Now that the slabs are in the spaces are starting to take shape. We hope to have the majority of the framing complete by the end of the month.

That poor little baby banana plant in the foreground is about to get transplanted to our office garden.

We are finally out of the ground! The slabs were poured today and the project finally looks like something.

Here they are placing the last couple of yards of concrete. The pour took 45 yards for both houses which is 5 trucks of concrete. Warren (the guy holding the hose) is the pump operator. We've been working with him for about 8 years on all our hillside projects. He pumps the concrete from the truck to the slab and then the concrete sub finishes it. The slab shown has two layers of massive #8 rebar (the steel that works in tension with the compressive strength of the concrete) which is 1" thick.


The obvious things to look out for are: #1: Is all your structural hardware in the right location #2 Is all your rough plumbing in the right location #3 Are the slabs level


Finishing the slab with the whirly bird and beginning to remove the formwork.