Yesterday morning we met with Blake, the field manager, who oversees all the construction for our community.  We went over the timeline for construction, certain milestones our options, etc.  Blake is a really good guy and seems real honest.  He also lives in the community which is a definite plus.

Alongside the back of the property is a railroad track that carries commercial freight.  When we first started looking at the place it turned out that a CSX engineer who frequently took his train down that line saw the community and bought a house there.  As a result, he waits to blow his horn until he’s a few miles past our community.  That’s pretty neat.

Yesterday, while talking to Blake we found out that a VDOT engineer also lives in the neighborhood.  VDOT is currently doing a huge construction project at the intersection of Route 29 and I-66, click here, here and here. for some info.  This engineer moved into our neighborhood specifically because of the “cool stuff” that is going on to improve this traffic area here in the next few years.  That’s pretty cool.

Here are some pics from yesterday.

This picture is taken from the stoop directly across from our own.  I’ll be using this vantage point to take shots, hopefully, to show the progress from the same spot.

Our driveway, poured:

This little wall with the holes is put in to run the low voltage wiring between the buildings.

While were at the slab a truck came by to deliver some steel i-beams that will be used in the house.  Also, the carpenters were out to start chalking the concrete for the wood since it is arriving today.  I plan on heading out again on Saturday to, hopefully, get some shots of our new wood and to see if they have make any more changes.