Shades of Mike Mulligan

Views of the work on day three as the foundation excavation continues. There now is so much dirt removed from the hole that the excavator has to load it into a truck and dump it at the far end of the work area.

The track hoe (power excavator) has reached the north east corner of the foundation hole and is moving towards the north west corner. The south east and south west corners were reached Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

Note the continuing placement of the geotextile fabric and the 16" layer of crushed stone placed on top of it.

Once this stage is completed, the concrete contractor can start his work pouring the footings.

~ DS

Postscript: Parents of young children might want to put Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel into the bedtime reading rotation about now.