First concrete pour!

As I type this, the concrete piering is being poured!

The amount of rock was significant, as were the sizes of what was found. Some of the rocks that were not able to be moved, were bigger than a car engine, so they were simply left in place and will form part of the piering/slab. Heaven help anyone who wants to remove this slab!

About the size of a car engine. It's not going anywhere!

I am was impressed with Jamie, who was performing the digging itself. He was in constant communication with the engineers from Buratt to come up with a much needed alternative solution on the spot!

So, from 50 or so 450mm round holes, we've switched to trenching instead. If only I could convince them to do that all the way around, get right of the slab entirely and give me a joist floor, I'd be happy!

One of the many trenches.

A valiant effort to remove it, but it's saying put.

By the time that I arrived around 10:30am, the rest of the trenching had been completed and the PD building inspectors had been out to approve it. So, the concrete is flowing! Probably due to the overhead power lines, a line pump was being used, rather than the more usual overhead crane type of pump.

Instead of being attached to a crane, the line is manually moved to where it is needed.

Look mum! A baby concrete pumper!

All ready for the pour.

Hopefully I'll be able to pop back tonight to see how they went.