May 16, 2010: Filling the Holes!

With the CMUs complete, Jerard Chee backfilled the holes. So we have before...


...and after! And the space between the two CMU walls is for stairs. Pretty Grand!


And another boss visited today as well, Rodney's boy James.

May 15, 2010: More Foundation Work

The guys completed the CMUs, including placing the Simpson ties.



AND, we had a visit from the bosses today!

May 14, 2010: First Lumber Delivery

The guys continued to work on the CMU posts, and Walter and Roger delivered our first batch of lumber.

May 12, 2010: Cement Day!

Today the guys poured the cement into the footings and began building the CMU posts.

Boy, they had to be fast!

Nice and smooth... well, except when those giant boulders got in the way!

Oh, the building inspector and Jeff, one of the architects, also came by to check things out!

Making progress!

May 10, 2010: Digging the Footings

Jerard Chee helped the guys by digging the holes for the footings. Jon, Eric, Rodney and Charlie were on site today.

There's some pretty big rocks in this soil!

May 9, 2010: More Construction Prep

Missed the guys... they worked only 1/2 day because the equipment for digging didn't show up til late.

May 7, 2010: Demolition Day

Demolition was done by RH Lee Construction in one day(!). Eric Wai, Jon's brother, monitoring the process.

I went inside for a minute, and when I came back out, the lychee trees were already pulled out (!) and being put into the truck!

Bennett and Eric post demo, discussing the process.

Cameron and Jameson came home from school after the event, but they still got to enjoy the machines!