Pile survey visit

Met the builder, pilings engineer, designer and structural engineer at the site to discuss the piling layout. They encountered a surprising number of obstructions when putting in the piles, and so the pilings are not quite in the planned locations, and some are a little bit beyond the envelope of the building. Since the SIP panels are already made, we can't adjust the footprint of the building except under the sunroom, which is to be site built. The piles are not far off, so they will just adjust the plates that the I-beams will sit on.
Here's a photo, showing the pilings in place and cut down to the right size now.


There were some gorgeous fritillaries, frogs in puddles on the driveway, orioles nesting, many wasp and bees nests, and then this nest:



The builder has a trailer on site for him and the crew to live out of ... it looks like quite a comfortable set up; I sure hope they will be happy there! It's great that they will not have to commute.

3D Perspective of Turtle's Hope

Here is a early (Lakeside) perspective of a 3d SketchUp model of Turtle's Hope it was used as a design tool to show Alison and Greg how all four elevations from below can come together to create their vision of a home. If you look hard enough you'll see that the elevations below are more up to date than the 3d model. Once the construction drawings are completed we will be revising the 3d model to reflect the change made to the plans since the first 3d model was created. We'll be posting the updated 3d model for all of you to see in the next few week. I would like to thank Alison and Greg for hosting this blog and sharing their journy through the design & construction process of a projected LEED for Homes "Platinum" project with you all.