Week 11- 2nd wall pour and Discharge Area-

A big rain event over the weekend turned the PREM hole into the Plummer Community Swimming Pool-



So we'll ignore that hole while it dries out and move on to...more rebar! This project uses almost 400,000 lbs in all the buildings combined. I have some totals for the first two buildings that we'll reveal in an upcoming post.

In the meantime here are "Slider and the Burrheads"!-





More from that group later, here is our 2nd wall pour of the Treatment building-







Work finally started in the Wetland Discharge area to the south of town. This is where our basically drinkable effluent will flow across a landscaped gravel pad and back into Plummer Creek. No, Ellie, I am not taking the first taste!

Week 10- First wall pour and more rebar!

So, we left last week as "getting close" and now the day has arrived- final checks on the details of the wall forms-







The Phosphorous Removal (PREM) hole is not completely ignored but needs a little trim in the northwest corner before rebar can go in-



And now the truck is on site to pour the east wall of the Treatment Building-



"Dennis, I don't see your cell phone and we're not going in to find it!"-



Major reach from the Champion pump truck-



Can't stop tying rebar- another pour just days away-







Next day it's time to strip and move on to the next wall-

Week 9- Base Rock and Vertical Iron

Good progress this week in the Phosphorous Removal hole. Got the subgrade rock in, placed fabric and installed the bedding. Here you can see how to get a rubber-tire roller out of a 20' hole!







By the end of the week we had initial wood forms lowered into the hole, ready to set up a carpentry shop and build stuff!




In the meantime at the Treatment Building the next step after slab pour was to get more vertical rebar in place and construct forms on the east side for the first wall pour-

















By the end of the week- getting close!

Week 8- first concrete pour

--- Note for early readers of the blog- this current update was so huge- Weeks 6, 7 & 8 all at once, you may have to go to the bottom and click on "Older Posts" to find week 6, or even Week 7?! ---

This week the slab rebar for the Treatment Building was completed but plenty of vertical rebar, the initial pieces for the walls, also had to go in-







After a couple days the outline of the building began to take shape-



Back at the Phosphorous Removal hole additional benching was required for the depth of excavation- this took a few days to accomplish-





Finally it came time for our first rebar inspection, all concrete and rebar testing and inspection is being performed by All West Testing & Inspection of Hayden, ID-



Brian is making sure the wall is in the right place!



And the day arrives for our first concrete pour! Concrete for the job is supplied by Spokane Rock Products-



Champion Concrete Pumping will be on site at least a dozen times also to help place the concrete in our slabs & walls-





For the Treatment Building slab Reed Concrete supplied a finishing crew-







All-in-all, a nice day for the first pour-



Meanwhile at the Phos hole- Jason, have you found the bottom yet?