Now that I have returned from a poorly timed vacation, there is substantial work to tackle. A lot of progress was made on the semi detached site while I was gone, basically it was fully framed and the basement slabs prepped for the pour. Thanks to my new manager Cornell for dealing with stuff while I was away. I've got the schedule revised and a lot of deposits and payments made for the next stages of work. We are ready to pour the slabs, frame the basements, install the upper stairs, install the windows and load the shingles. The plumber is on notice to start and the HVAC crew is attending the site to prep it. That is a lot of stuff for Novemer. My fourplex DP was irrevocably approved, and my rowhouse basement has started excavation. So the construction business is looking good.
Leaving Calgary is a chance to look at best practices, or just different stuff from other places. Here is a favourite from Maui. I'd like to build houses in a place that is always summer. That'd sure beat the Calgary winter. Pouring a garage pad in January would make projects here a lot cheaper and more predictable...
Really neat strip mall development near the airport. Not the mall, the siding. Where can I get this material? Fortunately my suppliers in Calgary sell something similar.
Jeep interior after two weeks of abuse, not the washable floor kind of Jeep either. The trunk was worse but more easily cleaned out. Kids found it to be hilarious that they made this much sand mess...