19th May (Thursday) Concrete now dry...

Ground workers (Mike, Barry, Bill and John) arrived early and began removing the shuttering to reposition it for the second  stage which means that the higher part of the metal work is shuttered 35mm

away  from the sides to allow the concrete to envelope and surround the metal reed bar. This then forms the slab onto which the brick and blockwork will be built. This is how the strength and uniformity of the foundation occurs.
The shuttering was then re-positioned by pegs into the concrete which support the shutter boards. They are held in place with nails and are wired to the reed bar.

Here you can see the corner held with the wire from the reed bar to the nail.

The boards on the top are for the men to walk over with ease as they work especially whilst the concrete is poured.  This job took most of the day.