Old dirt out, new dirt in.

Bulldozers and their operators like to move dirt! So they make mountains out of the old dirt and haul it away and then bring in new dirt and smooth it out. It all has to do with the kind of dirt it is and which kind is best under the foundation. We all know that Texas gumbo is not good for much! In the foreground there is dark brown gumbo. In the middle of the picture and on the right side, nice light brown dirt has been brought in and smoothed out for the community room/office building and one of the four story apartment buildings (right side). The yellow bulldozer to the right of the blue bin is working on the area for the other four story apartment building. To the right of the bulldozer is another mound of dirt to be hauled away. Beyond the apartment building footprints, the parking area has also been worked on. Today the cold front blew in. The crew worked until mid-afternoon in the cold but then called it a day! One of the perks of being an office volunteer is having a front row seat on the building progress.