And In This Corner...

Much has developed since Tuesday. Serious excavation is now underway on the hill alongside of Hilton Drive and goes up the hill behind the garage building. The pipe trench is advancing toward the middle of the upper level of the future soccer field site, and two more areas along Dixie Hghy. are being excavated to create a new slope on that lawn. Trucks are again rumbling back and forth between that site and the field site, and the photo of the soon-to-be field shows how that area is getting closer and closer to leveling off.
The curious piece of equipment that was described in the May 27 entry has been identified as a miniature sheep’s foot roller, and is used for compacting the dirt in more confined areas such as the bottom of the pipe trench. (One of today’s photos shows the top of a concrete base for a man-hole lid. This connects the buried pipe with the surface.)
The supervisor mentioned in Tuesday’s blog is the overseer from the general contractor. He periodically tests the dirt on the floor of the depression (and perhaps other areas) for acceptable compaction. How many workers does it take to create a soccer field out of a gully? Many!