{"id":978,"date":"2015-10-19T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=978"},"modified":"2015-10-21T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:23:07","slug":"week-3-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"Week 3, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 3, Day 1 &#8211; Foundation concrete:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On some days, the team focus their energies on things that aren&#8217;t particularly visible: researching options for improving the design, comparing prices from different suppliers, arranging deliveries or completing intricate preparations for later steps. On other days the progress is a lot more apparent; today was one of those other days&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Following all of the preparation of the foundation trenches the concrete got poured today, using some big bits of plant:\n<ul>\n<li>A concrete boom pump for easy access to the trenches at the south of the house, over\u00a015m from the driveway.\n<ul>\n<li>The thing I found most impressive was the degree of control the operator had over the position of the delivery pipe, using the remote control. He was able to manoeuvre the pipe through the network of trenches, barely touching the sides. I suspect that was as much to do with the skill of the operator as with the capability of the hydraulic control system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A total of 7\u00a0concrete deliveries, roughly 55 cubic metres in all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the hourly snapshots from the time-lapse camera caught the first concrete delivery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_989\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=989\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-989\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-989\" class=\"size-large wp-image-989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151019T0900Z-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Week 3, Day 1\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151019T0900Z-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151019T0900Z-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151019T0900Z-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151019T0900Z.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Week 3, Day 1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Photos of concrete aren&#8217;t the most exciting but here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_990\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=990\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Concrete boom pump\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0814.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0814-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0814-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Concrete boom pump, manufactured by Putzmeister<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_991\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=991\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-991\" class=\"size-full wp-image-991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0828.jpg\" alt=\"Pumping concrete into the shuttering in the old cellar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0828.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0828-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0828-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumping concrete into the shuttering in the old cellar<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_992\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-992\" class=\"size-full wp-image-992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0823.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the pump fed with concrete\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0823.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0823-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0823-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keeping the pump fed with concrete<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_993\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=993\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-993\" class=\"size-full wp-image-993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0857.jpg\" alt=\"Northern foundation, all finished\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" 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