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    • Two For One

      January 22, 2021

      We’ve taken advantage of the great weather in the past few weeks to make some good progress with one of our new waterfront projects in Scotch Creek.

      This project, which involves a tear down of an existing home followed by new construction, was delayed by multiple permitting issues. We finally got the green light late last year, and the weather cooperated enough that we were able to excavate and move forward with foundation and framing. Now, with the weather finally about take a turn for the worse, we’ll be looking for ways to avoid further delays.

      One way we’ll do accomplish this is to do a monolithic foundation pour, or mono-pour. Typically, any new construction begins with cribbing and pouring footings, which is then followed by forming and pouring the foundation walls on top of the footings. With a mono-pour, we’ve formed both the footings and foundation walls at the same time, and we’ll pump concrete for both simultaneously.

      This creates a little more up-front work for us, as it’s imperative to ensure both the footings cribbing and wall forms are integrated and reinforced a little bit more rigorously. And we’ll have to increase the slump of the concrete on the day we pump—it needs to be a little stiffer so that it doesn’t squeeze out of the bottom as we pump in from the top. The benefit, of course, is that we’ll save a few days of precious time by doing footings and walls at the same time. And a few days of saved time can make a huge difference at this time of the year.

      In the top photo below, you can see our cribbing for footings prior to the walls being formed. And in the two photos underneath, you can see what it currently looks like, with the forms erected on top of the cribbing, ready for concrete. We’ll now be watching the forecast closely in the hopes of getting another warm spell next week. Regardless, it’s a given that, once poured, we’ll be wrapping the entire project in insulated tarps to ensure the temperature of the new concrete is optimal for proper curing.

      Watch for further updates in the weeks ahead.