041. The excavation

Figure 31. The excavator operator checks his work against the plans from time to time. Figure 32. The trench for the sewer pipes has been dug.

040. Preparation of the construction site

Figure 30. View from the south-west, looking at the excavator sitting on the north part of the land.

A lot of things have happened over the last couple of months but I wanted to wait until the dust settled (so to speak) to do an update. It's high time for it now, as yesterday the ground preparation work started.

We hadn't had the land mowed in months and the ground cover was really quite dense so the first thing that was done was that the sod was turned over using this excavator. I think most of the top layer will be stored on the site, to be used to fill in after the construction ends. The material that is dug out from lower down will have to be transported away and dumped.