The pour went smoothly with Scotty (on the right in back part of right photo) running the overhead boom by remote control, Don (red hat) directing the pour, and his two slaves (son David) using the vibrator (easy ladies) and Jason doing the finish work. A vibrating probe was used to remote air pockets, especially on the deeper pours (the vertical footers). It took about 3 hours to pour and place 22 yds of concrete, which seems pretty fast but Don has been doing this for 25+ years.
The concrete will set up over the weekend, then on Monday the cement-slaves will strip off all the forms and get ready to lay the wall panels and remaining rebar. They won't finish next week, so we'll have a week off when Don goes to Baja to support the local offroad racing team. Seems like everyone out here as an expensive recreational endeavor--I wonder what mine will be.
