With the fence removed between our property and the Hazelnut Inn next door and summertime right around the corner it was the perfect time to put in our permanent lawn in our front yard. I had been mowing weeds for years pending the laying of the railway track around our yard. That track was laid last fall. We tilled the soil, raked and levelled the yard and then laid in the turf this afternoon. It now looks a whole lot better than those mowed weeds!
...GO!
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...
