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Foundation Construction Steps
1. Groundbreaking, excavation. Grading the lot and getting it tested for compaction. Digging trenches for footings. Setting batter boards to level the house
2. Footings dug, rebar set, inspection, footings poured. Installing rebar (and using safety caps) “Boom pumping” concrete
3. Polysteel stem wall forms, stems poured, rough-in plumbing. Installing polystyrene blocks for pouring insulated stem walls. Cold migrates into the home through the stem walls and slab if the stem walls are not insulated.
4. Radiant heat, inspection, poured slab. The ground inside forms is prepped for the slab. Plumbing pipes are run under the ground and stubbed up in their exact locations. Black plastic is laid on the ground as a radon shield. The concrete is “boom pumped” into place.
5. Clean-up, site grading, block wall. The site is cleaned up and prepared for the framing crew.
Newly Poured Cement Curbs on Residential Road
Dirt graded for roads in a residential construction site with new concrete curbs
Preparing for foundation pour
Foundation site of new building, details and reinforcements with steel bars and wire rod, preparing for cement pouring
