Week 8 was a short week on site as they finished all the prep for the slab pour on Thursday and went off to another job - or to hide from the weather. The big pour for the main slab is all set for Monday and because of the quantity of concrete and the waterproofing they booked it a week in advance. The slab gets poured in one go so its going to be a busy and exciting day!

If you look (sorry the video is not very exciting this week) you can see them tying in the last of the L-bar / starter bar steel and then building the wooden formwork for the 'kicker': the small upstand that forms the first part of the walls. Its a pretty skilled job as getting this wrong will mean the walls are all out of alignment - but they seem to have done a very neat job. The early part of the week was good and we actually had some sunshine, but Thursday morning it snowed - not much but it was vile. Luckily there was only a little left to be done so they packed up early. Happily the forecast for Monday looks dry and the site is also pretty dry now we have the pump running 24/7.

Our BCO came out and was really impressed by the quality of the job, and also impressed by the quantity of steel! He has signed it off and is happy, and even though he doesn't need to may come over on Monday with his graduates to see some of the pour. We also had our LABC surveyor out and he was equally happy, which is great because the window for changing anything in the slab has passed and this is the last we will ever see of this pile of steel.

We did wonder about a 'time capsule' in the slab but couldn't think of any great ideas on what to put in there. We could easily put one in the walls so if there are any bright suggestions then let us know.

See https://www.dropbox.com/sh/th9f6e3cel5dm1q/AAAfsWdAH184J75bCNUUtzVra?dl=0  for the weekly videos