Dumb Home - Centreville MD

With about the best weather you could hope for in July, the crew made a ton of progress forming up the concrete grade beam.  It took a little creativity to figure out how to brace the forms since it's not possible to drive conventional stakes into the #57 stone.

Checking the diagonals to make sure the forms are square

Corner detail at conduit locations

This strap will be connected to the other form (once it's been set in place) to hold the bottom of the forms together

This photo shows the extensive bracing to keep the boards from blowing out under the weight of the concrete.  Luckily, the pour is less than 12" deep, so it's nowhere near as much lateral pressure as a full-height basement wall.