Rowhouse basement unveiling

The rowhouse was poured yesterday and the forms are coming off now.  I always appreciate the appearance of the raw concrete beneath the forms as a sort of unveiling of the new work in progress that can really start with that solid base.

We've also been blessed by warm western winds for the last week and the mud has dried, making the form strippers job a whole lot less hazardous.  

Here we have the basement being stripped and the foundation is unveiled.  Note the walkout and lower unit access points.  This has created a massive amount of extra concrete use, up to 70 m3 of concrete for the walls on this pour.  Th…

Here we have the basement being stripped and the foundation is unveiled.  Note the walkout and lower unit access points.  This has created a massive amount of extra concrete use, up to 70 m3 of concrete for the walls on this pour.  That is 50% more than my earlier semi detached basement pour.  The footing also consumed almost double the earlier, and simpler build.