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Capping beam ready

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Formations for the capping beam

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Preparing for the capping beam installation next week

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Gridlines for the basement

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Removing soil

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Outline of the house

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Digging deeper...

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Cutting the piles

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Exposing the piles The tool attached, ready for cutting

Betty in action

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Betty arrives

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Komatsu PC228 , nicknamed Betty, 25 ton excavator arrived today. This should speed up the digging!

Health and Safety inspection on site

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Health & Safety officer walking the site

King post wall going up

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Exposing the piles

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Yellow Army

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30 trucks of soil removed from the site today

Piling completed

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Forming the retaining boundary wall and basement, over 70 reinforced concrete piles, 10 metres deep with king post steels inserted 3 metres apart. All completed ahead of schedule.