Ground work

On Sunday, April 6th, our dome builder, Marty Heaton, and his crew came down to work on the site. They started by marking the placement of the dome's foundation.


After further discussion, it was decided that the dome needed to be put further back on the rock shelf. So, Marty hired a backhoe to tear into the hill.

The backhoe tore up the dirt parts of the hill, but had no effect on the rock outcropping.

So, Marty rented a jack hammer attachment for his Bobcat. With it, they removed about 4 feet of limestone.