Still frozen

Live by the ICF sword, die by the ICF sword.  The basement soil (sand?) still has frost in it but the beam has finally settled back into it's pocket.

 The electrician installed the main meter box for the house.  I didn't know it would be so big, but I guess that's the way it is.  You can see the little guy hanging down from the new box.  It's another construction plug, so it won't be there in the end.  The conduit just terminates in the ground, ready for incoming lines.

 Here's a shot of the main beam sitting back in the beam pocket.  As show in earlier posts, there are two rebar pins holding the beam, but no other mechanical fasteners.  I'm sure this pocket will be filled with concrete eventually, but I'm not sure if there will be any other mechanical fasteners.

Looks like the DTE coordinator is hard at work.  The trench will contain electrical, gas, cable, and telephone.  Yeah, we'll probably never use the telephone line coming in, but I guess it should still be wired.  This spool of coaxial is new and belongs to the cable company.

The basement is starting to thaw, but it's a muddy mess now.  The sand that was brought in is saturated and sits on some frozen ground so the water isn't draining down.  The plan is to prep and pour the basement before the first floor pour so we can have good temporary shoring for the first floor pour.  That means that the basement needs to dry out, warm up, and be prepped with rough in basement drains for future expansions.  Time is ticking.