Prepping For Excavation

Lot Survey

Now that we're past the excitement of having temporary power installed and getting a tentative dig date, we've moved on to looking at more details. I heard from our Field Manager Jeff, who said we needed to get our lot surveyed prior to excavation. This survey is different from having our entire plot of land surveyed like we did before. They have to set some offset pins and other technical stuff I really don't get, but it's needed for us to move forward. I contacted a local surveyor who has worked with Wayne Homes before and arranged to have him take care of things.

More Stone
Our Field Manager also mentioned that the construction turnaround area we built at the lot looked a little soft due to the unusually harsh winter; he also mentioned that a small stretch of the access road may not hold up to construction traffic. That section had not had anything done to it when the rest of the road was upgraded last summer. We had two triaxle loads of #3 rock (fist sized) dropped in the two areas. It costs a bit more to have the truck slightly open the tailgate and spread the load over the area than it does to just have them dump it in one place. Unless you have the equipment to spread the stone out yourself it's better to pay the extra bucks.

Below is a picture of our building lot with the extra stone leading into it.





Below is our turnaround area in the building lot with extra stone dropped.



Until next time.....