The era of destruction has come to an end. And now we enter the age of construction.

The rain stopped for a few days, so the foundation people were able to get out to the lot and start putting in the footings for the foundation:

These are channels dug into the ground, maybe three feet deep; dams are set at specific heights and the channels are then filled with concrete up to the barriers. Concrete blocks will sit on these, and then the wooden floor joists will sit on those.

I've watched the guy who built our current house put up many houses in our current neighborhood, and I don't recall him doing footings anywhere this extensive. Honestly, I don't recall seeing any footings at all. It always seems to go from bare dirt directly to concrete block foundation. But maybe I just missed them. Maybe because our new lot is sloped they have to do more and more complex footings? Or maybe the new builder is just plain better.

The builder wanted this step to be done by February. So we're all happy to finally see progress.