When you have a shop built, the following things happen in the following order: the build site is prepared, dirt is brought in, concrete is poured, the building is assembled, and then the building is finished.
After a few months of coordination, the first stage — the preparation of the site — is over. I think. This stage involved having all the utilities that ran underneath the future home of the shop to be relocated — specifically, electric, cable, and water (sprinkler system). OG&E moved our electric and cut the main water line that runs to the sprinkler system in the process. The first sprinkler company terminated all the sprinkler heads; the second one repaired the line cut by OG&E, and also installed a French drain. In the middle of all of this, the cable line to our house got cut (and eventually relocated). Combined, all of this cost $3,350.
As of last week, we have graduated to stage two: dirt. A dump truck will deliver a full load of dirt to your backyard for $150. I believe that over the past week, they have delivered 22 loads of dirt ($3,300, to you and me).
With each nudge of the bulldozer, the dirt begins to take the shape of a building pad. The pile of dirt is mostly flat and square now, save for the latest mounds that were delivered over the weekend. I’ve been told that things will start to move quickly from this point forward. Based on the recent flurry of activity, I believe it.
