The floor is not so level, sloping down to one corner, but the construction company who built this place did align things properly for the next level up, so the ceiling of this room is true. I dropped a plumb to align this string that provided a guide to make sure the footing would be level ...

Mixing concrete is a heavy job, at least if you're not doing enough to make it worthwhile renting a mixer! I hired a young boy from a nearby sculptor's workshop to come over for the afternoon to help me with the job. Here he is doing the final smoothing of the surface while I shine a light along to highlight the bumps ...

Tomorrow is the delivery day for the framing lumber, but the walls certainly won't be going up right away. Got to get back to the printing bench for a while ...