The shuttering is in place for the last quarter of the basement slab.
Concrete pouring on Monday.

The last pile of clay ready for removal.  The big Dig is over.

Preparing the last quarter of the basement slab.

The shuttering for the rear basement retaining wall.

The weight of the wet concrete is enormous, so raking props are arranged to resist the forces until the concrete sets.

The boys have worked all day in the rain - na zdrowie!

Pouring the concrete for the upstand wall.
The basement slab is next.

The concrete pump for the basement slab.

It has a reach of up to 31 metres.

The Big Dig is almost over...

Anagram for the day.

The reinforcing mesh for the basement walls.

161 contiguous piles form the perimeter of the basements.

These concrete piles are 350mm diameter, at 525mm centres.  They reinforce the ground until the basement walls are cast against them,

The inboard piles before being broken down to basement slab level.

These piles are 17.5 metres long and will take the loads from around the staircase atrium.

Peter and Hattie, our gorgeous structural engineers.

Structural engineers Peter and Hattie inspecting the retaining wall.

Fixing the shuttering.

The first section of basement slab and wall is cast.

Erecting the shuttering for the basement retaining walls.

The reinforcing mesh for the basement retaining walls.