I heard the excavator start up as I tied my shoes this morning. Peter was already onsite giving last minute instructions to the contractor. We double checked a bunch of measurements and plans, then the work began for real. Our crew scrambled to move some existing fences and managed to keep ahead of the machines. It wasn't long before the skilled operator on the giant excavator had moved a whole lot of soil. We'll stockpile it at the back portion of the property until we need it to backfill. The geotechnical engineer was onsite before noon and after some testing gave everything his thumbs up. Then we started seeing the truck and trailers hauling the engineered fill onto the site as the crew began filling in the giant hole to make a perfect base for the footings. By quitting time the excavation and fill was almost half way done on the inn portion of the site. Tomorrow bright and early they will begin once more.
Ready... set...
It seems like we have waited a very long time to get to this point. We've drawn many versions of the plans, built a scale model, had many, many meetings, done the engineering and surveys and paid out a whole lot in fees. At long last we are done the planning. Actual physical work is going to now begin on the site of the Hazelnut Inn project. It will be a little while before we go vertical on the construction but the underground services and land preparation can now proceed, starting tomorrow morning, bright and early! This is going to be exciting...
Loco Landing fun
I was delighted to spend some time with Phoebe at Loco Landing in Penticton. We are in the area doing some research for a Phoebe project but took the time to also take a look at the work we did earlier this year for our friends at Loco Landing Adventure Park. Everything looks fabulous as they did a first rate job of installing the features we built for them! I return to the park tomorrow morning to start the planning for next year's exciting additions. It's going to be a whole lot of fun!
