15 Camille Court, Mt Coolum

Pete is managing the site like a champ. The last two days the RW2 footings have been completed and work cracked on with the RW1 footings. Our Plumber Brendan was on site on Sat morning to connect up the sewer line and we had a mini digger in there to dig the sewer line trenches. The Aggy pipe connections through the footings have been installed to meet the locations where the formed up pits are going to be. Up near the top end of the driveway, we have a 600 pipe running underground and Pete has installed a wire mesh area for where the shotcrete will go - just in front of the headwall running into the pipe.   Pete told me it was like a sauna in there. I can imagine. Well done Pete. Unfortunately, there was not enough steel for the RW1 footings and Pete will need to pick the the rest of the steel on Monday to complete the steel cages. Inspection of the footings is planned to happen on Monday 26.11.2012.

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

Today, things really started to move ahead. The machines where there to finally dig.   The photos below show marking out of the footings and the excavation work that was completed (without a toilet on site).    Pete booked a toilet for tomorrow till the 20th of December. He also booked the concrete and the pump for Tuesday next week as they need time to prepare the footings and have everything in place.   Footings inspection will happen Monday morning 9.30 Spraying the walls of the drain will also happen as well. So far so good.

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.