Forming  and pouring the foundation had  a couple of unusual challenges.

• The main part of the building will be timberframe and with an Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) curtain wall that is 8″ thick.  Both the wood structural posts and the EPS panels require full bearing, so the foundation had to be 16″ thick. And, as the timberframe has  been ordered and will arrive on site already cut, the foundation had to be perfect.
• The wine storage room and beer cooler are offset at a 66 degree angle and the foundation for the wine storage room requires oversized forms.

Ca-Gin Concrete is doing the foundation work and we meet with them repeatedly to go over the plans and check the elevations.   We were pouring more than 170 cubic yards of concrete.  To the right owner Jon Maldon, Dan Cassidy and Bobby Gingerella of Ca-Gin Concrete, and architect Megan Moynihan at the end of the day.

First the footings.

And then the walls