this morning.  We were really curious and desperate to know just how far back the slab extends because it's hard to visualise the depth from the front fencing.  I was really pleased with that aspect.  The slab for the Douglas 10M with Chase façade is 21.21 metres long (about 65 feet 7 inches long in the old Empirical Scale).  I'm still concerned about the 8.45 metre (27 feet 8 inches) width.  We were really restricted with our choice of homes because the land is a narrow block, only 12 metres (39 feet 4 inches) wide.  I'm really hoping the rooms inside the new home won't feel too small and pokey.

I can't wait to post some photos of the steel frames next week (weather permitting).