Here Jim is taking a height reading as we get started building forms again.
Then we got to move on to the inside forms - now they are really taking shape!
This is a tricky part - this is our first step down. Jim has to build side panels to contain the concrete there.
Looks amazing! You can see the first step down better from this angle.
Once we were done with that portion, it was time to compact the rest of the area that we will do in this first pour. Jim used the excavator to lift up the compactor...
...and set it down into the footer area.
Then it was onto compacting.
As we started measuring and getting string measured and set to mark walls, Jim wasn't real happy with how close things were on the side wall and wanted a little more room for the drains. Which meant...back to the chain gang! By this time of the day, we were a little more in the shade which was good but after working all day in the heat, Jim was pretty tapped out.
After using the spud bar to scrape off the area he wanted, he had to shovel it out. I took this picture because this is either one of those guy things or I am totally uncoordinated and weak (which are both true but still). When I was digging yesterday and had to shovel and throw the dirt up and behind, it was such an unnatural motion for me. Jim just does it without thinking.
At the end of the day, lots of progress was made.
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