House build day#1 Digging the foundations

in #steemit7 years ago

Been scratching my head about what to blog about then it occured to me...why not blog about something im good at.... So here it is...
how to build a house in real time... I work in construction and the company i work for, have just today started to build some more on our site... Ill do a daily blog on the construction progress,photos of each stage and introduce you to the trades men involved...providing there not to shy 😁

Digging the foundation # Day1
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The engineer gets to work and sets out the corners of the building using pins in the ground and from there, the 360 driver (digger driver) knows where to start digging the trench for the foundation...ready for the concrete to be poured..
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This machine driver has a great team around him and manage to complete it within a day ready for the concrete pour tomorrow.
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Concrete's booked for tomorrow,this will form the base of the foundation ready for the bricklayers to step in....
This is the site below
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The finished houses will look simular to this when complete and should take about 12 weeks to complete weather dependant and labour available at the time...
hope you enjoy this blog
Have a great day

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I plan to build my own house in the future so will be following your blog for some inspiration. Xxx

@scotty2729
Nice writeup
Keep it up.