Site selection
I own a secluded 88 acre tract of wooded land where we’ll be building. We have selected a site on the property that is low enough so that the top of the Falcon can be seen easily from several vantage points. A flat area roughly 400′ x 400′ is being cleared. And yes, I am aware that it will eventually show up on Google Earth and Google Maps. I’m counting on that.
Site preparation
There is an existing logging road to the site which has been graded and needs to be graveled and compacted. I’ll be bringing power and water to the site as well. The workshop building will also need power and water and septic.
Land clearing is underway. The first details are here. (link to come)
You can see a time lapse video of me on the bulldozer here. (link to come)
Workshop
The first phase of this project includes a nearby, on-site workshop/storage facility, built using 4 recycled 40′ ocean-going shipping containers. The shop dimensions are 56′ W x 40′ L x 24′ H.
Excavation for the concrete foundation of the shipping container workshop is shown here. (link to come)
The first two 40′ shipping containers were delivered in July 2008. The remaining two will be delivered in Q2 2011.
Re-usable plywood forms are done and ready to be put in place for the foundation footers for the workshop.
