ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o><HEAD><TITLE>Enter Page Title Here</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE type=text/css> BODY{font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif} </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>Jobsite Visit #1</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%" align=left><??></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%" align=left><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>The first day I arrived, the foundation preparations were under way.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The ground was scraped down approximately one foot with a bulldozer and a Case 1845c skid steer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The area of the proposed building was cleared of all organic material.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Before they began filling the site, a plastic Terratek woven tarp was spread across the ground to separate the scraped ground from the crushed concrete fill.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Once the woven plastic was in place, the dump trucks began to arrive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The dump trucks dumped 20 15 yard loads of crushed concrete.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The concrete was no larger than 1.5 in diameter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>After the first 20 loads were dumped, the area was then 1 foot higher than before and a piece of Terratek plastic screen with 1 inch openings was rolled out over the top of the fill material.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>After the fencing was in place, the dump trucks began arriving again.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>20 more loads were dumped and spread.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>There were two 15 yard dump trucks bringing the material from a location that is less than 2 miles from the worksite.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>With two trucks and it being such a short distance, the dumping was a relatively quick process.<BR></FONT><BR></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">Figures 1 &amp; 2:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">The first foot of crushed concrete was spread with the bulldozer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The plastic fencing was then spread across the area and three more loads were spread.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><??> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><IMG style="WIDTH: 420px; HEIGHT: 298px" height=537 src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/PatrickGold/untitled.jpg" width=497 border=0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG style="WIDTH: 467px; HEIGHT: 298px" height=694 src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/PatrickGold/untitled1.jpg" width=783 border=0></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Figures 3 &amp; 4: Two fifteen yard dump trucks delivered the crushed concrete from a nearby paving company and a case 850 Long Track bulldozer was used to spread the crushed concrete.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><IMG style="WIDTH: 418px; HEIGHT: 300px" height=601 src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/PatrickGold/untitled2.jpg" width=502 border=0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG style="WIDTH: 466px; HEIGHT: 295px" height=295 src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/PatrickGold/untitled3.jpg" width=464 border=0></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Figures 4&amp;5: A laser was used to set even stakes around the property for a visual reference to make an even grade.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1pt; 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