1615 Chaps Way in Steamboat Springs

  Marcello's crew came in on Saturday to lay out the footings.                                                                     

Bud started to lay down gravel. The surveyor precisely placed nails to mark the correct elevation.                                                                Meanwhile, Marcello's crew brought the lumber with which to construct the forms.  

  More snow stymied additional work today. However, the concrete crew was able to drop off a trailer full of lumber with which to begin framing the footings.

  No work today.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          With most of the perimeter trench complete, Bud only had to finish digging next to the alley.   By the end of the day, the trench is complete. An extra load of gravel to line the perimeter ...

  Winter arrived abruptly on Sunday morning, and the snow fell off and on all day, culminating in 10" of fresh snow on the mountain by Monday morning, with less down below. All that moisture means mud is in the offing. It looks idyllic, but Bud ordered a load of gravel to keep the trucks from  churning the dirt to a froth. Bud has found a few boulders worth setting aside for later. By the end of the day, there's been real progress.

  First, Brede staked down the soil erosion barriers. Then Bud filled truckload after truckload. By the end of the day, the excavation had made real progress. The trench around the exterior is the depth for the footings.  No need to excavate in the middle; that will be for the slab for the ground floor.

  Stein posted the permit information. Bud laid out the soil erosion barriers. Then he scraped off the topsoil. And started to dig in earnest. The excess overburden is trucked down to the quarry south of town. By the end of the day, the first excavation is well under way.      

  Approved! So Bud dropped off his Bobcat, and edging to place for run-off barriers.

Bud moved his backhoe onto the site, while awaiting the City's final approval on the permit. As seen from atop the machinery, the lot is staked and ready to go.