Still working on that lower level it is hard to know when we will be done but we have to work slowly so we don't make mistakes.  Things we will regret once the concrete is poured like not leaving room for doors and windows.
It will be interesting to see if we can get the guys in the pump truck to listen and stop pouring when Brian tells them to.  They seem to be hard of hearing so shouting "STOP!!"  may need to be louder.
We have the brackets and supports up and nailed down so we can finish the back wall.  Always a bit of a gamble because it will be higher than some doors so the level of concrete going in is critical.  Otherwise we rent concrete saws to cut them back.

Today is finding the right grade for the driveway and having clay removed and stone put in.  Reason is we need a cleaner surface and the clay just gets everywhere and we want the stone down so it will be compacted by all the trucks and be ready for concrete when the job is done.
Besides in a major rain Friday a lot of silt ran down the drive and down the street to catch basins.  We both get upset about that kind of thing.

Brian had bought a nice laser level when we started and we have gotten pretty good at using it, using it again for the driveway.  Won't use it after the house is done but it was a good investment, unless the place is not level or square then it's a piece of crap.

Now Drew is hauling more dirt away and hauling stone in.  Emerson got to watch for a while on skype and he kept asking for more, big-big truck with a lot of "ohs" thrown in.
Drew has a pinched nerve and is a lot of pain but he insists on working while he waits for a chiropractor to see him.  He doesn't like his doctor who he thinks is just a pill pusher.  He also told Brian that work is in short supply right now and if anyone tries to tell us they are really busy they're lying according to him and his banker anyway.  We have found most people we contact get back to us really quickly.
We just need a way of taking about one foot of crushed 1" stone out of part of the basement.  We don't know why but they put way to much rock in and it isn't close to the floor level.  It is such hard work and would be easier if we had a conveyor belt to just throw the stone on.  Ah well we still search for something.

All those brackets, scaffolding and supports.

It will be harder building up the back wall since the forms will have to go over the supports to start.  We need about four more rows high in the back it has to be higher than the backfill.

Drew has been at it for hours already.

Nice big stone that has no clay in it.

More stone to spread out.

E/B