Week 2

Memorial Pavilion – Building progress

Week 2. 3rd – 7th Mar

3rd Mar 2014

The whole site has now been cleared of top soil and the first layer of hardcore laid all over the ground

4th March 2014

The footprint of the building has had a number of layers of hardcore placed over it and compacted down as required in the planning regulations

5th Mar 2014

The contractor is laying out the building’s footprint to allow them to start digging out the foundation trenches

5th Mar 2014

This photo shows the very first dig of the foundation trenches

5th March 2014

This photo shows the depth of the trenches

5th March 2014

This trench shows the metal stakes positioned to indicate the depth of the foundation concrete when poured

7th March 2014

The foundation reinforcing bars being laid out ready for the concrete

7th March 2014

More foundation reinforcing laid in

7th March 2014

This photo shows the first pour of concrete into the foundation trenches of the East walls

7th March 2014

This is the second load of concrete

7th March 2014

The foundation concrete is carefully smoothed out to be ready for the foundation walls to be built on

7th March 2014

This shows the extent of the smoothed out foundation for the East walls of the building

7th March 2014

Rodney is seen securing the hedgehog onto its re-positioned base ready to be ridden by the children

7th March 2014

The safety mat was then placed around the hedgehog