Eagle View - Shop Construction has Officially Started!

Wednesday was a big day for Eagle View.  Troy, our local excavator started working the pad preparation for the 36'x50' Shop building.  The task was to prepare a pad 3 ft beyond the outside perimeter of the building, having 6-8" of material above the highest grade point.  That makes the remainder of the pad at least 6" of fill material.  The theory is that the fill material will maintain the 3 ft column holes and prevent cave ins.

The first step was to remove all of the grass and vegetation from the pad area.  Troy used the backhoe front-end bucket for that.

Once Troy had the vegetation removed, he began working the ground to a rough level based on his eyeball while in the backhoe.  He has a very keen eye.

Once he had it eyeball level, he set up his laser system and checked out the grade.  He set the laser base up by his truck, remarking there was less chance of backing over it there.

Below, Troy checks each corner with the grade elevation rod and remote laser sensor.

Once Troy established where his high and low spots were, he jumped back into the backhoe and used his front-end bucket as a bulldozer and back blade simultaneously.  This was obviously not his first rodeo.

He also picked up some dirt from the highest spots and moved it onto the lowest spots.

Once he had the pad area rough leveled, he proceeded to haul in 90 Yds of 3/4" fill material.  Below Troy tailgates the last load.

Once all the 3/4 material was in place, Troy went back into the leveling mode, the fine leveling mode now.

Zoom in  little more. 

Troy proceeded to pack the pad with his 10-wheel truck, Gari inspects.

Not bad progress for one day of excavating!  There is about a half day of work left.  A little more laser tuned leveling and spread the dirt piles around the pad to establish easy access for the concrete trucks.

Gari stands on Chapel Rd at the entrance to our driveway .

Zoom out and you can see the culvert ends at the rock stacks on each side of the driveway. 

 Do, Do, Do, Looking out our front door!