ᐅ Construction diary of a new build city villa with garage

Hello everyone,

Construction has finally started at our site.
I would like to share my experiences, concerns, and questions about the house building process here to get feedback from experienced people.
So, it’s kind of a small building diary.

The earthworks have been completed with the delivery of 340 tons of sand for backfilling, and the trenches for the strip foundation have also been prepared.
The steel mesh for reinforcement is ready on site.

Now the date for the slab foundation is set.
Pipes for wastewater and the multi-utility connection need to be installed, the foundation grounding conductor has to be laid, a drainage membrane has to be placed, reinforcement tied, and formwork set up.
Is all of this achievable in one day, including the concrete delivery?

Before I provide more details, I’d like to hear your opinions.

Best regards

Here are two pictures...

dynaudio79 schrieb:

Is it possible to complete all of this in one day, including the delivery of the concrete???

Many things are possible...
On the first day at our construction site, strip footings were excavated, reinforced, and concreted.
A 2-day break followed.
Then, pipes, multi-utility house entry, reinforcement, formwork, and the slab were completed in one day.

They had 6 people on-site each time.

Your plan would be possible, but whether it makes sense to pour strip footings and the slab simultaneously is something others here should assess.

That would have been my next question — whether it needs to be poured separately.

So your guys took 2 days for that, and mine want to do it in one go with five people?

It always depends on the number of people and the organization. As already mentioned, many things are possible.

For us, 3 workers took about 1.5 weeks, but with insulated concrete forms for the ledges – like in your case – it might have taken about a week.

Does anyone have information about pouring the foundation and slab separately or together?