First floor prep completed (almost)

We had a meeting with the home owners association and our Great Oaks Landscaping team to review tree removal and provide information for a preliminary approval for our landscaping plan.  It gave me a chance to take a look at the progress to the first floor prep.

 Looks like the excavated some of the back yard to use as fill for the garage.  This works out fine because we'll just use the sand excavated for the pool and fill this back in.  It's a closer location and will save some time.

 Not sure how much more sand they're going to add underneath the gazebo .  They have to backfill the retaining wall, speaking of which, is now filled.  I was hoping they would just scrape down some of the dirt that's in the gazebo, giving us more height, but I imagine they need to at least backfill to the height of the retaining wall.  Maybe I can get them to get some fabric and pea gravel up in there.  When that's complete, they can finish installing the Litedeck over the gazebo and finish the prep for the back porch.  It should pour all at the same time.

 Here's the first floor, all prepped with top hats and mesh grid.  The board marks the location of the front door.  I think the front porch slab will be thinner since it's not really the primary support.  There will be Azek on the front porch, which will sit over this area of the slab.  That's probably also why there's no top hat foam, since it doesn't have to be as structurally strong as the other parts of the floor.  It's also a shorter run, requiring less structure.

 Here's what will be the study.  HVAC and other utilities still need to come in and mark pass throughs.  It's a balancing act since we're still confirming our interior designer and data/av installer.  They'll have their own design on where pass throughs need to be.  The interior designer might want to have the air return in a different location than an HVAC installer for aesthetic reasons.  We'll finalize who our interior designer will be and see if we can't get HVAC design rushed through.  Data/AV installer is finalizing the quote so I should know the plan for that soon.  The pre-wire quote was provided and seems to be fair.  The bulk of the cost will be in the equipment.

 Final prep for the dining room, mudroom, and kitchen in the back ground.  I'm hoping this time next week, I'll finally be able to walk on my first floor.

Here's the basement stairwell.  You can see how the rebar will tie into the pour.  I think all that's needed is some kind of curved form that will somehow sit on the wall below.  It will be interesting to see how they pull this off.  I believe the beam will be cut after the floor is poured.  This tricky area is the last to be prepped.  I'll talk to the framer to see what the schedule is for next week.

There's an HOA meeting on Monday to determine the status of our landscaping plan.  There are a few points of contention that I'm hoping will be discussed in a reasonable manner.  I believe we're adhering to all the rules, and think there's some odd interpretations going on, but we'll see.  I need to provide a plan for what we would like to implement this year as far as landscaping.  Ideally, we'll finish all the tree removal, rough driveway with all the required retaining walls, and the pool shell made from ICF.  Next year, we can implement some more retaining walls, grass, finish the pool and start the plantings.  There's so much cost associated with this plan that we'll need to implement it over the course of 5 or 6 years.