The construction team met at the site for a Saturday morning conference. Fai and Neil on the right are the ones orchestrating the mayhem. David, on the left in the red jacket, is the concrete artist and the skeptical looking one, not surprisingly, is Jenn. The only guy actually looking at the plans is Alexei, our shoring engineer who, distressingly, looks a little worried about the whole thing. Fai and Neil offered to dig a basement under the 3-foot reinforced concrete slab they just poured. I was tempted for a minute, but there's been enough excavation on this project for now. I want to see structures going up, not down.
Everyone is pleased with the bunker wall and we are planning the next couple of weeks of work. Before pouring any new concrete, however, more destruction must ensue. Next to go will be the green retaining wall that has faithfully held back the hill for the last 50 years or so. Farewell, little wall, we hardly knew you.
After a bit of retaining wall mayhem, there will be more rebar, forms and concrete and a new and more robust retaining wall will be built further up the hill. The real challenge will be to build the third wall all the way up the slope, but that will be next week.
1 comment:
WOW!! Are you sure that J. Hoffa is not being relocated to the wall area1 2 or 3?? Did you consider buying on top of the hill?
What a challenge... I only wish I were there to micromanage the entire project as this type of stuff really is what I like to do.
Almost retire Paul.
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