The first concrete goes in.

The inspector came back again today and it became obvious that he was not going to be flexible on anything. He insisted on having the rebar verticals tied to the laterals that were in place in the footings; this is not how they normally do it - they just put the pieces in place after the concrete is poured, while the mix is still wet - that way, they are not in the way of the pour. But - it didn't say we could do it that way on the drawings, so the inspector gave us two options - do it the way he wanted (and take pictures before the concrete went in), or get a waiver from the Engineer to do it the normal way. We didn't have time to contact the Engineer, so we had to do it his way. Both the builder and the contractor said they have never had to do this before.

So - here is the formwork & rebar - as the inspector wanted:



And here is the start of the concrete pour:



This was a four-man job - Jon controlled the flow of concrete along with the truck driver, Brent tamped the concrete down, and Larry followed up last, smoothing the surface.



And here's what it looked like at the end of the day: