Work begins for driveway and retaining wall

After many months of careful planning, studying for and obtaining an owner builder certificate, working with Chris (our very talented architect), submitting plans to council, geo testing, hydraulics, arborist, engineers, building certifier, resubmitting plans and finding the right contractors (phew), we have finally started (with our trusty site manager Pete)... on the next stage of building driveway access and retaining walls en route. It's a first step but a very important one, which we hope to complete before the rains start this season.

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Footing steel installed and a much needed arrival

Toe footing steel RW2 section was installed, excess dirt and rocks were taken away and the toilet arrived on site (very good news)

Final Section Concrete Pour

It's been a long time coming, but we finally made it to the last concrete pour of this driveway. The last section took 16 cubic metres of concrete and we proved today that a concrete truck with 5 cubic metres of concrete can reverse up the driveway with no trouble at all. This says a lot about the strength and planning of such a driveway given the slope. It also has greater meaning for the house build - all footings and slabs will have easy access for the trucks in the future! Pete, Will and Clynton were on board today to finish the final section, which looks great - well done guys.

Stage 2 of driveway (top section) started.

We have finally started on the Stage 2 of the driveway - after literally months of rain. We could not have stopped the last stage at a better time - it was hammering down with rain 3 days after we completed stage 1. Peter is again available so we are going all out to finish Stage 2. After sorting out where the garage will be placed (thanks Chris) in order for the driveway to meet up correctly from its current position, we are now ready to install the top section.

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