Building a shop/garage/greenhouse

[AlbertaKubota]

To store the tractor and implements I needed extra room. Because our kids are getting older we also need more space to store more cars in the future. We now have a nice greenhouse but I would like some more space. To accomplish this I will build a structure of 40 by 48. The greenhouse part (48*16) will be on the South/East side and the garage doors will be on the North/West side. For the greenhouse I will use second-hand double-pain windows (from apartment buildings) that are cheap. I wanted a building that looks the same as the house and is very good insulated.
I started the project a month ago with digging a trench for the concrete wall. The wall will be 4 feet so we can keep the frost out. We (me and my sons) build the footing, but we hired a cribber to do the walls.
The picture shows the poring of the footing.

 

[AlbertaKubota]

This picture shows the long arm of the pumper truck to fill the sonnatube to support the stairs going to the deck. Those pumper trucks are amazing.

 

[AlbertaKubota]

This picture shows the cribbing. My little tractor (Kubota B7800) in the background

 

[Jagmandave]

Cribbing = forms for the concrete?

 

[AlbertaKubota]

Yes, Cribbing is making the forms for the concrete, that can be taken off later.

 

[JimMorrissey]

Alberta.....Nice view.

Yeah, those pumpers are awesome and around here they are awesomely expensive too /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[AlbertaKubota]

It's in the price of concrete. We pay Can$ 150 (US$120) for a kubic meter (about US$160 per kubic Yard). Hope the math is correct./forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
The pumper truck is included, so it is not to bad /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[AlbertaKubota]

The math is not correct. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif It should be US$ 87.00 per kubic yard

 

[fig]

Alberta,

Been a while since I priced any concrete, but that sounds dog on good for the concrete and pumper truck /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif. You also have a great view there. Very nice.

Fig

 

[Larstan]

Great place, I'm looking forword to watching it take shape /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif and that seems like a pretty good price including the pumper......Good call.

 

[Knight9]

AlbertaKubota,

I'm guessing by the foothills/mountains in the background that you are in the Calgary region? Nice looking place. I'll be interested to watch the progress.

Kevin

 

[AlbertaKubota]

Yes, I live just west of Calgary in the foothills.
The view here is very nice, see the attchached picture