Construction update #49

Superstitious? What’s to be superstitious about a concrete pour on Friday?

The pump truck drive got lost. The same company that has been to the job site almost ten times already. And got lost.

The first concrete truck had a little environmental issue. Seems the doohickey that controls adding water to the mix broke enroute. So about 150 gallons of water was added to the mix. No problem until going uphill, and then the mud spilled out. Big problem is that the job site is about a mile uphill from the valley flat. We found a backfill place for him to drain off some excess, then sent him away to deliver his soup somewhere else.

In the middle of the mayhem, the granite guys show up early and unannounced to install the Sleeping Lady. As if I did not have enough to deal with. But they worked independent and ‘she’ looks great.

It was a chaotic day. We placed the fish and the cut rock . We tossed drain rock. We ‘think’ it will turn out great. Next week we grind and see!

Steve