Concrete Cutting
It has started. The cutting machine uses a circular diamond blade to get through one foot of reinforced concrete; a painstaking process:
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Electricity Day
Dave Richardson of Western Power has had to wait for the hay to be cut: The transformer is for us. The guys worked through the rain. Fitted the board inside and left to check the connection to overhead cable Scottish Power's contribution Finally live, thanks to Billy and Jack
Contracting work under way
Our Contractor Mossy Hefferman of Compac Hire Ltd His man pressure washing the tank and the first footings poured. Wall ready for floor slab.
The digger at work
When we visited the site with Brendan and Mossy, the digger was busy at work. Eighty lorry loads to date. This was covered with earth a week ago, and will be again, suitably waterproofed.
The site taking shape
We visited the site with architects, Brendan and Jamie, and contractor, Mossy. I tell more below. The first two images are of the north west corner and west side. Then the digger, of course. The east side and south east corner come next, followed by the project manager. Underneath her, the west side looking south, the north side looking west, the site looking south east and finally the north end of the reservoir from the boundary. To put this all into context here is the view from the north west as imagined by the Architect.
Mucking away
Mossy has to remove eighty lorries full of sub soil from the site to reveal the concrete structure. Click on Read More to see more photos of the half way mark.