Site Preparation Instructions

Preparation of staging areas and building sites gets your project moving smoothly.

STEPS FOR PREPARING TO BUILD

Laying out the building site

[Detailed stakeout of building plan]

Here is a drawing with dimensions for laying out site for excavation of the column pad holes. Instructions are also offered. We ran short of time and hired a professional to come and do the excavation including leveling the site, digging the pad foundation holes, and spreading the stone foundation material. The green lines indicate where the storm drainage ditch is planned to run.

We considered it important to plan for grassy waterways to keep storm water drainage from encroaching on the workshop floor at the Factor E Farm site. Working from theory, we developed these possible plans.

Preparing footings for Column Pads

[Excavate and fill column pad holes]